Finally I managed to “build” the whole chess set and put it on display!
A lamp was standing on the left, used a reflector to fill some of the shadows from the right,and to light the dark subjects in the back. I used a small aperture and a long exposure to get almost everything in focus!
Day 15 almost over and took my daily photo just in time!!!
This is Priscilla, my companion at my pc.
At first I just put her on the desk, aimed the camera and took a shot, it ended in being sort of a portrait shoot.
I started with f5.6, but being a macro shot, everything was out of focus except her eyes, so I played around with the exposure, and ended up with 4.0seconds at f29: The result, everything is sharp and in focus.
The light source came from my desk lamp on the left, and I used a piece of white paper on the right to reflect some light to add some fill light and brighten up the left side a little bit.
Of course I also used a tripod and a cable release to prevent camera shake. I can’t think of anyone who can hold a camera still for 4 seconds!!!