A few new ones - critique welcome

[SharpByCoop]

Buddy always shares, and I haven't shown anything. My turn.

I had a fun day with Jerry Oksman this afternoon. He came by with a set of three swords. Oh, yeah. THAT was easy.

After stretching out my tent to fit the swords, I scrapped it entirely. i still coudn't get far enough away to fir them in the frame. I ended up laying the setup on the floor and directing the strobes at the ceiling. it worked just as well.



There is a LOT of stuff going on, but that's the point. This was a matched set over three years from Wally.

Jerry wanted a clean individual shot of the 'small' tanto (It's as large as a long bowie....!) I ended up using my tried and true (favorite) background on this (With FULL credit to Rich Slaughter for the gift of this piece. I can't keep my hands off it.... )

Getting light inside that guard took an outside strobe, and I oiled the steel to make the damascus jump out.



Lastly, he dragged out of his pocket this marvelous EDC folder. I stared at it for minutes trying to figure out the maker. (Don't uncover the credit line and try to guess)

I caved, but was thrilled to see it was from one of my faves. On top of the cleanliness, it is a D/A Scale release auto! Jerry works in NYC. I *don't* think he's letting on about this one....



Lighting was near-perfect for me on this shot. Doesn't always work this easily. I chose a fresh background from my new stash...

Any critiques welcome.

Coop