Time on my hands

[digitalfailure]

My plans of going out to do a spot of long exposure shooting went out of the window with constant rain and cruddy skies, so I decided to have a play with my watch.

Seamaster by digitalfailure, on Flickr​

 

[Horologos]

Love it.

 

[GeeJay57]

Nice watch, fancy one of those myself.. Well lit and very sharp too.

 

[T0p cat]

That is just superb!. Wonderful clarity and colour rendition. I feel like just diving into the dial.

 

[Bobsyeruncle]

Superb shot. How did you do it?

 

[Dawn.Calinski]

Super sharp, I love it. I have tried to do the same with my watch but I get a lot of glare from the face and the silver on the strap. Practice.. Practice.

 

[CraigDHD]

Awesome capture, is it focus stacked? Wanting to try more product setups myself.

 

[digitalfailure]

Thanks for the comments

It's a single exposure taken at 160/1 @F32 using a single large strip soft box positioned quite close and above on a slight angle.

 

[Carlh]

very nicely done, love the lighting and detail

 

[cargo]

Thats damn good for sure. Did you use a macro to get that frame so full. I have tried to take photos of my watch. Which I thought were okish but nothing like this quality

Gaz

 

[digitalfailure]

Yeah, the old canon 100mm macro lens was used. The image isn't cropped. HtH

 

[FlyTVR]

Gorgeous watch. Gorgeous photograph! Thanks for posting. I just need to clear the saliva off my screen now.

 

[Hallsy]

Great shot, really jumps off the page - Omega could use that in their brochures!

Lovely watch also, love the depth of the dial with the raised hour markers and the skeleton hands look great.

Echoing a few other comments, I have tried my hand at the odd watch shot before, but not a patch on this one.

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

Not a bad attempt Brian at product photography, In fact an "Excellent" bit of work.

George.

 

[whipspeed]

Excellent piece of work.

 

[Neil Burnell]

Wow thats a cracking product shot.

 

[macvisual]

Brian,

That's blooming marvellous! I love the colour/composition/light, top notch Sir! What f/stop did you shoot at?

Regards;
Pete

 

[digitalfailure]

F32 Peter, sounds like it should give massive depth of field.....but due to the distance to subject its not

 

[TimmyG]

Just to echo the sentiments above; fantastic!

 

[onetacmot]

That's great I wish I could make my watch look as good

 

[digitalfailure]

What's stopping you, it's just a camera, one light and a little bit of time #justdoit

 

[macvisual]

Brian;

After viewing this AMAZING image again, I think I'd be sending an email to 'Omega' showing them your photographic talents.

Do no harm..........#justdoit


Best wishes;
Pete

 

[digitalfailure]

they didn't bite on their twitter feed....... Maybe Hublot or UWERK would like to loan me some pieces to work on #hereshoping

 

[macvisual]

Omega are utter quality time keepers alright. I've owned a few Oris watches over the years, but moved them on last year.

 

[Seahorse]

Beautiful Image, well done.

 

[Old Geordie]

Spot on product shot with just the right amount of light. I see you have also set the dials to nine after ten - apparently the best time to display a watch face for maximum impact.

 

[digitalfailure]

Yes, the hands were positioned there on purpose and the watch was then stopped. Having the hands covering the important features wasn't an option

 

[chad]

And it was taken on the 3rd!!!!
Brilliant like everyone has said.

 

[digitalfailure]

the date was pure coincidence

 

[ynot]

Absolutely love that!! The picture is pretty good too.

If you could do a face on one i may cut it out and stick it over my old Casio

 

[digitalfailure]

I could always just let you have the Seamaster

 

[ynot]

I could always just let you have the Seamaster

That would work for me to Brian