New addition to collection (Juyo Ko Uda Sunnobi Tanto)

[ChrisM]

A tanto is interesting to shoot, and much easier than a katana or a tachi. The smaller size makes the camera placement and lighting more forgiving. 

 

A koshiare for this beautiful piece is currently under construction and should arrive sometime early in 2024. I'm looking forward to getting pictures of everything together! 

[Baba Yaga]

Finally a sword worth looking at and studying. Congratulation on your Juyo.  

[ChrisM]

6 hours ago, Baba Yaga said:

Finally a sword worth looking at and studying. Congratulation on your Juyo.  

 

I'm still new to stewardship of Juyo blades, but they are certainly amazing. 

 

My struggle with this particular set of shots is that I kept overexposing the grooves. I have some images with them properly exposed, but I couldn't get a single shot that was correct over the entire blade. I choose to skip masking & compositing and just live with the overexposure. 

 

For my next trick, I picked up a true Macro lens and am going to try building some deepzoom shots. 

[DRDave]

Terrific sword, Chris.  Congrats!

[Jean]

Fantastic Chris, and a splendid sayagaki👍

[ROKUJURO]

Congratulations!

Very impressive blade! I try to imagine how it might have looked before it was shortened.