At last...

This image is only significant in that it was taken with my camera in my house with my lights using my (ahem) studio. I've finally got the lighting kinks worked out and now have the ability to take decent photos of my own instead of using other auction houses archives (as beautiful though they are).

AND this rosary arrived today from Belgium. It seemed like the perfect subject for a challenging white on black photo test. Looks good. It's a nice rosary too. I took a second test image with another difficult rosary to photograph, my large "solemnity rosary" that I'd previously been unable to take a decent picture of due to glare.