I hadn't done much product shooting, so this was good practice. Got a couple clamp lights with the same time of bulb, an 89 cent piece of posterboard, put some white T-shirts over the lights and darkened the room, and shot. Editing was curves, brightness/contrast, and gaussian blur on the background to smooth it out (including sensor dust). No spot editing on the cone except a masked shadow/highlights layer to brighten the paper a little.
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Would have been more effective if the background weren't also red, or at least if it were a different red. As is, the cone just doesn't stand out enough.
The question is, how long did you have before the lights melted the subject? I am not a fan of the red on red though, it just blends in, instead of putting all the focus on the subject.
This is a great idea in general. But it misses the boat in one crucial way. The cherry against the red background. Try it again sometime with a black or white background and see how much better it pops!
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