Quarantine photography!

Posts

419

Likes

1,169

jshaw083

·May 5, 2020

'63 Polerouter 204612/2 Cal 218-2

Can't make up my mind whether I like the reflections on the crystal or whether next time I'll try to display the dial a bit more. Hard to capture both the chapter ring without getting some glare on the crystal. Wondering if anyone has any experience with polarising filters (usually for landscape photography)?

Edited: May 5, 2020

 

Posts

913

Likes

10,748

capt-dim

·May 7, 2020

on duty

 

Posts

419

Likes

1,169

jshaw083

·May 7, 2020

capt-dim

on duty

Nice shot!

 

Posts

389

Likes

568

PRW

·May 9, 2020

Gin o'clock!

 

Posts

419

Likes

1,169

jshaw083

·May 9, 2020

Shots of my 1946 LeCoultre Cal 471 on Saturday morning

 

Posts

17,417

Likes

164,458

Alpha

·May 9, 2020·Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector

Lovely little thing 😀
Once again pushing the iPhone a bit,

 

Posts

17,417

Likes

164,458

Alpha

·May 12, 2020·Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector

Thank goodness our garden is not overlooked, jumping around it like a man possessed chasing this bee and finally the iPhone managed a half decent shot 🤔

 

Posts

419

Likes

1,169

jshaw083

·May 12, 2020

Alpha

Thank goodness our garden is not overlooked, jumping around it like a man possessed chasing this bee and finally the iPhone managed a half decent shot 🤔

Wow that was with an iphone?? Looks great, very sharp.

 

Posts

67

Likes

234

stogie530

·May 12, 2020

jshaw083

And a few more of my 168.005. Trying different f-stop values and composition.

Beautiful pics. Been thinking of upgrading to a new Canon or possibly a new Speedmaster or Submariner, tough decision, not sure which way I'm leaning yet.

 

Posts

419

Likes

1,169

jshaw083

·May 12, 2020

From this morning.
This was using my Canon 5D Mark II and a Tamron 24-70mm.
Wish I didn't have to compress the hell out of them to get them uploaded.

 

Posts

17,417

Likes

164,458

Alpha

·May 12, 2020·Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector

jshaw083

Wow that was with an iphone?? Looks great, very sharp.

To be honest more luck than skill 😀

 

Posts

13,459

Likes

52,945

Larry S

·May 12, 2020·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Some migratory visitors

 

Posts

419

Likes

1,169

jshaw083

·May 12, 2020

Larry S

Some migratory visitors

Whoa! Interesting collection you've got there! Not sure where you're from but I've never seen birds like that before. Orange ones with the red throat are pretty

 

Posts

3,783

Likes

22,690

Faz

·May 12, 2020

chunkythebulldog

😲

 

Posts

1,401

Likes

2,956

OllieOnTheRocks

·May 12, 2020

Larry S

Some migratory visitors

Some beatific birds there, what is the orange for? Does it attract butterflies?

 

Posts

13,459

Likes

52,945

Larry S

·May 12, 2020·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

OllieOnTheRocks

Some beatific birds there, what is the orange for? Does it attract butterflies?

Orioles

 

Posts

910

Likes

1,053

durri70

·May 12, 2020

STANDY

Just off the balcony this morning

Lucky you to have such a nice view

 

Posts

223

Likes

496

whitewolf777

·May 12, 2020

 

Posts

2,399

Likes

6,935

Deafboy

·May 13, 2020·His Holiness Puer Surdus

jshaw083

Wondering if anyone has any experience with polarising filters

Here's is a technical answer, so please bear with me.
When light shines the crystal of the watch, some of it some of it goes through (transmitted) to illuminate the dial and the rest is reflected off the surface (that might produce glare in your picture). The reflected light gets to be polarized due to the nature of light interacting with crystal's material. The amount of polarization occurring depends on the angle of the source of light hitting the crystal surface. No polarization occurs if the light hits the crystal straight on (ie at 0 degree) and a maximum if the light hits at around 60 degrees (called Brewster's angle). A polarization filter on your camera can remove this polarized light (reducing glare) but its effectiveness depends on the amount polarization of the reflected light. Look at the attached picture, we the see the filter is very effective removing glare off the picture frame glass but notice this glare is daylight coming from a window at rather large angle. In the case of your picture of the nice Polerouter, the light source seems to coming a more moderate angle (hitting the curved surface of the crystal) so my guess a filter would have been partially effective in removing the glare.

 

Posts

16,853

Likes

47,844

STANDY

·May 13, 2020·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector

durri70

Lucky you to have such a nice view

The end of the wet season brings all the parrots and lorikeets to the trees.
Mostly palms the other side of the yard