WATCH POP

Hey all,

here is some before and after photos of my PO...

all by only using Kleenex to cover the flashbulb.

-Jason
This was before.

After with Kleenex

hey that works great. I like the blue :-) watch you want already yield better results, as may bounce flash onto the ceiling or wall, providing it has a white surface.

Have you noticed how dark the metal of your watch gets, and how difficult to control the reflections still are.

So the answer to your question is 'yes', you still need one.

As a simple and cheap means to get instant better results I see your point, but (this is meant as a positive critique) your pictures could not be used in a professional photographic context.

As a general rule it is always better to try to enhance one's skills, whether you are a professional or an amateur (in the sense of someone who is passionate about his hobby).

I am a professional photographer and one of the things I learned to do when studying photography was how to photograph metal objects and objets with lots of reflections. Believe me, we spent a great deal of time in the studio getting things like these right, a light tent or light box being only one of the means to achieve better pictures and not the best one by the way either.

Kind regards.

Guy Nice thinking outside of the box, pun intended, and pretty dramatic improvement. A bit of an adjustment to the light location/angle might get rid of the ghost floating around on your crystal.
On the safety side...careful how close you keep that kleenex to the light ;-) What I try to do when taking pictures of my watches is use as much natural (or at least indirect) light as I can and avoid using the flash, and use a tripod. I find that most watches don't respond well to flash photography.

Nice watch though!

Omega f300 Tuning Fork, Omega Speedmaster Professional "Snoopy Award" Limited Edition 3578.51.00, Porsche Design by IWC 3702, Omega Seamaster CK 2518 (c. 343), Breitling SuperOcean Steelfish A17360 under the cellar stairs that is a white room with white shelves, and there is a halogen strip light on top near the top shelf which is pretty low, I just shoot in there and get some ok shots though now that I have moved to SLR I will be needing a macro lens. "Semper Ubi Sub Ubi" I agree natural light gives me best results - by coincidence I was playing with my new mini-tripod over the weekend (apart from the last two images below) and mainly outside. Still not quite got that great shot yet though.















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