Greetings,

I recently purchased a hand turned ebony pen and decided to use it in a comparison shot.

In hindsight, it wasn't a fair comparison as I didn't remove my softboxes when shooting with the light tent... gaboon ebony is a very dark wood and even in bright daylight it is difficult to see any color.

In both shots I removed the ink cartridge and mounted the pen on a piece of wire stuck in a block of wood.

Anywho, this is the pen in a light tent on a gray backdrop, Alien Bee B1600's with 2' x 3' softboxes from the sides.



And this is the pen on a black paper backdrop and 2 ~ 2' x 2' black paper reflectors on the sides. Strobes with stock reflectors.



Which do you like best ?

Cheers, Don