Scarecrow Joe

June 30, 2019

Hope you like.....!

June 30, 2019

A lot of mine have gone too. It shows an x where they would normally show. Only a couple show....what gives?

June 1, 2019

LY2A0289aa by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

April 7, 2019

I was too excited about photographing this watch and showing it off(just bought it today) and didn't realize until I worked up the photo that the strobes hadn't managed to freeze the balance wheel.

As this one was handheld, I'm a bit surprised that the balance is the only place where motion blur holds up. Perhaps this is telling me that the balance amplitude is too high-I haven't even owned the watch 12 hours, so I haven't really checked how well it's timing.

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Images look fine from a focus and exposure point of view. You should consider using a different background to make the watch pop up better, IMO. The color used in your examples has a similar hue to the watch itself.

Ive been using darker backgrounds like leather and wood to provide an ambience, a surrounding that makes the piece standout more. It also sefves to provide more warming light. Latest examples from a new member to the collection: a Tissot 1853 Seastar Powermatic 80

269A3607 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3609 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3615 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3621 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3637 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3663 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

April 4, 2019

conservatorio15 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

March 16, 2019

Conversely, it is funny how some grant credence to a source based on celebrity status.

No one did that here. Sorry.... Only YOU passed wrongful judgement based on your biased stereotype.

March 15, 2019

I think to get on with the times, honestly. What you ask for doesn't exist, why it should?

March 14, 2019

Funny how some rapidly pass judgement based on stereotypes. You would be surprised how many of those rock stars have a higher quality of education than average.

March 13, 2019

I secretly pay them.....truth is out...

269A1036aa by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

LY2A9917aa by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

LY2A6838 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

LY2A4890 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

LY2A3984 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

LY2A6287 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

March 11, 2019

Here's the histogram of Conrad's original posting:
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And the histogram of Leslie's manipulation that Conrad likes:
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The fact that Conrad's histogram is shifted well to the left would seem to indicate underexposure to any right-thinking person.

Wrong on so many levels....

March 11, 2019

I honestly didnt found any sever WB issues with the OP image. What it lacked was a lot of contrast.

March 8, 2019

To the OP:

A little technical data would be nice. What lens, what camera, etc.

Nice pictures.

Thanks!

For some of this I used natural light, carefully controlling for undesirable highlights. For others I used a portable studio with a self contained light source. I got it from amazon. I went with natural wood textures as a base for most of these which provided a rich, warm type of light and tones. I dont like that standard "catalog" style of images for these. They have character and deserve a bit of creativity, I try to make "portraits" out of them. The catalog look looks bland and boring, IMO. I prefer that type of light in contrast to a cold, sterile and flat look what some seem to prefer.

As far as equipment I used:

Canon 5d Mark IV camera

Canon 100mm f/2.8 L Macro lens

Lightroom (software)

Photoshop (software)

Again, thanks for looking and for the likes!

February 18, 2019

269A8068 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A8547 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A8580-Edit by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A8593 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A8748 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A8885 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A9134 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A9244 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A9272 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A9349 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A9379 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A1413 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A1701 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A1753 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A2790 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A2956 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3132 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3392 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3414-Edit by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3432 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

Hope you like. For more watch images check out my Flickr:

Watch Collection

February 18, 2019

Thanks for the kind words!

February 9, 2019

LY2A6287 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

January 26, 2019

Best friends.....forever

IMG_6599 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

IMG_6849-3 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

January 8, 2019

Interesting. What I gather from it is no matter how much some fanboys love to throw at Canon's way they end up renting it. LOL! How ironic. Im still waiting for a strong native Sony lineup that will put Canon's to shame... But, quietly and without anyone knowing it....they still go to Canon's optical supremacy to satisfy their needs. Why dont they rent Sony's lenses?