Signet ring at ƒ/18
This has been in our family (or rather, the Scottish part of my family) since the 1600s, if I remember correctly. It is quite battered, even though it has been “re–polished” or something several times, but I wouldn’t part with it. I got it from my father upon his passing a few years ago, the way it has been for generations. There was another ring before that one, I saw engravings of it, but it was made three or four centuries before that one and had become too frail to wear safely. Its metal was, I think, melted to create this new one.
Composite shot of 11 focus–sacked exposures, taken using the built–in function on the Nikon Z7. Stack processed with Helicon Focus (Method A).
Strobist and technical: One Phottix Pro Indra500 monolight on a Profoto light stand in Rembrandt position to camera left, 1.5 meters from subject and 1.3 meters above it, firing at 1/16 power through a Phottix Pro 80–cm Raja Deep parabolic softbox with double diffuser; and another Indra500 studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in lateral position to camera right, 1.5 meters from subject and 1.5 meters above it, firing at 1/8 power through a 30 × 140–cm Luxlight strip box with double diffuser.
Strobes set and triggered via Phottix Pro Odin II radio controller on the Nikon Z7 hotshoe, manual mode. Sekonic L–858D light meter used to balance light sources. Gitzo GR3543XLS tripod with Arca–Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Nikon Z7 camera body, Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro lens with FTZ adapter.
Signet ring at ƒ/18
This has been in our family (or rather, the Scottish part of my family) since the 1600s, if I remember correctly. It is quite battered, even though it has been “re–polished” or something several times, but I wouldn’t part with it. I got it from my father upon his passing a few years ago, the way it has been for generations. There was another ring before that one, I saw engravings of it, but it was made three or four centuries before that one and had become too frail to wear safely. Its metal was, I think, melted to create this new one.
Composite shot of 11 focus–sacked exposures, taken using the built–in function on the Nikon Z7. Stack processed with Helicon Focus (Method A).
Strobist and technical: One Phottix Pro Indra500 monolight on a Profoto light stand in Rembrandt position to camera left, 1.5 meters from subject and 1.3 meters above it, firing at 1/16 power through a Phottix Pro 80–cm Raja Deep parabolic softbox with double diffuser; and another Indra500 studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in lateral position to camera right, 1.5 meters from subject and 1.5 meters above it, firing at 1/8 power through a 30 × 140–cm Luxlight strip box with double diffuser.
Strobes set and triggered via Phottix Pro Odin II radio controller on the Nikon Z7 hotshoe, manual mode. Sekonic L–858D light meter used to balance light sources. Gitzo GR3543XLS tripod with Arca–Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Nikon Z7 camera body, Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro lens with FTZ adapter.