The good thing about photographing things like ornaments, you can take your time and experiment without the worry that your subject will get fed up waiting for you to capture that perfect shot.
Taken at 1/250 sec at f8 and ISO64, this shot was taken against a black backdrop with a softbox flash. You can see my set up below.
Of course as you look around, you might find that you have plenty of objects around that, when taken close up and from the right angle and in this case with a little colour from a coloured gel, will make really interesting images. This image was taken 1/250 sec at f8 and ISO64


