I have a problem...

[JonB]

... A lighting problem. My light box isn't really providing the results I had hoped for:



I think this may be due to the poor lighting I am using. (2 x Asda Cheapo 60w desk lamps and 60w Daylight bulbs). It's also only lit from the sides too. What I'm after is a 100w desk lamp which is adjustable. Something like this, but 100w obviously:




...This should allow me to light the box from above and hopefully produce results like this:

 

[JonB]

where did you get your light box from? how much was it?

I made one following this

Or take a longer shutter speed?

Will give this a go. I'm not so hot on the manual settings and confess this was taken on the auto-macro mode.

For product shots like that you wont just be relying on a few desk lamps.
You will be using a few lights from at least 2 angles to give some illumination mellowing out the shadows and then really you need to be using flash (bouced backwards via an umbrella would work best.

I disagree, desk lamps are fine (I have three, pointing from different directions) with the correct bulb. I'll take a photo of my setup later. Read this

 

[JonB]

Hence why I am after a 100 watt lamp. I can't find one anywhere, for a decent price! (Sounds silly I know)

For that setup I would use flash. The sigle bulb I use is 500 Watt and I use that along with flash and get very satisfying results.

I did try using the flash on my camera, and results were much more desirable, but the problem with the results were the shadows and the reflections from the metal. I would try an second flash, but it's a bit out of my budget for what I want to achieve at the moment.

If you posted your image (with exifs) and your setup then people should be able to push you into the right direction.

a lot of problems people will encounter are that they are relying on automatic settings. My advise would be full manual.

That would be great. Here is the exif data:

http://www.imgholder.co.uk/files/1/Testexif.jpg

Thanks