The Adidas Deodarant Spray-Can

I got the idea this afternoon, as I finished working on a home made reflector I was trying to make by putting aluminium foil on an old calender. As I began trying to use it, I realised that it was of practically no use as the flash on my EOS 350D was a fixed mini flash, the kind that folds into the camera and was not movable. It was obviously futile trying to use a torch as a falsh substitute, as the beam was immensly weak. I instead decided to try and use it as a glossy background for no flash photos.
In five minutes, I came up with what I call an Improvised Photographic Device, the setup of which was as follows:
I put the subject, in this case the deo aerosol can on a green bathing towel in front of the convex reflector on a 3.5 foot cabinet top.
I then put a cushioned stool on a table for a tripod substitute, as I do not possess a tripod as of now, right in front of it.
Since the position was awkward for me to manually focus, I was forced to opt for a battery intensive auto focus which used a five second flash as the only light in the room was one yellow light.
Focussed, the camera stood somewhat shaky on the cushion, I clicked, hoping the cushion would hold up for the shutter time of 4 seconds.
Thankfully it did.
The results are there for you to see.


PS-The reflector is seen as the background in this photo.
Also, for added effect, I wetted the can.