Out came the tilt lens again

First for the photography geeks out there. A tilt shift lens is a blast. Never imagined how many possibilities open up with it. So played with it some more.

I have posted photos of this watch before. But in some ways taking photos of this is like taking photos of Sophia Loren; they are never boring. The watch is the Blancpain Carrousel. The pose is simple. Udo the deployant buckle and lay the watch flat on the floor of the light box. Kinda the equivalent of asking Sophia to walk around the room and give a smile now and again while you shoot. Nothing fancy. The subject does all the work just being itself.

Jeff

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Kinda love this " Sophia Loren of Horology ", Jeff.

By: amanico : November 15th, 2009-11:45

Brilliant pic of a magnificient watch, indeed! Thanks for sharing. Best, Nicolas

Awesome shot!

By: modenaboy : November 15th, 2009-18:51

That is one of the nicest watch photos I have ever seen! (Nice watch too Thanks for posting, that one went immediately into my favorite pics pile on the computer and iPhone -- Gordie

Beautiful picture, what ccamera?

By: Rxq : November 16th, 2009-02:33

Camera

By: jkingston : November 16th, 2009-09:34

The camera is a Canon 7D (which I just bought). It is superb. But it is the lens that really counts and that is also new, the Canon TS-E90 Tilt shift lens.

Which lens?

By: CorruptedSanity : November 16th, 2009-03:01

I have a 24mm TS Canon lens but will not allow me to come this close. You must be using the 45mm?

The lens

By: jkingston : November 16th, 2009-09:33

I am using the Canon TS-E 90mm tilt shift lens with one extender tube. It is hands down the best lens I have ever had for shooting watches.

great combo

By: CorruptedSanity : November 16th, 2009-10:45

The 7D and TS 90mm make for a great makeshift macro lens. Smart using the tube. I just bought the 5D mkii 3 weeks ago. I was debating between it and the 7D as I wanted to swap out my 1D mkii for a smaller camera. I no longer need the long battery life, we...

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By: jkingston : November 16th, 2009-11:05

Well we have similar tastes. I use the 7D for watch photography as the cropped sensor helps with DOF and the 5D MkII for all around stuff. In addition to the tilt shift have 60mmEFS macro; 100mm macro; 24-105f4L, 135f2L, 17-40f4L, 85mm 1.8, 70-200f4LIS; 1...

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