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bewithabob · 5 March 2012, 08:05 AM

Couldn't help myself- Sharon was out in the car, so had my Nikon out again this morning… I love my GMT IIC...You can see the crown etched at 6 o'clock

z32turbo · 5 March 2012, 08:06 AM

Excellent shot!!!

Gharddog03 · 5 March 2012, 09:47 AM

Sweet pic!

sleddog · 5 March 2012, 09:49 AM

A great capture Bob..!

SennaFan · 5 March 2012, 10:03 AM

Love my Nikon.

Great Pics

c-dub · 5 March 2012, 10:25 AM

awesome pics, the detail is second to none ~ thanks for posting up!

inLine4 · 5 March 2012, 01:25 PM

bewithabob · 5 March 2012, 02:27 PM

thanks! I had fun taking it.

toph · 5 March 2012, 02:32 PM

awesome pic!!

ManUtd · 5 March 2012, 02:40 PM

Excellent details. Macro lens? Was the "22" on the bezel your focus point?

dmauldin · 5 March 2012, 10:59 PM

Beautiful shot!

sixers_610 · 5 March 2012, 11:04 PM

Such a stunner

jnkay · 5 March 2012, 11:42 PM

One of the best Gmt IIc shots I've seen.

bewithabob · 5 March 2012, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ManUtd

Excellent details. Macro lens? Was the "22" on the bezel your focus point?

Ok here is my secret-

It was shot with a Nikon D7000, mounted to a AF-S MICRO NIKKOR 105mm f 2.8 G ED.exposure 1.8 sec. at f8, Raw, with Nikon color setting to "Adobe RGB", mounted on a Manfrotto tripod.

Ambient day light, from a window at 10 o'clock to the subject. No flash.

This was manually focused, with shutter fired using the camera's automatic timer to reduce camera shake. Focus point was the center of the frame, (but I think depth of field at f8 is too shallow). But I took only one exposure! I needed to test more.

This is uncropped, but processed through Photoshop CS5, with unsharp mask and luminosity faded 50%. The file was then Saved to Web as a JPEG to the maximum allowable file size permitted by TRF.

One day, maybe, I will be as good as Jocke and some of the other folks here like SLR DUDE, but that day is a long way off.

mailman · 6 March 2012, 01:24 AM

That's a great picture

westbroek · 6 March 2012, 01:43 AM

Awesome Shot

ManUtd · 6 March 2012, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bewithabob

Ok here is my secret-

It was shot with a Nikon D7000, mounted to a AF-S MICRO NIKKOR 105mm f 2.8 G ED.exposure 1.8 sec. at f8, Raw, with Nikon color setting to "Adobe RGB", mounted on a Manfrotto tripod.

Ambient day light, from a window at 10 o'clock to the subject. No flash.

This was manually focused, with shutter fired using the camera's automatic timer to reduce camera shake. Focus point was the center of the frame, (but I think depth of field at f8 is too shallow). But I took only one exposure! I needed to test more.

This is uncropped, but processed through Photoshop CS5, with unsharp mask and luminosity faded 50%. The file was then Saved to Web as a JPEG to the maximum allowable file size permitted by TRF.

One day, maybe, I will be as good as Jocke and some of the other folks here like SLR DUDE, but that day is a long way off.

Thanks for sharing your workflow. I'm primarily into landscape photography but I do have a macro lens. I'm still a n00b in macro photography though. Need a lot more practice. I agree that f/8 was too shallow here if your aim was to get as much of the dial and bezel in focus. Maybe try f/11?

unmenuae · 6 March 2012, 03:14 AM

Nice - real quality pic !

bewithabob · 6 March 2012, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ManUtd

Thanks for sharing your workflow. I'm primarily into landscape photography but I do have a macro lens. I'm still a n00b in macro photography though. Need a lot more practice. I agree that f/8 was too shallow here if your aim was to get as much of the dial and bezel in focus. Maybe try f/11?

Thanks. I think on the next round, will try stopping down to f22…and lighting a bonfire ...

mjclark32 · 6 March 2012, 04:08 AM

Great shot!

ManUtd · 6 March 2012, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bewithabob

Thanks. I think on the next round, will try stopping down to f22…and lighting a bonfire ...

Bonfire? Now that's an interesting light source. BTW, judging from the pillow in your pic we got the same watch box, the name which escapes my mind right now.

bewithabob · 6 March 2012, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ManUtd

Bonfire? Now that's an interesting light source. BTW, judging from the pillow in your pic we got the same watch box, the name which escapes my mind right now.

Yep- stopping down to f22 will require some serious lumens.

The watch box came from Wolf Designs.

sixers_610 · 6 March 2012, 10:26 PM

This is my dream watch. Wear it well!

Flatb3d · 26 March 2012, 12:33 AM

can you tell me what nikon and lens that is? my wife has a d90 and wow nice watch!

Mr. RoC · 26 March 2012, 12:50 AM

Super Macro!!! I WANT SUPER MACRO!!!

GED · 26 March 2012, 04:29 AM

Screen saver grade.

Dan Pierce · 26 March 2012, 04:32 AM

Excellent pic, that's a keeper.

dP

sea-dweller · 26 March 2012, 11:44 PM

Nice photos!

bewithabob · 27 March 2012, 03:46 AM

My compliments to Chip (SLRdude) who amped up my photo with this very nice border and additional processing to show off the color of the GMT …. thanks, Chip!

andyboy · 3 June 2012, 06:35 AM

that is an amazingly crisp pic of a great watch!!!

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