Quote Originally Posted by BrigandTwoFour View Post
Another go at this. Glutton for punishment, I guess, lol.

Trying to do a single light source behind everything, blocked with a piece of wood. Two white cards placed at angles just in front of the subject to bounce some light back. I was holding a black mask over the top to block extra light from blasting the camera.

If you had more light on the front of the weapon, as well as books, this would be a keeper. It comes across as probably a half a stop underexposed, maybe a tad more.

A bit more reflector or fill flash would bump it up to awesome.