This shows the size of my spare space at the office. The idea was a very compact light table. This one is 24" wide and 12" deep. The top lights do make it slightly larger, but the desk also has a book case, vcr and TV on it. So I find it pretty space efficient. Camera with 100mm macro on tripod. Normally I'd use self timer mode, and I have a cable release on order... looks like this one has the jiggles.


Finished photo. Opened and set color to Daylight. I removed a hair, cropped to a square and did levels, white on background. Nothing else! Oh did I mention this is also because I wanted to do isolations without spending hours with the pen tools, going around the edges.


One shot deal, it's not as crisp as it could be. Guessed at the exposure, 1 1/2 stops over exposed. f/11, I could have easily gone to f/16. 1/15th of a second. Darker subjects need more time, translucent subjects less contrast.

Maybe that explains better why I was hunting for the "perfect bulb". :-D

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