Originally Posted by vizjerei 
lightbox shouldn't give u that sharp shadow... no?
You're right. The lighting was the onboard flash, and then I did a bit of post processing in Paint.NET to selectively brighten the background whilst leaving the subject relatively untouched
Originally Posted by BBear the 1st seems better exposed, but other than that, it seems very much like a product catalog picture...
Yeah, I know, but with assignments to do and exams looming, I just needed an excuse to prepare for neither!