Tiny piece (alternate title was "Quark"), CFL light in a swing-arm desk lamp, glossy white paper. Could have qualified for a Minimal editing challenge ... I had no time to build anything, so I went minimalist with what I think is the smallest piece of Lego it is possible to make -- just the stud, the socket,and a small ridge around the middle.
The lighting, exposure and white-balance combination (the piece is black) created the metallic effect; I also have versions which came out silver ...
-Tripod, timer
-Manual mode, auto WB
-FL 436mm (35mm EQ) plus close-up lens (subject distance approximately 8")
-Resize
-USM at 88%/1.3 dia.TH = 5
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 10/10 = 130KB
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