Male accessories

This photo was taken for a themed challenge of a tabletop photography group. I don’t remember exactly what it was, for it must have been something like “clothing and accessories”.

 

From front to back, you can see in approximate order:

 

. half–moon glasses by Lunor (Germany), mod. 219, color 02;

. cufflinks, gold and cornelian by Cartier (France) and gold and lapis–lazuli by Dunhill (Great Britain);

. Braun Series 8 electric shaver (Germany);

. Terre d’Hermès Cologne by Hermès (France;

. silk tie by Hermès (France);

. Burlington Argyle socks (used to be Great Britain, now made in Germany);

. Musto HPX foul–weather jacket for sailing;

. Harris Tweed jacket with authenticity seal and serial number.

 

Composite shot made of 12 focus–stacked exposures, using the built–in function on the Nikon Z7. Stack processed with Helicon Focus, Method C.

 

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 1/8 power through a Phottix Pro 150–cm Raja parabolic softbox with double diffuser; and another Indra500 studio strobe on a Profoto tabletop light stand in lateral (slightly backlit) position to camera right, 1.5 meters from subject and at about the same height, firing at 1/8 power through an Andoer gridded snoot.

Strobes set and triggered via Phottix Pro Odin II radio controller on the Nikon Z7 hot shoe, manual mode. Sekonic L–858D light meter used to balance light sources. Gitzo GT3543 XLS tripod with Arca–Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Nikon Z7 camera body, 35mm f/1.8 S lens.

Done