The Head of Michelangelo's Moses

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I'm revisiting an old favorite once again. The full-sized, precise bronze copy of Michelangelo's Moses continues to captivate me with his impressive sinuous, smoky locks of beard, his intimidating gaze, and technical mastery as there is always something new to discover every time I stop by with my camera. I've created a rough model of the entire figure before, but this time I wanted to focus solely on the head. While this model has improved significantly from previous attempts, I'm still not satisfied as I find it extremely challenging to capture good photos of Moses' shoulders, neck, the top of his head, or the far left side around his left ear and further back due to the sculpture being raised high off the ground and set against a panel. Sharp-eyed observers will notice a degradation in model quality if they rotate the head from the right ear to the left ear and further or look down on top of his head. I plan to use a ladder plus a painter's pole to help me finally achieve more comprehensive coverage and hopefully create an adequate model that does justice to the work and spirit of Michelangelo.