DSSD mini gallery

[turboBB]

Since the DSSD's crystal and bezel are EXTREMELY reflective, I've been experimenting taking pics of it in a black laundry bag instead of the white and liked the way these came out (in particularly the first one since it actually almost looks like it's under the Deep Sea) ;o)

Sadly not mine but at least the pics are

[moby33]

Without a doubt the best close-up DSSD pics I've seen to date. Thanks for sharing!

[gold4u2]

Very cool! Thanks!

[Lion]

Wow great PICS on your new toy. Wear your watch in good health and continue to take awesome PICS to share with us!!!

[moby33]

Originally Posted by Lion

Wow great PICS on your new toy. Wear your watch in good health and continue to take awesome PICS to share with us!!!

???, I must admit out of all the forums I visit, TRF is probably the leader when it comes to members in general not reading posts in very much detail prior to commenting. To quote the OP, "Sadly not mine but at least the pics are"

[Subexplorer]

Hi Turbo BB!! Great píctures. A nice artistic approach to watch photography.
Thanks for sharing!
Regards, Abel.

[Andad]

Hey Turbo,

Great pix of your new Rolex.






























Moby.

[moby33]

Classic!

Originally Posted by directioneng

Hey Turbo,

Great pix of your new Rolex.






























Moby.

[A1000]

Great photos. What camera/lens did you use?

[Nods]

Ok its true but I liked the photos

[hflee55]

they're still very nice shots!

[turboBB]

Thx for all the replies guys, photography (especially macro) happens to be one of my hobbies (on and off) since Jr. High School. Have been getting back into it lately with watches.

directioneng, that was a good one! I bet you had Moby going there for a sec...

Originally Posted by A1000

Great photos. What camera/lens did you use?

Nothing fancy here, I was helping my bro-in-law test out his Canon S5 since he mentioned he seemed to be having some problems with it. I think the camera is fine just that there may be some problems with the custom white-balance setting bouncing back and forth when used (hard to explain in a post).

My "lightbox" set up is also very basic, nothing fancy at all. I use a Ikea black nylon laundry bag that happens to have a opaque circle which I then light up the scene with an Ikea florescent desklamp. I may cover the opaque circle with a piece of paper to further soften the lighting and then set the camera for longer exposures. The great thing is that I'm able to cover up the entire scene so I do not receive any background color/light.

Will post pics of the set up later.

[aelvin]

Nice pictures!! what camera and lens were used on these?

[Rebel]

Great pics. Thanks.

[KJacques]

Originally Posted by turboBB

Nothing fancy here, I was helping my bro-in-law test out his Canon S5 since he mentioned he seemed to be having some problems with it. I think the camera is fine just that there may be some problems with the custom white-balance setting bouncing back and forth when used (hard to explain in a post).

It produces quite a lot of chromatic aberrations, i.e. purple fringing, along bezels and other bright spots. That may just be the way that camera and lens reacts to low light/high contrast shooting so it may be more suited to more even lighting, moderate contrast. Shooting in RAW will help with the any white balance adjustments after the fact.

[turboBB]

Originally Posted by KJacques

It produces quite a lot of chromatic aberrations, i.e. purple fringing, along bezels and other bright spots. That may just be the way that camera and lens reacts to low light/high contrast shooting so it may be more suited to more even lighting, moderate contrast. Shooting in RAW will help with the any white balance adjustments after the fact.

KJ, sounds like you either own or have used a S5 before. You've hit the nail right on the head with your prognosis. There is severe purple fringing that I do not notice with my S3. The S3 does not exhibit any of the symptons of the S5 and I'd have to say that in spite of certain feature enhancements, megapixel bump (8 vs. 6) and the much better screen, I'd prefer the S3 over the S5.

Equipment:
- any of Canon S3 IS / Canon S5 IS / Sony DSC-T9
- no filters or adapters
- generally no post photo retouching (at least not on this set)

As for my lightbox setup, all from Ikea - except for the watch, pillow and piece of paper ;o)


A combo of adding the piece of paper or lifting the lamp softens/reduces the lighting provided to reduce glare:




Interior of lightbox:




The great thing about the laundry bag is that it has a flap (not shown) that covers the opening so I don't introduce room lighting/reflections into the scene.

[moby33]

Is this the DSSD thread or has Canon taken over?

[moby33]

Come on Turbo...more pics of the DSSD please & less of the equipment. I still think you have taken some of the best pics I've ever seen...I want more of that & less equipment. Sorry...it's just that I come here for action shots of watches! Cheers.

[turboBB]

Originally Posted by moby33

Come on Turbo...more pics of the DSSD please & less of the equipment. I still think you have taken some of the best pics I've ever seen...I want more of that & less equipment. Sorry...it's just that I come here for action shots of watches! Cheers.

Inquiring minds wanted to know so I obliged but your wish is my command! I'll take another set tomorrow night and post 'em right after.

[moby33]

Originally Posted by turboBB

Inquiring minds wanted to know so I obliged but your wish is my command! I'll take another set tomorrow night and post 'em right after.

Nice...thanks!

[Fai17]

Great shots of the watch

[A1000]

Turbo, thanks for the info. It's great to see the inginuity of various TRF members when it comes to lightboxes. Personally I think that on this set the chromatic aberrations create a certain style with the photos which people would spend time in post production creating!

You were probably pushing the lens/sensor combination pretty close to the edge of it's envelope and the desire for Canon to squeeze and extra 2 MP out of the S5 may have an impact.

As I said great pictures!

[Ewoodcorp]

wow. very nice. I wished I could call a watch like that mine. I have to find it.

[turboBB]

2nd set posted here:
http://www.rolexforums.com/showthrea...98#post1013798

[umster]

Thank you for the info Turbo, Great Thread

[louie]

Originally Posted by turboBB

KJ, sounds like you either own or have used a S5 before. You've hit the nail right on the head with your prognosis. There is severe purple fringing that I do not notice with my S3. The S3 does not exhibit any of the symptons of the S5 and I'd have to say that in spite of certain feature enhancements, megapixel bump (8 vs. 6) and the much better screen, I'd prefer the S3 over the S5.

Equipment:
- any of Canon S3 IS / Canon S5 IS / Sony DSC-T9
- no filters or adapters
- generally no post photo retouching (at least not on this set)

As for my lightbox setup, all from Ikea - except for the watch, pillow and piece of paper ;o)


A combo of adding the piece of paper or lifting the lamp softens/reduces the lighting provided to reduce glare:




Interior of lightbox:




The great thing about the laundry bag is that it has a flap (not shown) that covers the opening so I don't introduce room lighting/reflections into the scene.

i was wondering since when ikea started selling light boxes...than i realized its a laundry bag...

[tthopp05]

As my young friends would say,You have skills with that camera.

[sexner]

Very nice photos. I have to ask though - did you intentionally leave the crown unscrewed?

[turboBB]

Originally Posted by sexner

Very nice photos. I have to ask though - did you intentionally leave the crown unscrewed?

Yes. As the watch was wound at the time of this shoot, I pulled it out to position two to hack the seconds hand at 12. Intention was to capture a shot of it illuminating the coronet logo on the dial via the lume dot on the seconds hand (plus I wasn't going for the sweeping lume look).

[rexplorer]

Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing.