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28 August 2006, 07:12 AM

Rainy afternoon so played around with a few more photos.....

The Seiko 5 lume shot.....

And with a few more of my favourite things.....

And looking at the Calibre 65 movement of my Panoreserve......

Inversion!

And some fantastic detail.....love those gold chatons!

Thanks for looking!

JJ Irani · 28 August 2006, 05:54 PM

Excellent pics, Al...as always!!

Do you get your inspiration from sweet Jacqui?

padi56 · 28 August 2006, 07:31 PM

Excellent pictures Al glad you still like the Seiko, not in the same league as the Panoreserve,but remarkable value for money.

28 August 2006, 10:42 PM

Wow, outstanding pix. That first Seiko pic looks like it belongs in one of their catalogues! Great stuff!

SLRdude · 29 August 2006, 01:52 AM

I will have to agree!
That lume shot is GREAT!!!!

Very Very VERY well done my friend!!

29 August 2006, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by comatox

I will have to agree!
That lume shot is GREAT!!!!

Very Very VERY well done my friend!!

Thanks Chip - I'll consider that high praise coming from the master!!

I actually used some of your "tips" for doing this shot and I can see that this is the way to go. Not nearly as good as yours, but I don't actually have photoshop but another program that is a bit limited in comparison (that and the fact it was my first try at this so some practice is needed). I am considering photoshop or maybe photoshop "elements" to do the basics - any suggestions what to get?

SLRdude · 29 August 2006, 08:19 AM

Well.... Photoshop can never replace a well taken photograph, and there isn't much that photoshop can do to improve a well taken photo.

In your case, I was not able to make your pic look better by using photoshop.
That tells me that your pic is a very well taken pic.

Ansel Adams had no photoshop and his cameras were equivalent to a 10 dollar throw away camera of today. And look at his work.

It is all in the use of light, and in showing the camera sensor a picture worth seeing.

And your image has both qualities.
Well done Avalon!

C.J. · 29 August 2006, 10:18 AM

Great pics, Al

I especially like the lume shot and the GO inversion

29 August 2006, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by comatox

Ansel Adams had no photoshop and his cameras were equivalent to a 10 dollar throw away camera of today. And look at his work.

Adams was a good shooter, but not a spectacular one. He used extremely large format plates, which really helps the detail in the grain of the silver.

However, Adams was a jedi-master of the darkroom in the way that few photographers before or since did the tricks he did. When I was in journalism school years back, we processed our own film and exposed our own shots. Learning the art of dodging and burning and even 'silvering' was an education on it's own.

Chip is right, there's not much photoshop can do to improve a really good shot, and that Seiko shot is about as good as it gets. Nicely done, again, Al.

29 August 2006, 08:49 PM

Thanks again for the comments guys....inspires me to do more of this stuff!

28 August 2006, 07:12 AM	#1
---- Guest Posts: n/a	Seiko and GO pics Rainy afternoon so played around with a few more photos..... The Seiko 5 lume shot..... And with a few more of my favourite things..... And looking at the Calibre 65 movement of my Panoreserve...... Inversion! And some fantastic detail.....love those gold chatons! Thanks for looking!

28 August 2006, 05:54 PM	#2
JJ Irani Fondly Remembered Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: JJ Location: Auckland, NZ Watch: ALL SOLD!! Posts: 74,319	Excellent pics, Al...as always!! Do you get your inspiration from sweet Jacqui? __________________ Words fail me in expressing my utmost thanks to ALL of you for this wonderful support during my hour of need!! I firmly believe that my time on planet earth is NOT yet up!! I shall fight this to the very end.......and WIN!!

28 August 2006, 07:31 PM	#3
padi56 "TRF" Life Patron Join Date: Jun 2005 Real Name: Peter Location: Llanfairpwllgwyng Watch: ing you. Posts: 53,025	Excellent pictures Al glad you still like the Seiko, not in the same league as the Panoreserve,but remarkable value for money. __________________ ICom Pro3 All posts are my own opinion and my opinion only. "The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop. Now is the only time you actually own the time, Place no faith in time, for the clock may soon be still for ever." Good Judgement comes from experience,experience comes from Bad Judgement,.Buy quality, cry once; buy cheap, cry again and again. www.mc0yad.club Second in command CEO and left handed watch winder

29 August 2006, 01:52 AM	#5
SLRdude "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Chip Location: Dallas TX Posts: 6,194	I will have to agree! That lume shot is GREAT!!!! Very Very VERY well done my friend!! __________________ Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try. Yoda, Jedi Master CHIP Member # 87

29 August 2006, 08:19 AM	#7
SLRdude "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Chip Location: Dallas TX Posts: 6,194	Well.... Photoshop can never replace a well taken photograph, and there isn't much that photoshop can do to improve a well taken photo. In your case, I was not able to make your pic look better by using photoshop. That tells me that your pic is a very well taken pic. Ansel Adams had no photoshop and his cameras were equivalent to a 10 dollar throw away camera of today. And look at his work. It is all in the use of light, and in showing the camera sensor a picture worth seeing. And your image has both qualities. Well done Avalon! __________________ Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try. Yoda, Jedi Master CHIP Member # 87

28 August 2006, 10:42 PM	#4
Atomic Guest Posts: n/a	Wow, outstanding pix. That first Seiko pic looks like it belongs in one of their catalogues! Great stuff!

29 August 2006, 10:18 AM	#8
C.J. "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: * Posts: 10,196	Great pics, Al I especially like the lume shot and the GO inversion __________________ Me? I'm still looking for Kokomo. I just hope that damn golfer isn't there

29 August 2006, 08:49 PM	#10
---- Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks again for the comments guys....inspires me to do more of this stuff!

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