some shots of my guitar

What was your actual light source?
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
The first one works the best for me, though the reflection of the string on the scratch plate is distracting.

p.s. strings need changing

Stu - K10D | DFA 100/2.8 Macro | DA 55-300 | AF-360FGZ |
So much to learn... So little time !

I took the liberty of copying one of these and having a go at it in Photoshop. It needed quite a lot of work in levels, too much really as the file was underexposed in camera. Do check your histogram after each shot and reshoot if there's not a nice spread of tones.
The amount of levelling I had to do introduced a lot of noise which you can avoid in the future.
I also sharpened the image and finally added a border.
Don't worry about making errors. Everyone does, all the time, and it's actually a good way to learn! If I were you, I'd try to repeat this exercise taking great care with focusing, lighting and ensuring the camera is really still so as to avoid movement. I'm sure you'll do better second time around

Best wishes,
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
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That said I feel they are too dark - although if viewed on black they may look different?
Mike
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You can see some of my shots at my Flickr account.
The depth of field is still shallow too so that the tone knob is in focus whilst the bulk of the photo isn't. Unless it's my eyes of course, which is quite possible

Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Best wishes,
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050 http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
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matthew
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matthew
But I suppose it's a requirement for growth.............SO here gose
lighting was one soot and a mirror with a black reflector
Camera set to manual and room blacked out
Matt