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I wanted to post again and thank all of those whose help made this project happen. 6 months of PM's, texting and many phone calls. Mega thanks to all... you know who you are.
The following pics were a spur of the moment thing... I was visiting my wife at her glass studio and had my camera with me as well as the 28 on my wrist. The lighting in her studio is bare industrial fluorescent (if you look closely you can see the 3 light tubes reflecting in the cyclops), so that was going to be a challenge. I cleared a ss countertop and hung a black towel as a backdrop a couple feet away. Put the camera on AWB and was pretty happy with the results. The OEM gator is about 10 yrs. old, so goes well with the worn around the edges case set and heavily patina'd coating. The rep buckle started out as the usual dark black PVD, so I got out the CC cloth and some 180 grit emery cloth to match the case and cg. I tried but wasn't successful in getting the silver hands to show. Next time I'll try a white fill card.
I didn't anticipate it, but the lousy bare-bulb light source resulted in pics that come very close to showing the PVD coating as it appears in person. Go figure.
The following pics were a spur of the moment thing... I was visiting my wife at her glass studio and had my camera with me as well as the 28 on my wrist. The lighting in her studio is bare industrial fluorescent (if you look closely you can see the 3 light tubes reflecting in the cyclops), so that was going to be a challenge. I cleared a ss countertop and hung a black towel as a backdrop a couple feet away. Put the camera on AWB and was pretty happy with the results. The OEM gator is about 10 yrs. old, so goes well with the worn around the edges case set and heavily patina'd coating. The rep buckle started out as the usual dark black PVD, so I got out the CC cloth and some 180 grit emery cloth to match the case and cg. I tried but wasn't successful in getting the silver hands to show. Next time I'll try a white fill card.
I didn't anticipate it, but the lousy bare-bulb light source resulted in pics that come very close to showing the PVD coating as it appears in person. Go figure.
