This figure is made from the left and right antlers from a small deer rack. I sawed them off of their main stems and joined them back together with a steel pin, so that I could swivel them to find just the right "pose". The "sash" is a piece of ribbon from my wife's sewing box, and it covers the joint. I also drilled into the bottom of the one supporting "leg" of the figure and inserted a very small pin, which extends down into the base (a piece of firewood approximately 6" in diameter). The base is draped with a blue cloth, which also extends up behind the figure as a backdrop.
This shot was taken around 7:15 PM, and the sun was going down. This setting sun became my main source of light, coming in primarily from slightly behind and to the left. I also used a very small flashlight with a red filter, playing it over the figure from the right during the 4 second exposure.
I took almost 40 shots, varying the lighting and the angle. As the sun set I had to adjust the lighting accordingly with indoor lights. But after working with 4 or 5 of the best shots on the computer, I chose this one, which happens to be the very first shot I took!
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