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Stormed Trooper
Day 196 of 365
"Stormed Trooper"
Today's subject came to me when I was desperate. My daughter was going through a recently-acquired bag of toys from a friend when I came across this Stormtrooper helmet. It is about the size of a pencil eraser, so I was not sure how much detail would read in a closeup portrait. I was pleasantly surprised. But what to do with a pencil-eraser-sized helmet? I thought I would depict our little nemesis in a battle environment, and the apocalyptic scenes from the "Terminator" films came to mind. I stuck our little hero in a pile of iron filings, and lit him with a tightly snooted speedlight from right and above. I shot this with my 100 macro lens, and as you can see, only the helmet and the metal filings directly in that same plane are in focus. I love macro! With my Light Blaster, I projected a slide of a creepy forest scene on to the white backdrop. Only the greenish section showed up, but I thought it was purdy, so I went with it. As an afterthought I shot a frame where I backlit the helmet and sprayed a shot of my canned smoke. I just wanted some of those lovely particulates in the air. In the end, this is a composite of two images. The second frame used is simply that smoke in the air....used to dirty up the image. Thanks for battling through and reading this!!
#stormtrooper #starwars #helmet #battle #warwhatisitgoodfor #war #sciencefiction #canon580exII #lightblaster #canon5dmarkIII #snoot #100macro #projection #slide
Stormed Trooper
Day 196 of 365
"Stormed Trooper"
Today's subject came to me when I was desperate. My daughter was going through a recently-acquired bag of toys from a friend when I came across this Stormtrooper helmet. It is about the size of a pencil eraser, so I was not sure how much detail would read in a closeup portrait. I was pleasantly surprised. But what to do with a pencil-eraser-sized helmet? I thought I would depict our little nemesis in a battle environment, and the apocalyptic scenes from the "Terminator" films came to mind. I stuck our little hero in a pile of iron filings, and lit him with a tightly snooted speedlight from right and above. I shot this with my 100 macro lens, and as you can see, only the helmet and the metal filings directly in that same plane are in focus. I love macro! With my Light Blaster, I projected a slide of a creepy forest scene on to the white backdrop. Only the greenish section showed up, but I thought it was purdy, so I went with it. As an afterthought I shot a frame where I backlit the helmet and sprayed a shot of my canned smoke. I just wanted some of those lovely particulates in the air. In the end, this is a composite of two images. The second frame used is simply that smoke in the air....used to dirty up the image. Thanks for battling through and reading this!!
#stormtrooper #starwars #helmet #battle #warwhatisitgoodfor #war #sciencefiction #canon580exII #lightblaster #canon5dmarkIII #snoot #100macro #projection #slide