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Old 19 December 2019, 06:40 AM   #1
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Old 19 December 2019, 06:23 PM   #2
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Very nice shots of beautiful pieces.
Live the Coke GMT, wonder when Rolex will re-introduced one!
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Old 19 December 2019, 11:03 PM   #3
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Old 20 December 2019, 10:36 AM   #4
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Fantastic shot ! Thanks for the share !
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Old 21 December 2019, 04:17 AM   #5
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Very nice shots of beautiful pieces.
Live the Coke GMT, wonder when Rolex will re-introduced one!
My Coke insert is from the later models. I think these darker, burgundy inserts didn't come before 2006 or so.
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Old 21 December 2019, 06:44 AM   #6
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These are all great shots! The YM is such a beautiful piece!
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Old 21 December 2019, 07:16 AM   #7
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Great pictures and outstanding collection!

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Old 21 December 2019, 07:28 AM   #8
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Old 21 December 2019, 09:04 AM   #9
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very nice, your a true artist
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Old 21 December 2019, 10:31 AM   #10
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Old 21 December 2019, 06:42 PM   #11
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Great photos!
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Old 26 December 2019, 06:06 PM   #12
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Old 28 December 2019, 02:48 PM   #13
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Excellent photographs! I really love the shot of the Sea Dweller in the water.
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Old 29 December 2019, 04:08 AM   #14
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These are really striking pictures, great work!
I agree with JITDC, the seadweller in the water is a great effect.
But I'm a sucker for those Coke and Pepsi pics too :)

Do you mind sharing how you shot those pics?
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Old 31 December 2019, 08:25 PM   #15
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These are really striking pictures, great work!
I agree with JITDC, the seadweller in the water is a great effect.
But I'm a sucker for those Coke and Pepsi pics too :)

Do you mind sharing how you shot those pics?
Thanks.

I have my own lighting setup. Lightbox made of transparent plastic. Six LED lamps around the box and sometimes I use white paper to soften the lighting (when necessary).

I'm a real estate agent and a professional photographer. When you're shooting houses and real estate camera means a LOT. But when you're shooting watches... well not THAT much. Any decent camera will do. It's all about finding the proper lighting setup.

I've gotten some very good shots with cheap cameras. This, for example has been shot with a $50 Canon PowerShot.

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Old 4 January 2020, 08:47 AM   #16
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Your advice reinforces what I've slowly been learning through trial and error. Lighting and glare are the biggest challenges. I have a Nikon dslr and iphone. If I get the lighting right, my iphone pics can look way better than my Nikon pics.
I bought a tiny photobooth/lightbox but am thinking more and more about building my own lightbox.
Did you come up with your set up all by yourself, or did you find ideas/plans online?
There's so much out there, it's time consuming to filter through all the plans that wouldn't work for my application (watches).

Thanks for sharing your pics and knowledge!
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Old 4 January 2020, 09:11 AM   #17
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This link has some pictures of self-made lightboxes.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/118430665173595865/

The main purpose is to filter the light correctly and diffuse it so that the watch will not over/underexposed to light. Just find the correct balance.

You can try using a white A4 paper sheet around the lamps, whatever. When you find the correct balance you won't get much noise.

Of course it takes a lot of practice and trial & error. But that's how it is with everything.

Good luck and show me the results after practicing. Cheers mate!!

PS: I used a plastic white semi-transparent flower pot as a lightbox and lamps around it. It was perfect. Haha.

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Old 20 January 2020, 11:39 AM   #18
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Nice pics! You’re very talented!
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Old 20 January 2020, 12:42 PM   #20
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Most of those pix are ok.
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Old 20 January 2020, 12:53 PM   #21
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love these! I definitely need to step up my game.
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Old 5 February 2020, 07:10 PM   #22
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Great photos!
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Sorry for missing this previously. I mainly shoot with my Nikon D80 and DX6D 18-200 zoom objective.
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Old 11 February 2020, 01:18 AM   #23
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Nice pics! You’re very talented!
Thanks man.
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Old 12 February 2020, 07:31 AM   #24
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beautiful pics thanks for sharing!
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Old 13 February 2020, 12:18 PM   #25
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Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing! What would you recommend for lighting sub $100 setup?
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Old 13 February 2020, 04:44 PM   #26
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Fantastic photos! Thank you for sharing.
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Old 16 February 2020, 05:07 PM   #27
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Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing! What would you recommend for lighting sub $100 setup?
Just a transparent, white glossy and square flower pot (as shown above).

No, seriously. That's what I use. Then LED lamps all over it. You'll find correct setup soon with trial and error.

There are plenty of cheap chinese lightboxes on Ebay too. I guess they'd work as well.
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One more of the Sea-Dweller.

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