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entropydave · 4 April 2008, 06:40 PM

...late at night, just been ogling some copper minerals and put my watch on the slab as I was going to wear my Omega tonight, and the colour combinations looked great!
Pity I didn't actually bother to wipe the fingermarks off the bloody watch...

DSJ · 4 April 2008, 11:48 PM

Nice pic. I would play with the exposure a little though...

timackerman · 5 April 2008, 12:32 AM

The Green contrasts the watch nicely, but I agree, maybe adjust exposure a little

entropydave · 5 April 2008, 01:27 AM

Oh heavens, exposure is only one of the probs - I handheld the bugger and I'm surprised I got even one shot with it that was 1/4 way decent - I ain't no Bo!
The colours are magnificent - a delightful slab of "parrotwing" chrysocolla I had dug out of my copper minerals drawer along with a 19th C flattened copper crystals from Keweenaw with a wonderful patina.

I just put the watch on the slab whilst putting my other watch on and I thought ..."Ooooh, that looks nice".
If it was professionally lit, and tripodded it, it would have looked a lot better!

But you got the idea, anyway! That was the main point!

wmthedirector · 5 April 2008, 10:36 AM

hmmm photo criticism ???
the flash is always bad for GOOD pictures !!

entropydave · 5 April 2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by wmthedirector

hmmm photo criticism ???
the flash is always bad for GOOD pictures !!

Too right... I actually took some of the shots with a piece of tissue paper stuck over the flash to soften it...
Hey, look, I am no photographer, believe me!!

Jocke - come over to my place and show them how to do it?!
I should work on a setup as I do take pics of minerals and meteorites and after all these years I should have got a basic rig together, but I guess I take pics not for aesthetic reasons but for insurance record reasons.

Maybe someone can email me some basic, low cost guidelines to getting decent shots. Most of my pics are going to be of small items, rather than landscapes or whatever. A little bit of time and trouble would be worth my effort but I am so lazy.

Terry Newton · 6 April 2008, 09:50 AM

Keweenaw Peninsula from Northern Upper Michigan? I live in the lower part of Michigan and we have many copper mines up North. Beautiful stuff. Nice picture.

entropydave · 6 April 2008, 06:51 PM

I love Michigan coppers - I have a stack of specimens! Old, well patinated and well crystallised ones are very very valuable. I had a nice hand sized specimen a couple of years ago which I sold to a dealer for $4000 - all he saw was a few pics and he paypalled me in a flash! I paid about £5 in the 1970s when I was a student.

4 April 2008, 06:40 PM	#1
entropydave "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Dave Location: Huntington, IN Posts: 680	You know what it's like... ...late at night, just been ogling some copper minerals and put my watch on the slab as I was going to wear my Omega tonight, and the colour combinations looked great! Pity I didn't actually bother to wipe the fingermarks off the bloody watch... Attached Images

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DSJ "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: David Location: USA Watch: your step! Posts: 7,882	Nice pic. I would play with the exposure a little though... __________________ Rolex. The Rolex of watches. 16570 Expy2 Noir, 116710 GMT Master II, 2552.80 SMP

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timackerman "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Real Name: Tim Location: Calgary Posts: 1,117	The Green contrasts the watch nicely, but I agree, maybe adjust exposure a little __________________ Daytona 116520

6 April 2008, 09:50 AM	#7
Terry Newton "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Real Name: Terry Newton Location: Michigan Watch: Rolex TT GMT II c Posts: 6,644	Keweenaw Peninsula from Northern Upper Michigan? I live in the lower part of Michigan and we have many copper mines up North. Beautiful stuff. Nice picture. __________________ Terry Newton; Superstar and Fake Sleuth "Z" SS Date Submariner "Z" TT GMT-Master IIc

5 April 2008, 01:27 AM	#4
entropydave "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Dave Location: Huntington, IN Posts: 680	Oh heavens, exposure is only one of the probs - I handheld the bugger and I'm surprised I got even one shot with it that was 1/4 way decent - I ain't no Bo! The colours are magnificent - a delightful slab of "parrotwing" chrysocolla I had dug out of my copper minerals drawer along with a 19th C flattened copper crystals from Keweenaw with a wonderful patina. I just put the watch on the slab whilst putting my other watch on and I thought ..."Ooooh, that looks nice". If it was professionally lit, and tripodded it, it would have looked a lot better! But you got the idea, anyway! That was the main point!

5 April 2008, 10:36 AM	#5
wmthedirector "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 371	hmmm photo criticism ??? the flash is always bad for GOOD pictures !!

6 April 2008, 06:51 PM	#8
entropydave "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Dave Location: Huntington, IN Posts: 680	I love Michigan coppers - I have a stack of specimens! Old, well patinated and well crystallised ones are very very valuable. I had a nice hand sized specimen a couple of years ago which I sold to a dealer for $4000 - all he saw was a few pics and he paypalled me in a flash! I paid about £5 in the 1970s when I was a student.

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