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Swimming Serfs
Two cotter pins. The lens arrangement was a prime 50mm with a reversed 24mm (24-70 f/2.8L) in front of it. Of the 40 shots I took, I like this one the best.
About the title: Cotter => Cottar => Villein => Serf. Go look up the words you don’t know. Yes, my brain does funny things when I need sleep.
That’s great, but those aren’t cotter pins. Cotter pins are split pins that go through a hole in a fastener, and then the ends are pried apart so it can’t be pulled out. I don’t know what the proper name of that kind of pin is, though.
What was your lighting setup for the shot? I see the key light is a hard light behind and above the subject, but I also see shadows from lights on the sides.
A very astute observation, Mark. Technically it’s a hairpin clip. It falls into the cotter pin grouping only because of associative uses. Being a cotter doesn’t require that the ends be pried apart, by the way; that’s only a function of the standard cotter. There’s alos a hairpin cotter (aka hitch pin clip), usually used with a clevis pin, which is half cotter pin (goes through a hole in the clevis pin) and half hairpin clip (goes over the top of the clevis pin).
Look for a follow-up shot tomorrow (wanted to get to it today, but haven’t had time). This is the “using materials that are available” shot, and the follow-up involves a trip to the store. Here’s hoping I have the opportunity…
The light is dual 250 watt halogen lights primarily behind, and 10 watt halogens primarily above to give the slight shadow. Nothing fancy, really.