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Day 316 and an almost last minute PAD image. Backlit drinking straws.

Canon EOS 7D
Voigtländer APO-Lanthar SL II 90mm f/3.5
0.5 sec
f/11
ISO 100
Tripod
Cable release

I'm guessing from the exif you didn't use a flash to light them, what was the light source?

davidc wrote:I'm guessing from the exif you didn't use a flash to light them, what was the light source?

Light box. I no longer use it for viewing slides, but it has proved useful a few times recently to provide backlighting. The original plan was to shoot the straws end on, but the light was not strong enough to illuminate them