littleme Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 how did you make the light box and what type of lights are you using. Your color is off -you may be able to correct it using a manual white balance. i found when i used regular around the house bulbs i got this sort of color issue. I went to home depot and got some hallagens - giving off a pure white light and that made all the difference in the world. I think they have those bulbs too that are a pure clean white, sunlight type light. but focus and such are all good. Check your camera manual and try the white balance thing, alsmost all cameras have that feature nice strap by the way, where is it from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleme Posted October 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Thanks for the help and tips,much appreciated.The box is a normal cardboard box cut out on 3 side and muslin clued in to allow the light in.Lights are just angelpoise lights,(I will get better bulbs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 You've got enough light and diffusion going on correctly. All you need to do is manage the colour balance, like Phoband said, and put a dark reflector in front of the dial and you're minutes away from this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleme Posted October 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Thanks Pugwash,your pic looks great.What is a dark reflector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Thanks Pugwash,your pic looks great.What is a dark reflector? My pic? It's yours given a 2 minute photoshop fix. Your photo is clear enough to be fixed, which means you've got a chunk of the technical stuff sorted. Dark reflector? Get a black bit of card (a hardback book without the cover works well, I find) and put it in a place that reflects black into the dial. It removes reflections from the crystal much easier than any other method. If you can't manage that, use my short dial photoshop tutorial to have the same effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzanooo Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Yeah, whats that chunky strap you have on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleme Posted October 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Strap by Rob Ross.This and the one on my 217(pic in panerai gallery) straps,link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Strap by Rob Ross.This and the one on my 217(pic in panerai gallery) Link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 (edited) You've got enough light and diffusion going on correctly. All you need to do is manage the colour balance, like Phoband said, and put a dark reflector in front of the dial and you're minutes away from this: You guys (and By-Tor + TTK and the rest of course) are masters at this photo (fix) stuff. I would not have thought that such fixes were possible from such a yellowish original (no disrespect to littleme, nice watch). I have the same problems with my own pics. Good on yer, keep giving the valuable advice! Edited October 28, 2006 by Slartibartfast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleme Posted October 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 The info on the strap is at,Vintage Oak Bark Strap Info Including Finepics New One(in the strap section)by Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaccum Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 You've got enough light and diffusion going on correctly. All you need to do is manage the colour balance, like Phoband said, and put a dark reflector in front of the dial and you're minutes away from this: Pugwash, its amazing what you can do with PhotoShop. You are really good at it. Cheers, vaccum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 You guys (and By-Tor + TTK and the rest of course) are masters at this photo (fix) stuff. I would not have thought that such fixes were possible from such a yellowish original (no disrespect to littleme, nice watch). I have the same problems with my own pics. Good on yer, keep giving the valuable advice! The picture was high enough quality with enough data to do that. A worse picture would have been a lot more difficult, which is why I said to LittleMe that his pictures were a good way of the way there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Pugwash, its amazing what you can do with PhotoShop. You are really good at it. I had to guess at the lume colour. Was it close enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaccum Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 I had to guess at the lume colour. Was it close enough? Looks very nice! vaccum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleme Posted October 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 lume colour spot-on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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