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Andad · 6 August 2018, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SG56

Gorgeous shots everyone!

Thank you for the tips :) I'll try it out next time!!!

Yeahhhh, dust... :D

Best pix on the thread...well done.

Tepeter1 · 10 August 2018, 12:56 PM

Awesome photos!

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Shakini · 13 August 2018, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SG56

Gorgeous shots everyone!

Thank you for the tips :) I'll try it out next time!!!

Yeahhhh, dust... :D

Bravo!

Excellent work... magazine worthy...

SG56 · 14 August 2018, 12:29 PM

Aww thank you. That was before I knew of the tips above, hahaha!

J!m · 15 August 2018, 03:41 AM

Some great shots here!

If anyone is interested in a couple “tricks” (from the days of film, long before photoshop) here you go:

1) get a polarizing filter. One you can rotate once installed. You can really control how an image will look- what “pops” and what you set back. Also excellent for taming glare from shiny things. Using a polarizing filter, you can look at the surface of water, or below it, just by changing the angle of the filter.

2) understand depth of field. You can make it shallow by opening up, or deep by closing down your aperture. Don’t rely on “automatic “ settings for this stuff. My old Canon EOS 1-v (film) and 1d (digital) both have a cool feature I never used for macro work, but I was shooting a line up of Land-Rovers at a show up in Canada one time for LRM magazine. I wanted all of them in focus but I was shooting across the line, so one was right in front of me, and the far one was 20-30 feet away. The Canon has a function where you focous on the closest and furthest point, compose and shoot it. It adjusts focus and aperture to keep that set depth in sharp focus. In the old days we had to do the math, take distances and bracket since we wouldn’t know what we had until the film was developed...

sutats · 1 May 2020, 02:32 AM

Terrific pictures everyone and great tips Jim. Keep them coming.

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Originally Posted by J!m

Some great shots here!

If anyone is interested in a couple “tricks” (from the days of film, long before photoshop) here you go:

1) get a polarizing filter. One you can rotate once installed. You can really control how an image will look- what “pops” and what you set back. Also excellent for taming glare from shiny things. Using a polarizing filter, you can look at the surface of water, or below it, just by changing the angle of the filter.

2) understand depth of field. You can make it shallow by opening up, or deep by closing down your aperture. Don’t rely on “automatic “ settings for this stuff. My old Canon EOS 1-v (film) and 1d (digital) both have a cool feature I never used for macro work, but I was shooting a line up of Land-Rovers at a show up in Canada one time for LRM magazine. I wanted all of them in focus but I was shooting across the line, so one was right in front of me, and the far one was 20-30 feet away. The Canon has a function where you focous on the closest and furthest point, compose and shoot it. It adjusts focus and aperture to keep that set depth in sharp focus. In the old days we had to do the math, take distances and bracket since we wouldn’t know what we had until the film was developed...

I thought I'd use a little bit of the lockdown to take a few snaps.

sutats · 2 May 2020, 04:51 AM

Wittymoniker · 3 May 2020, 01:36 AM

Beautiful work, I wish I had the talent.

Ny325 · 3 May 2020, 09:19 AM

Nice

marbo_19 · 3 May 2020, 05:55 PM

It's cool!

tom.hill1270 · 5 May 2020, 03:36 PM

Great clean photo

sutats · 30 June 2020, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Wittymoniker

Beautiful work, I wish I had the talent.

Thanks Alan, there are lots of terrific contributions in the thread. Do give it a try and share your pics, there are no points at stake. I feel it is mainly about patience more than anything else, with keeping the dust at bay and then resetting and of course tweaking with exposure and lighting angles for the best shot. I'm still discovering the nuances of settings on the trusty old DSLR.

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Originally Posted by Ny325

Nice

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Originally Posted by marbo_19

It's cool!

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Originally Posted by tom.hill1270

Great clean photo

Thank you all for the appreciation and kind comments in this Macro tryout thread. Do feel free to post your pics when you have a moment. We could all appreciate and learn from them.

Here's a few of the Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze Bucherer Blue Edition I took today given the impending release of its soon to be new blue dial counterpart with the leaked Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight Blue.

sorenu · 26 July 2020, 08:12 AM

Looks really cool!

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sutats · 14 November 2020, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by sorenu

Looks really cool!

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Thanks a lot! There are heaps of terrific contributions to the thread and while the other contributors are away I'll sneak this one shot in for now.

The below shot was achieved with the addition of a couple of VIJIM LED video lights to the existing two light setup for the light box/tent for balanced lighting. I got them for their very fine colour temperature and brightness adjustability. And they're compact and light too.

owl. · 14 November 2020, 05:46 AM

Took some pics of my watch as new before I scratch it all up.

I want to have pics to compare it too once it is all beat up :)

bmb15 · 14 November 2020, 06:27 AM

1966 Submariner Ref. 5513 'meters first' matt dial

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J!m "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Real Name: Jim Location: Connecticut Watch: this! Hold my beer Posts: 2,839	Some great shots here! If anyone is interested in a couple “tricks” (from the days of film, long before photoshop) here you go: 1) get a polarizing filter. One you can rotate once installed. You can really control how an image will look- what “pops” and what you set back. Also excellent for taming glare from shiny things. Using a polarizing filter, you can look at the surface of water, or below it, just by changing the angle of the filter. 2) understand depth of field. You can make it shallow by opening up, or deep by closing down your aperture. Don’t rely on “automatic “ settings for this stuff. My old Canon EOS 1-v (film) and 1d (digital) both have a cool feature I never used for macro work, but I was shooting a line up of Land-Rovers at a show up in Canada one time for LRM magazine. I wanted all of them in focus but I was shooting across the line, so one was right in front of me, and the far one was 20-30 feet away. The Canon has a function where you focous on the closest and furthest point, compose and shoot it. It adjusts focus and aperture to keep that set depth in sharp focus. In the old days we had to do the math, take distances and bracket since we wouldn’t know what we had until the film was developed...

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Wittymoniker "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2012 Real Name: Alan Location: Dublin Watch: GMT, sub Posts: 11	Beautiful work, I wish I had the talent.

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