A rusty veteran
Originally painted sky blue, this is a genuine World War I steel helmet from the French army. It has been in the family on my mother’s side since then.
For this 1:1 macro shot, I used my new Micro–Nikkor 85mm f/2.8 PC–E tilt–shift and macro lens. Natively, it can only achieve 1:2, but in this case, I added a Fotodiox Pro extension tube to reach life size. I used it because it is also a tilt–shift lens and I tilted it almost all the way to get all of what I wanted in focus.
Shot taken for the “Macro Mondays” group, Rusty theme.
Strobist and technical: One Phottix Pro Indra500 monolight on a Manfrotto cantileverd giraffe light stand in zenithal position (angled towards camera), 1.3 meters above subject, firing at ¼ power through a Luxlight 30 × 140–cm strip box with double diffuser; and another Indra500 studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in Rembrandt position to camera left, 1.5 meters from subject and 1 meter above it, firing at ¼ power through a 110–cm Luna octabox with double diffuser. White card reflector to camera right.
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, PC-E Micro-Nikkor 85mm f/2.8D tilt–shift lens with FTZ adapter, Fotodiox Pro 15–mm extension tube.
A rusty veteran
Originally painted sky blue, this is a genuine World War I steel helmet from the French army. It has been in the family on my mother’s side since then.
For this 1:1 macro shot, I used my new Micro–Nikkor 85mm f/2.8 PC–E tilt–shift and macro lens. Natively, it can only achieve 1:2, but in this case, I added a Fotodiox Pro extension tube to reach life size. I used it because it is also a tilt–shift lens and I tilted it almost all the way to get all of what I wanted in focus.
Shot taken for the “Macro Mondays” group, Rusty theme.
Strobist and technical: One Phottix Pro Indra500 monolight on a Manfrotto cantileverd giraffe light stand in zenithal position (angled towards camera), 1.3 meters above subject, firing at ¼ power through a Luxlight 30 × 140–cm strip box with double diffuser; and another Indra500 studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in Rembrandt position to camera left, 1.5 meters from subject and 1 meter above it, firing at ¼ power through a 110–cm Luna octabox with double diffuser. White card reflector to camera right.
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, PC-E Micro-Nikkor 85mm f/2.8D tilt–shift lens with FTZ adapter, Fotodiox Pro 15–mm extension tube.