Days ago, I plucked a rose and gave it to SiewPeng.  SiewPeng put it on the table beside her computer.  After a few days, it was becoming getting drier and drier but not 100% dried.  I decided to take its picture in my simple and newly-made mini studio lightbox.

With the extra brightness from the lightbox, I can minimize the apeature (use larger F stop) to increase the depth of field because I wanted the whole flower in focus.  :D  I can see the detail of each petal.

This is how my lightbox look like.  Should I call it a lightbox or there is another name for it?  It is not a box, but just a piece of paper as the background and a 30W energy saving lamp.  I use it to control the lighting direction instead of using natural light that comes in from my room’s windows as I did before.

I found that if I use a black cloth as the background, the background is not totally dark and sometimes there were reflection.  I am still finding solution for this problem.  If you know the answer, please tell me, okay?