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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 825728" data-attributes="member: 53455">A Renaissance purse made of goldThis is a very nice piece that’s been in the family (on my mother’s side) for generations. I was told by by a supposedly knowledgeable person that it was Renaissance work from the 1500s. It is a small purse, about 5 centimeters wide and maybe 8 in length, entirely made of solid gold, including the “meshing”, or “chainmail” work, or whatever that’s called. It is a very precious, museum-grade item, apparently. I don’t think it has seen a lot of use (!), as the minuscule gold “chain links” are all intact.Shot from January 2020. Considering the reproduction ratio, I must have used either an extension tube or the bellows with the nifty fifty.Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 50mm ƒ/1.8 S lens, extension tube or bellows. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting. Composite shot made of an unrecorded number of focus-stacked exposures, using the built-in function on the camera. Stack processed with Helicon Focus.[ATTACH=full]411843[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 825728, member: 53455"] [B]A Renaissance purse made of gold[/B] This is a very nice piece that’s been in the family (on my mother’s side) for generations. I was told by by a supposedly knowledgeable person that it was Renaissance work from the 1500s. It is a small purse, about 5 centimeters wide and maybe 8 in length, entirely made of solid gold, including the “meshing”, or “chainmail” work, or whatever that’s called. It is a very precious, museum-grade item, apparently. I don’t think it has seen a lot of use (!), as the minuscule gold “chain links” are all intact. Shot from January 2020. Considering the reproduction ratio, I must have used either an extension tube or the bellows with the nifty fifty. Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 50mm ƒ/1.8 S lens, extension tube or bellows. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting. Composite shot made of an unrecorded number of focus-stacked exposures, using the built-in function on the camera. Stack processed with Helicon Focus. [ATTACH type="full" alt="51564340893_e8d4160087_o.jpg"]411843[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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