I like to work with shiny metal, and try to make differing interpretations of the same objects. Here, for example, is a pocket knife from French master Charly Bennica. The inlays and top of the composite blade are meteorite. The top image is lit for a bit of drama, and set against an original illustration from War of the Worlds. Ray guns, tripods, aged tint, oh my. The bottom image is lit for veracity, and set on an illustration from Kepler's Mysterium cosmographicum (1597) - an early attempt to describe the laws of planetary motion.
IQ4, AS monolith, Rodenstock apo macro sironar 120 mm at f11