Build ring light for your camera

Step 4 Results

See a few examples below. Mines are not as dramatic as on the link in the beginning of this article. But you can see that there are much less highlights and cast shadows using the ring light. The railway pictures show that nicely. You can see all the details there are no harsh shadows. Exposure is more uniform. These pictures have not been altered. White balance is as the auto white balance function determined it. I am not saying that it gives an artistic result, but it is the best for documentation purposes where too much shadow makes the image hard to interpret.