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11 October 2010, 06:20 PM | #31 |
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Great tips & pics guys
Also, you can use the shutter-timer on your camera to reduce shake |
11 October 2010, 06:30 PM | #32 |
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That is the best tip so far Chris.
Tripod & timer. All other settings: light levels, anti-reflection measures, DOF calcs, exposure times etc etc are all wasted if you can't hold the camera still.
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11 October 2010, 06:39 PM | #33 |
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That's a great shot Could you take a pic of your set up and explain what you did in photoshop? I'd really love to get photos like this of my watches. Thanks
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I have yet to learn how to do a black blackground. |
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12 October 2010, 12:16 AM | #35 |
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Awesome-est thread! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing! =)
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12 October 2010, 08:50 AM | #36 |
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I tried some of your tips and I think this is a slight improvement;
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12 October 2010, 08:56 AM | #37 |
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I guess the next thing to do would be to play with post processing. I tried to play with it a little:
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12 October 2010, 09:04 AM | #38 |
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are you using a photoshop type software for the effects?
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ok, I'll check that out. thanks!
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12 October 2010, 09:24 AM | #41 |
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12 October 2010, 09:27 AM | #42 |
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14 October 2010, 01:06 AM | #43 |
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Here is the setup guide
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14 October 2010, 01:23 AM | #44 |
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very nice! cant wait to use the g12 on this.
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14 October 2010, 02:01 AM | #45 |
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as long as you don't use flash, so natural light or indirect lighting, angle not 90%, you should get a decent shot.
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16 October 2010, 01:35 PM | #46 |
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Here's another one of the EXPLORER 2
More difficult to take than the SUBMARINER due to its relfective metal bezel and at the same time I want to make the metal "sheen" to bring out the charracteristics of the watch EXPLORER 2 is very beautiful watch and my favourite |
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You have perfected it! Love the contrast. Excellent job. |
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16 October 2010, 02:36 PM | #48 |
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this is a good idea
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16 October 2010, 10:09 PM | #49 |
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Version 2
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17 October 2010, 01:54 AM | #50 |
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How to shoot clear pics of Rolex
1. use/buy a good DSLR Camera
2. use/buy the best lens you can get 3. use/buy the best flashlight your cam work with 4. use/buy the best polfilter for your lens 5. try to get practice as often as possible If you have to work with a lampshade to avoid reflections and a poor camera, the result will unfortunately always be kindergarten. |
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I took this today with my Canon P&S
I think it's a slightly better effort. I'm also going to buy a friend's G11 this week, so maybe that will help as well. |
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Here are more shots using the same lampshade kindergarten technique. |
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17 October 2010, 02:55 PM | #54 |
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Are you using the macro setting for all of those shots?
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17 October 2010, 08:18 PM | #55 |
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20 October 2010, 01:22 AM | #56 |
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The EXPLORER CLOSE UP, using kindergaden technique too...
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