pocketwatch variations

Took some shots yesterday these are the results







Any tips/pointers/likes/dislikes?

The light reflection that is covering the hour hand is, to me very annoying. You might want to re-take this shot and make sure you don't get a reelection that is hiding an important part of the watch. I find it a bit dark as well.

Marcel said:

The light reflection that is covering the hour hand is, to me very annoying.

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Agreed. The reflection is a bit distracting. Also, IMO, you're cropping a bit *too* much.

A tight crop can be a wonderful thing but in the top photo, for instance, I'd like to see as much "breathing room" on top edge as you have on the bottom edge.
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good points well made..

Took these in a darkened room f/7.1 ISO 100 20 sec. shutter on a black piece of cloth.





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another shot, this 1 i tried to blend from 4 different focus points it sorta worked but maybe a little distorted.

Much better. Now we do see the details and the gold is shining.

nice, looks like a completely different watch.

the table it's on is a shiny black lacquer which doesn't help in daylight and is the reason I tend to darken this type of shot of a bit..

You might try shooting it with a CPL to cut reflections.

I always forget ive got one lol, mind you it's not very good I might pic a set of filters up, as I've noticed with my new pickup it has blue tints and the outside world on a sunny day does look much better through the windows, will be looking at a better lens at some point tho so I might wait until then as I suspect the 18-140 for eg will be bigger than the 18-55mm 52mm size..