Captain America: Shield Agent

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Excited about the release of the movie Captain America: The First Avenger, I came up with a challenge for myself: capture an action shot of Captain America straight out of the camera.

Part of the 3 3/4″ “Marvel Universe” line from Hasbro, this Captain America action figure comes with his original shield.

This image is straight out of the camera: no tweaking, no color processing, no cropping, no nothing.

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Captain America Shield Agent Setup

Setup

Because the figure is suspended, the setup for this photos is a little more complex than one of my normal tabletop photos.

Captain America hangs on two pieces of invisible thread attached to a yardstick held above the scene by clear plastic cups. The backdrop is a 12×12″ sheet of scrapbooking paper that looks like bricks.

Three incandescent flashlights provide the backlighting, while a single push-light provides the lighting for the figure.

Alternates

I initially shot this photo using the stock camera lens before switching to a macro lens. As you can see, the stock lens does provide some depth of field and blurring of the brick backdrop, but not nearly as much as the macro lens.

Alternate Depth of Field

I also shot a version for Instagram.

Instagram Version

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