Was only lit from below. It was a stock image from a duck duck go search - something like neon desktop background.

Sure:

https://1drv.ms/i/s!AmYriUA0vRdfqbkRK7sQIfAqZWYfOw

Many many thanks! First time I have won a photo competition. Lovely to be a member of such talented people and love this little corner of the internet.

Congratulations! Well deserved!

Another Memmy fan. No issues at all. Memmy on IOS, Voyager on desktop…

Thank you very much. We were really happy with it too. :-)

Thank you. We took many images during the shoot but this one stood out for its uniqueness. A happy accident. :-)

That really cool! Congrats! These and dragonflies are my favourite insects. Fascinating and great to photograph.

These guys piss me off so much.

My mum was a cleaner at a hospital. She then worked her way up to the cleaning manager. My childhood is filled with memories of her colleagues who were her friends. She didn’t need to work as my dad had a good job; she did it to support me and my brother through studies and university.

She taught me to respect people. Their profession is irrelevant; everyone deserves respect and acknowledgment. It was single handedly the best lesson that a parent can give and one that I have adhered to all my life.

I am on first name terms with all the service personnel where I live and work. I always give thanks to them and leave gifts at Christmas/birthdays, etc to show my appreciation. When a waiter fills my glass or takes my plates a simple Thank-you is the least we can say.

Thanks to my mum working I came through university with little debts and have climbed the heights of the corporate ladder. You would not believe the number of times my peers have pulled me up for what I consider common curtesy with comments like “you don’t need to thank them; it’s their job”. You know what… fuck those guys; if am at a business lunch with a potential supplier and they treat the staff like shit the deal is off the table. Have even blocked hires if I hear they are disrespectful to the secretaries or security staff.

We have not walked in other peoples shoes and have no idea what they have gone through. Until they disrespect you or you beliefs everyone deserves your respect.

End of rant… :-)

Thank you again.

WOW… My first ever photo award. Am honoured! Thank you!

Sure. I used a lightbox with a blackout curtain (sound flasher than it really is; it’s a cheap foldable plastic lightbox that has a few coloured inserts and led lights around the side and top. (I paid about 15€ for it). I put in the black felt insert as not to get any external reflections. You could do the same with a carboard box with the inside painted black). Placed the tablet inside (Was an iPad mini thing) and put some images on full brightness and full screen.

I used a Sony A7 iii camera with a Sony 90mm Macro lens on a tripod. As I wanted the bulb to fill the frame I was quite close to the subject and wanted everything in focus so stopped right down to F20, ISO 100 and exposed for the blacks which gave me an exposure time of 6 seconds. (I am sure the same kind of results could be achieved with a more open aperture and less exposure but I didn’t have a whole lot of time.)

I increased the luminosity and saturation in lightroom and lowered the shadows to make it “pop”. Then spent twenty minutes removing all the dust spots.

Hope this helps!

Not at all dude!! :-)

Thank you!

Thank you for your kind words.

Lolol…

This was my first attempt; on another comment I added a couple more images from the shoot. It’s dead easy to set up (if anyone wants to know more on the set up am more than happy to help).

Different bulbs would be a great change. Am in the process of moving house but once get settled I want to try it with different glass items such as wine glasses, vase, etc…

You are very welcome.

My pleasure!

Never switched it on… bought it specifically to experiment and try this out. :-)

Many thanks LD and thanks for asking. Made me smile. Lol not too bad today… Very beardy but pretty chilled for a Friday. Kids and wife call me grumps as every so often I need to go and hide in the virtual man cave in my head to sort myself out a bit. :-)