This is an old pomander, several years old. No longer citrus-scented, it is now utterly mummified and smells of the pot pourri that it has been lying in. But the mostly-broken cloves that pepper its dusty surface are full of interesting detail and patterns, so they get a big close-up here.I used my normal manual flash setup with 20mm extension, and at f/5.6 as this aperture usually gives a correct exposure. I used a close tent of white polystyrene boards, foil on top by the flash and a piece of white paper under the front of the pomander.
The paper was close at first and produced a lot of up-light that flattened the image somewhat, so I pulled it away a bit to let an accent of shadow back.
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