Lego Mars Mission

Not a long time ago, on a table somewhere in Sofia...

My friend @fotosdenada wondered the other day how it is possible that there are no Lego macro fans on Steemit. Being a Lego fan myself, I had to prove him wrong. During the weekend, I spent half an hour in my mom's apartment searching for my lego Minifigures. When I was a kid, I was crazy about Lego's space sets in particular. Why? I was crazy about science fiction movies, books, and aliens!

The "astronaut" in this photoshoot is from a Lego System (can't remember the number) from the early 1990's. My idea was to place it in the foreground, together with a small lego brick, and add something reddish in the background that vaguely resembles Mars. Can you guess what that red thing is? Also, I wanted to take the same shot twice using different lenses - Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 and Lensbaby 56mm f/1.6. Both of them are very capable when it comes to macro photography, but the results they produce are totally different. If you have been following my blog, you already know about the glowing effect the Lensbaby is able to create.

Olympus 12-40mm @ f/2.8

Lensbaby @ f/2.0

Which of the two do you prefer?

Dan

P.S. Make sure to check @fotosdenada's The Empire Knocks One Back :)