Yup, a hummingbird and a butterfly in the middle of winter in Central Virginia! My woodworking hobby fed my need to improve my photography skills and equipment a few years back because I needed better photos to post on my FB pages. These potpourri bowls are from African Mahogany with the pewter lids.
I photograph most of my work against a black background with post work in LR6. These were shot with my Canon 7dii with two flashes mounted on stands at about 45 degrees to the piece to my left and right.
Thanks for looking and commenting! Probably an hour and a half I'd guess total. Of course, you don't get to this in that time because of the steps involved in the finishing process, but probably that if you put all the time together.
I like No 3 particularly. Did you intentionally want the reflections?
Thanks Dave! I didn't intentionally leave the reflections, and couldn't remove them, or, at least don't know how in LR. I also had whiteboards as reflectors off to the sides of the piece...and I didn't realize how much they would show up...probably won't do that again on these darker pieces. I was trying to get a little bit of light onto the sides.