This is amazing, some of the images have an incredible sci-fi feeling to them.
Current link doesn't show all of the photos, the photographer's website has some more : https://www.charlesbrooks.info/
On author's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/charlescellist/ there's a new (not featured on the website) photo of Kawai Grand Piano that looks like a corridor on a space station. Absolutely amazing.
For me, the most impressive part of these pictures is the use of lighting. The play of lights and shadows reproduces the volumes in such a way that one feels immersed, embedded in a vast chamber that is in reality only a few centimeters wide. The cello example is exceptional in that regard.
Does anyone know how he managed to keep such a large distance in focus, despite being in macro range? I suppose those are several pictures stitched together somehow?
Yes, "Focus stacking" is the technical term. From the photographers website: "When we see closeup macro shots like this we expect them to have a narrow depth of field. By combing hundreds of shots with varying focus I make sure that the entire instrument is sharp from from to back."
Wow this is a stunning look in a different way, I can only imagine all the strange beauty in old arch top guitars.
Also totally agree on the expertise in the lighting. Makes them vibrant and feel lively like caught in a break in the action. Would love to see if he could do time lapse too that’d be neat too. What an artist.