Macro Practice Pic's of Seiko Quartz Dive Watch

[nko51]

Pic's for your reviewing pleasure! Critque's are all welcome! These were taken in 640X480 mode.

[Solo118]

Pics look good, You just need to avoid the glare on the glass of the watch. Its hard to get away from glare without losing light, So if you do lots of photography you might want to invest in a light box. As for me I attempted making my own by getting a regular cardboard box and stapling white paper inside of it... Didnt work too well

[mrbieler]

Nice. My wife is waiting for a new lenses for her camera. I hope to be able to try macro's and lume shots soon.

Agree on the light box. The have nice sets for sale all over. Designed for eBay type photos, they are designed for small items.

Now take that watch and drop it into a 6309 case. Everything carries over. It's an awesome conversion that's easy to do.

The 6309 cushion case is classic and very comfortable.

[SLRdude]

Try placing your camera on a stable surface and shoot using the timer.
Also, you might want to try full resolution, and perhaps crop. That would get you even closer.

Here are some examples that I took.







Or even closer...





However, you are off to a good start. Keep practicing and you will be amazed. You are on the right track.

[Prince]

OMG, Chip. Those are the most amazing macros of the Black Monster I have ever seen!!! Simply superb!!!

[nko51]

Originally Posted by comatox

Try placing your camera on a stable surface and shoot using the timer.
Also, you might want to try full resolution, and perhaps crop. That would get you even closer.

Here are some examples that I took.







Or even closer...





However, you are off to a good start. Keep practicing and you will be amazed. You are on the right track.

Your Pic's are the most amazing closeups I have ever seen! I am baffled at how close you were able to get. The camera I am using is only a Canon SD700 IS.

[SLRdude]

Thanks!

Here is another trick:

Your Canon probably shoots at 72dpi (dots per inch) resolution. What you COULD do is open that image in a photo editor and increase the dpi to like 100 or something. That would increase the physical size of your image, without any serious damage to the quality.

I haven't used that in a while, now I rely 100% on optics to achieve the results I get.

[SLRdude]

Here is an example using your photo and the method above. Turns out your cam shoots at 180 dpi, and I have increased it to 380 for this example.
Keep in mind that increasing the dpi is NOT the same as increasing your image size by giving it more pixels. (such as going to 1024/768 from 640/480)

Original



After increasing the dpi and cropping



Imagine what you could do if you would have taken the shot at full resolution instead of 640/480!!!

I always told people... Camera, for the most part, does NOT matter. It what you show the camera that counts, and what you do with the image after. The cheapest throw away camera you can buy today is way better than what Ansel Adams had to work with.

[davor]

comatox TEACH me o great one...
those are the best i have seen in a long long long time...

[SLRdude]

Originally Posted by davor

comatox TEACH me o great one...
those are the best i have seen in a long long long time...

Well thanks!
I'm a self thought amateur that learned through experimenting.
If there are questions, I always try to help. I'm not that good though... I just show you the pics worth seeing. For every good one I take a ton of horrible ones!

[nko51]

Originally Posted by comatox

Here is an example using your photo and the method above. Turns out your cam shoots at 180 dpi, and I have increased it to 380 for this example.
Keep in mind that increasing the dpi is NOT the same as increasing your image size by giving it more pixels. (such as going to 1024/768 from 640/480)

Original



After increasing the dpi and cropping



Imagine what you could do if you would have taken the shot at full resolution instead of 640/480!!!

I always told people... Camera, for the most part, does NOT matter. It what you show the camera that counts, and what you do with the image after. The cheapest throw away camera you can buy today is way better than what Ansel Adams had to work with.

Thank you very much for all the fantastic information. I will be trying those suggestions as soon as I get home from work tomorrow.