Quote Originally Posted by FWB124 View Post
Excellent, just what I wanted to see. If you want to avoid lighting flare from shinny surfaces, like your laminated diagram, try two light sources at 45 degrees to the optical axis of the camera lens.

Cheers Mike.
Thanks all for the kind feedback - it's nice to know that people find this stuff helpful
As for the lighting - I am stuck with the strip lights in the kitchen for now