I tried making one of my selfmade shakuhachi (bamboo flute) look good. Thing is I really didn't know how to achieve this, and kind of got stuck halfway.

Anybody know a good (low budget) approach to do something like this?

The best thing I could come up with, was placing it on a reflective glas table and strategically placing about 6 candle lights behind, in front and on the side of it and using longer shutter speeds in a dark room. I can't use off-camera flash (got no flash yet ) and all other lighting looked harsh or revealed the room.

I hope 4 is not too much.








Any comments welcome.

[Edit] I just realized, I had too much dust on the table.