the watch is held on a stand, and the stand is put on top of a white sheet of paper, on top of my desk . . . bright tungsten light, with reasonable white balance setting.

Like so many amateurs, I have tried shooting inside the frosted trash can (price was $3.97), but everything had a whitish tone to it. I couldn't get the black to look black, and everything looked washed out.

nest effort . . . PLASTICS, for diffusion!!

Jeff

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: if you don't mind? well actually it was one of
: the original questions. what are you using
: as a background? a white plastic garbage
: can? no joke, i've seen a guy on tz that
: uses one and his pics turn out great. you
: know him m. sandler.:) thanks!

: j.h.