Tell your soldiers to stand down Fury. This is strictly a peaceful diplomatic mission.

6/6/2020

This shot definitely pulled inspiration from the protests that are currently going on across the United States. With the protests remaining mostly peaceful, it has definitely been appalling to see the near military style approach that law enforcement has been taking in some cities. This was something that I knew if Captain America was around in the real world he wouldn't stand for.

I used the 80th Anniversary Captain America for this shot, but used the left hand with a finger pointing from the Onslaught wave Captain America to set the scene better. The rest of the figures in the shot are all the Nick Fury figures from the Giant Man wave. I used one with the Nick Fury head for Fury, and the rest I put the SHIELD Agent heads on for the soldiers in the background. I really like these Fury/SHIELD Agent figures, but I hope we get a redo of the SHIELD Agents from Hasbro like we did with the Hyrda and AIM army builders. The lighting on this shot was pretty minimal. I used my two TaoTronics desk lamps to light the windows of the diorama, and used my two LumeCube panel minis to light the figures from the front.

I took a variant of this shot using the Sam Wilson Captain America as well. I really wanted this shot to be my primary shot, but I couldn't get his hand to come off. I wanted to use the pointing figure on him as well, and this shot just doesn't have the same effect without that hand like the Steve Rogers version does.

Camera settings for this shot:

ISO - 100

fStop - 5.6

Shutter Speed - 1/25

Picture Control - Portrait

White Balance - 3200K