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Idle hands are the devil's workshop. So today I thought I'd make my first venture into macro photography of my most favourite watch (that I own. lol), the 2013 GMT-Master II 116710BLNR.
The watch was shot in as-is used condition apart from having to relentlessly wipe dust off the lens and bezel so they wouldn't appear in the shot. It was an endless task. I used a basic Nikon D3300 DSLR camera with the kit lens (which is my only lens) mounted on a tripod and a remote shutter to take the picture. To keep dust and fingerprints off I used a squeaky camera lens cloth, a camera dust blower and a cleaning cloth. No visual edits were made to picture apart from cropping it down. Please feel free to post yours, criticise, praise, punish or offer advice and suggestions. ![]()
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nice picture, was you using a tripod?
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Thanks very much Eddy. I sure was. I forgot about that. I'll add that to my original post. Thanks.
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Great shot, screensaver worthy!
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Great pic
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Looks good!
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Thanks for the huge compliment Tim. You raise a good point as I will have to consider the aspect ratio for those kind of pics.
Thanks very much Alex. Many thanks Leon!
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First class, I always get specs of dust everywhere, this morning I have had 30 minutes play. Took a photo with WB set for sun as it was taken in natural light. I have been reading about setting custom WB. Photographed a piece of paper and set it as the white balance in custom settings and the second shot taken.
But respect re your photo with no editing.... and no dust. ![]() ![]() |
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It obviously only took 90 seconds to do and the colour difference is incredible.
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Great shot Kevan! The second pic is stunning and the difference is massive. Getting the white balance right is an art in itself. Nice to see the comparisons.
Thanks a lot. The pic I posted is as close as my lens could take me. All I did was a crop and resize to our forum-friendly size. And as for ridding dust, trust me it felt compulsive. The blue lens cloth that came with my new and very cheap 3 pieces lens cleaning kit really made a difference. I think it had a very slightly rubberised compound that made it squeak and lift the dotty dust specks off. The dust blower that came with it also helped overall.
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I'd probably see it too if my lens could take me that close. lol. What camera setup did you have for those pics? For newly settled dust a camera dust blower works reasonably well.
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Crest cropped.
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Thanks Kevan. I have no idea what the numbers on a lens mean but I just ordered one for tighter macros after going through some reviews. lol
Sunlight is a super tricky. That's something nobody can't control even if it the sun only shines once a year here. Anything done outdoors is difficult come to think of it.
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Nice shots
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Well done
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Macro tryout
Good shot. I like your choice of lighting. It may be a little close on the top right but I'm not an expert.
I have a Nikon D5200 and recently purchased a Nikon AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens for macro photography. I like taking pictures of close up details... Watches especially. I LOVE the lens. I had purchased the Nikon 105mm f/2.0D Auto Focus DC-Nikkor lens but found it was more of a portrait lens (i.e. you need to be 6 feet from the subject to get great focus). I could not get up close (6" and get a zoom or focus). I like to use aperture priority- the higher number aperture, the longer depth of field, longer shutter speed, the more in focus things will be. Lower aperture is shallower depth of field, allows you to blur background. Use higher ISO for darker shots. It will be a little grainy but is more sensitive to light and will allow a faster shutter (reducing blur if not using tripod). In well-lit places use lowest ISO (base ISO) to get truest picture. Those are my notes. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1442584630.397372.jpg ![]() |
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I have a Nikon D90 and a couple of lenses, one that does f2.8 @ 100mm, but I think one of the easiest ways of capturing macro pics is to use an Olloclip 4in1 lens with my iPhone5s and the Olloclip camera app, pretty much point & shoot
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fast becoming the place to be for macro.
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so let's keep posting.
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pity the plastic was still on...
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Thanks Clive. We have really good contributions. Please feel free to post yours.
Thank you Brian for making it worthwhile. Welcome to post yours. Quote:
The lens Xmm and Fnumber is something I don't understand. What do they mean in terms of specs and capability when named with a lens (e.g. 105mm f/2.8G or f2.8 @ 100mm)? Quote:
Nothing wrong with that at all Kevan especially when you have a spare Daytona lying around. It looks spiffy and that's one way of keeping grime off the watch. Also great to see all these contributions.
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Looks great!
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Macro tryout
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The chosen area will be in focus but keep in mind if the object takes up a lot of the picture, some portions may be out of focus... i.e. the chosen area might be a small part of the picture and things around it will be considered in front or behind it and will be out of focus. That works well when you are trying to blur the background or foreground but if you are shooting close up and what the whole shot in focus then you will what a larger f number. |
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Thanks you very much!
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So today I unboxed my new Nikon Micro-Nikkor 40mm F/2.8G lens and took some shots. I was able to take much closer shots than the Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm VR kit lens I used in the original post. Here's a dirty picture I took with the new lens. ![]()
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That looks great!
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Awesome pics, thanks.
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Thank you!
Thanks Larry! You're too kind. So it turned out rather unfortunately that my smartphone macro lens shipment was lost by the carrier. While that's being sorted out, I'll persist with my macro lens. Here's a couple. There was so much fiddling around to get the razor thin focus and frame right and at times I wasn't sure what to focus on. Managing the lighting and reflections was another challenge. I know they could benefit from some post processing, but that's not really my thing. What do you think? ![]() ![]()
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