Hey, nice buds!

This may be a little off topic, but I was wondering, how do you guys take such nice bud pics? I've tried a few times and they are OK (better then some ) but I can't seem to get the perfect quality I see here.

So how do you guys do it? Is it about the lighting or camera quality?

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4369/img0045woq.jpg
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9840/img0060fot.jpg