About the Image(s)

Description
This is something a bit out of the ordinary. I have a ’78 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 that I enjoy exploring out of the way places down 4WD trails. For my recent birthday, my son and daughter gave me a “Lego” model of an FJ40. This model consisted of over 2000 parts and a manual of 378 steps to assemble these parts into the model that I have photographed.

Technical
The model was photographed as a still life placed in a light box built from PVC pipe. The red cloth was supported by the light box. The sides of the light box held translucent white nylon material. Illumination was provided by two small LED lamps, one on each side. This provided fairly even lighting for the subject being photographed. Focus stacking techniques were used to obtain sharp focus on the subject from front to back. My Nikon Z8 with 105 macro lens was used to capture 50 exposures of the subject. Of these, 17 were used (Helicon Focus) to create the final image. Exposure for each image: 1/13 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 250.