Testing macro shots #1

Borjagro

Recently I’ve started to photograph my own watches, so this is one of the first shots I took. The watch in question is a vintage quartz citizen a bought of eBay. Not sure the reference.

#citizen #vintage
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Icarium
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Nice! If you’ll allow me to be a bit annoying: i would not yet qualify this as a macro shot, but as a nice close-up. For a macro shot (which is technically quite demanding, especially for a watch, since there’s all kinds of reflective surfaces, which often lead to blowouts) you’d need to focus on a specific part of the watch (be it a hand, the clasp, the crown or part of the dial..). For example (not my pic!):

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Have fun experimenting! PS: If you’re serious about watch macro photography, always make sure you clean it really well - all specks, motes and hairs will show up :)

Borjagro
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Icarium

Nice! If you’ll allow me to be a bit annoying: i would not yet qualify this as a macro shot, but as a nice close-up. For a macro shot (which is technically quite demanding, especially for a watch, since there’s all kinds of reflective surfaces, which often lead to blowouts) you’d need to focus on a specific part of the watch (be it a hand, the clasp, the crown or part of the dial..). For example (not my pic!):

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Have fun experimenting! PS: If you’re serious about watch macro photography, always make sure you clean it really well - all specks, motes and hairs will show up :)

Thanks for the comment I actually really appreciate your feedback. The goal is for me to learn how to take a macro shot of a watch so your comment is very important for me. I will take into consideration everything. Cheers and thanks mate. 👍👍