enlightened monkey
Lit by candles. This is a carved lid for a small jar, just 38mm in diameter. After doing a few successful shots with external candlelight (see previous images in photostream), I thought I'd go for under/internal light. Initially I tried with the jar under the lid. It was a cool shot when testing with a flashlight underneath and there was still some ambient light in the room, but using only candles did not give me enough light. And an extra-long exposure would have meant the bottom of my setup would have started cooking. (I'm in SoCal and we are a little sensitive about fires right now.)
Once I switched to only the lid, there was enough light transmission for a reasonable exposure.
MacroMondays – theme: LitByCandlelight
enlightened monkey
Lit by candles. This is a carved lid for a small jar, just 38mm in diameter. After doing a few successful shots with external candlelight (see previous images in photostream), I thought I'd go for under/internal light. Initially I tried with the jar under the lid. It was a cool shot when testing with a flashlight underneath and there was still some ambient light in the room, but using only candles did not give me enough light. And an extra-long exposure would have meant the bottom of my setup would have started cooking. (I'm in SoCal and we are a little sensitive about fires right now.)
Once I switched to only the lid, there was enough light transmission for a reasonable exposure.
MacroMondays – theme: LitByCandlelight