Lit with two 600W hot-lights at close range, one bounced off umbrella and other filtered blue. The sword is a replica of Frodo's sword, Sting, from Lord of the Rings.
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When I saw this entry for the first time my thought was 'What a timely choice of subjects with the movie just released!'
I like how you chose to shoot straight on against the blade rather than down the length. This way you have the whole shot in focus which is a definately a plus! You also did a good job of capturing the depth of the etching with the lighting angles that you chose. At first I was put off by the bluish cast, but considering the subject and story behind the subject, it is actually a very intelligent choice. Those who are not familiar with the story may or may not like the blue cast however.
From a compositional point of view, I both like and dislike the way that you framed this. I like it because you get more detail in what you can see! The lighting and shading in the etching comes out nice as does the bevel on the edge. I dislike the framing mostly because I'm such a big Tolkien fan and would like to be able to translate the Elvish runes.
All in all a very nice shot and one that I would consider turning into a print!
TC
Ooooooooooh. Love this. Lighting is great (is it glowing bluish?). Hopefully lots of viewers will know what it is. Nice texture on the blade. Composition is nice.
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