Gear & Exposure Specs:
🔭 Lens: NIKKOR Z 180-600mm (at 600mm)
📷 Camera: Nikon Z7 II
⏱️ Settings: 1/200s | f/8.0 | ISO 200 •
Hope you enjoy the texture and contrast along the shadows!
Wanted to share the story behind this shot. I wanted to see if I could recreate a cinematic space scene using purely practical effects inside my room.
No 3D/CGI used! The "ship" is a physically deformed soda can. The background is an OLED screen (giving that perfect absolute black space background), and the blue rim light on the metal is from two Neewer RGB61 lights matching the planet's glow.
The background blur is 100% optical due to the lens physics.
Camera settings: Nikon Z7 II + NIKKOR Z 180-600mm | 180mm | f/5.6 | 1/30s | ISO 260.
High-res print download link is available on my Reddit profile bio! Thanks for looking!