Working a daisy

One of my neighbors brought me a nice present today... a beautiful Gerber Daisy in a pretty bud vase.
Unfortunately, I have to return the vase once the flower has faded  .

I used my light tent with a white background and the 60mm micro to make this picture.



Then I decided to experiment with directional lighting, and a black background to make the flower "pop".

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I finished off with a tight macro of the core.

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Sure. It's a light tent kit from BH Photo. Here's waht it looks like.



Here's a link to BH Photo's offering.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...=310575&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

 

Thanks for your interest and kind words, folks!

 

Frank, if you look at the setup, you'll see there are two lightstands with floodlights and reflectors supplied with the kit. The floods supplied are photobulbs, which seem to work perfectly with auto white balance.

On another front, I'm having problems working the new Cafe GUI. The editing tools no longer appear above my "reply" screen, nor do the smilies, which i understand should appear to the right of the message box. Here's a screenshot of my "reply screen".



As I was fumbling around earlier, I seem to recall an advisory that this might be related to the settings on my computer. Can you point me in the right direction?

Note: I'll post this on the "help" forum as well. Thanks in advance.