Preparation: Camera set up
As I do not have a properly working tripod I have set up my camera on a pillow and cloth for stability. I have done a test photo of dried apples, oranges, cloves, sage, rosemary, fir, and cedar branches. These food items have been dried and put in a jar, to be taken out and mixed with water in a pot, boiled, and simmered to produce a lovely smell throughout the house.
The camera is on a pillow and cloth for stability. This photo I took with my iPhone-12, ISO 160-42mm-F/1.6-1/60 sec.
Production: Trying it out by taking some test photos and editing the last picture using Photoshop.
Test Photo with Nikon Camera on Manual settings mid-morning near a Northern exposure window, on a sunny day. ISO 100-90mm-F/8.0-1/100 sec.