Modem Melter: The Dark Knight

[Fred_Tan]

Here're the pictures of PAM317s that I have flipped.
I guess the pics are a waste if I just delete them or put them away.
So, I just want to share them with you all

Moderator,
Pls delete if inappropriate

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[Valjean]

That domed crystal is not easy to photograph! You've done an excellent shot in lighting the watch and managing the reflections. Care to share your camera set-up?

[Fred_Tan]

No secret

That domed crystal is not easy to photograph! You've done an excellent shot in lighting the watch and managing the reflections. Care to share your camera set-up?

Thanks for your kind words.
Except for the 1st photo, the rest of the pics have no flash usage.
All photos were taken with 2 luminescent lights source from cold fluorescent lamps from EGO.
The watch will be placed in between these 2 lights source.
The light source will illuminate the watch from left & right for equal & balance lighting.

As these lights will be too bright, they are dampened by white colored T-shirts that're wrapped around the light tower or box.
To further dampen the light intensity, one layer of white colored plastic carton reflector that's 4mm thick were used to block the lights.

The watch is placed in a black colored paper background on top os a black colored lens pouch to prevent reflection.

All the lighting & background were setup inside a small wardrobe cabinet to prevent external light source from being reflected on the domed crystal.

Pictures were taken at night under virtually no external light in the room aside from the 2 towering lamps.

Reflectors with black colored T-Shirts were used to block reflection from top of wardrobe.

I use Tokina's AT-X 100mm f/2.8 PRO D Macro Lens with manual focus
Camera used are Nikon D80 with delayed shutter release of 15s to prevent handshake.

Camera are set to Aperture Priority.
Aperture used are from f11 to f55 depending on depth of focus & subject.

Camera is mounted on Manfrotto 3 section rapid column tripod that's invertable to allow ground level shooting. Almost all shots were at ground level.
Ball head with latch & safety lock are used for quick release to review shots easily.

A MacBook Pro with Nikon's CX2 will be needed for shadow, highlight, exposure, contrast, light curve & saturation correction.

And lastly, 2 weeks of time with lots of patience.
With these setup, I have almost zero shot discard as almost all my shots are usable.

[a4checkmate]

Damn chio ah!!!!! Great shot!!!

[Fred_Tan]

Thanks for looking

Really appreciate your kind words.

[Haolian King]

Great watch and definitely goodphotography skills and a super nice camera.

[shuseido]

Fred bro, these are f***ing awsome pics!! Great efforts there.