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Curved bokeh à la Milanese
A quick afternoon capture of a stainless steel Milanese-style bracelet. The bracelet's surface has a multicolour ion plating that lets it shimmer in different rainbow colours, depending on the light incidence. And you know how much I love shiny, iridescent, colourful things ;) I know that the actual focus "line" is wafer-thin, so I thought I'd give it another try, but you already know the answer: I couldn't replicate "the wave" exactly. Of course not, so why did I try to do so in the first place) ;) I think we should appreciate our test shots more, not only that, we should embrace them – I certainly should ;) It's a single shot, illuminated with one single light source from the left, processed with the usual suspects (DXO PL6: sharpness and denoising; Analog Efex and Color Efex). The bracelet's width is 1,7 cm / 0,66 inches.
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
I always prefer a watch strap with buckle but nowadays they are less common with many watches having these bracelet fittings.
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#Mesh
You've seen this watchband before, as I had previously photographed it for our "Curves" theme on November 14, 2022 (and I also photographed other parts of this Casio watch, one for 2022's "Redux" and December 2023's "Bokeh" theme).
The entire casing and the strap are "ion plated", as Casio calls it, and the watch shimmers in the nicest iridescent rainbow colours, with gold as a base colour (pretty posh, I must admit). Its Milanese strap also has an unusual structure that looks a little different from a regular Milanese strap, as it almost resembles woven or knitted fabric.
As I had already photographed the strap as a rainbow wave for "Curves", I had to think of something different for our "Mesh" theme. So I rolled the strap up and placed one end of the strap above the other, with the clock face down. I noticed that the mesh was reflected in the strap's polished clasp, and this gave me my image idea: lots of bokeh from the strap, but a small, reflected part of the mesh in focus because that's our theme after all. And: I also wanted to get the "Stainless Steel" lettering in focus.
My first attempts yesterday, taken with the Laowa 2x Ultra Macro lens, didn't quite yield the desired result. At F2.8, I got the bokeh, but in the clasp, either the lettering was in focus or the mesh's reflection. And at a higher aperture value, I might have gotten both in focus, but including the strap.
So today, for a final attempt, I switched lenses and did some stacking. I am happy to say that I also learned something new about the focus differential settings of the in-camera stacking function. The focus differential ranges from 1 to 10, and it determines the difference in focus position between shots. "5" is the sweet spot, as it yields good results for most scenes, but here, it already resulted in a too wide focus range. So I checked out "1", a setting I have never used before, and it worked: sharp lettering, sharp mesh reflection, and lots of strap bokeh :)
HMM, Everyone!
Remember when we had sooo many watches?
And they were as much jewellery - bracelets - as well as giving us the time? OK, maybe not completely accurate as time-keepers, and we did have to take them to a jewellers to get their batteries changed. But I had forgotten an entire box of watches in my cupboard, until this MM challenge stirred my memory. So I've been playing with a few of them, and they are still both pretty and appealing!
For the MM challenge: "Watch"
My MM 2025 set: Here
previous years of the Macro Mondays challenge:
My 2024 set: Here
My 2023 set: Here
My 2022 set: Here
My 2021 set: Here
My 2020 set: Here
My 2019 set: Here
My 2018 set: Here
My 2017 set: Here
My 2016 set: Here
My 2015 set: Here
My 2014 set: Here
My 2013 set: Here
For the Macro Mondays challenge "Timepieces" (March 11th 2019)
Like most people now (I guess) my mobile phone and my Fitbit keep me well served with accurate time-keeping. So mainly my watches lie unused in a box. Except for this one, that is still an attractive bracelet. Made with interlinking ceramic plates it makes a heavy black and gold wrist cuff. It doesn't matter that the battery needs replacing (oh for rechargeable batteries in watches!) The size-measure in the first comment field gives a better impression of the cuff itself ;o) The portion I used is roughly 4x6cm
My 2019 Macro Mondays set: Here
and previous years of the challenge:
My 2018 set: 2018 Macro Mondays
My 2017 set: 2017 Macro Mondays
My 2016 set: 2016 Macro Mondays
My 2015 set: 2015 Macro Mondays
My 2014 set: 2014 Macro Mondays
My 2013 set: 2013 Macro Mondays
Stainless steel watch strap.
Many thanks for all views, fav's and particularly comments. All are greatly appreciated!
Happy Macro Mondays to you all!
Macro Mondays: Leather
The watch strap is made of two thin strips of leather with a layer of material in between that might be leather, but I'm not sure.
Photoshop experiment.
Trying to reflect emotions, in a way that's ambiguous yet telling.
Burning to the embers.
Canon EOS 5D Mark 2.
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Shot using 2x YB-600 EX speedlites remotely controlled with the YN-E3-RT commander on hotshoe.
One last shot of the Coniston but this time on a Barton Elite Silicone strap. Super soft and comfortable and swapped over the Marloe buckle too so a factory look is maintained.
Love these straps and their unique features!
The strap of my watch.
I wish you a happy Macro Monday and a great week!
The composite of 100 photos.
Helicon Focus: B, radius 3, smoothing 4
15th April 2022 :
The little things on my watchstrap that catch the main strap broke ages ago. I found an elastic band and used that for ages. It however broke the other day.
I'd put elastic bands on the shopping list, but they got forgotten, so a trip to the local supermarket was made to get some.
What I really want to know is, why do they measure them in grams?
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.
Taken for the group Macromondays. The theme this week is 'Sideways'. The taking of things from unlikely angles and perspectives.
66787 - 4L98 (0652 STP [Rotherham] Masborough N&W - London Gateway, which was formed of 58 empty boxes or fully loaded apart from the front three wagons) - Bayford - 1224 (26 late) - 04/02/22.
I had to go to Hertford to collect a prescription & get a new watchstrap (unsuccessful), so I coincided it with this train, as it was snowing for 7V57.
I don't know where you are but here (in the south of England) the weather is horrible. Grey skies, wind, rain and a chill in the air. A typical bloody summer... But I did find one patch of brightness today - a board of watchstraps for sale at the local market...
They were £3.95 each. Let me know if you're interested in any of them and I'll nip back there and see if I can buy it for you! :)
Strobist: key from Elinchrom ELC1000 + softbox above/behind watch triggered with Skyport. SB900 CL rear, SB900 CR to the side, SB800 front and aimed up at white cardboard held above the face of the watch. Nikon flashes in slave mode. Shot with D800E and Nikkor 85mm PCE tilt/shift lens.
Shot for Mark Sanders / handmadewatchstrap.com
Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. ~John Archibald Wheeler
Texture by Distressed Jewell
Candidate photo for Macro Mondays: Leather (not used)
The watch strap is made of two thin strips of leather with a layer of material in between that might be leather, but I'm not sure.
This is Heleen Luijt.
She is student at the TU Faculty of Architecture in Delft.
She was in our shop to buy a watchstrap on her watch.
In the meantime we had a short conversation about her study.
Before she went away I complimented her on her beautiful brown eyes.
I asked her if I could take a picture of her for the 100 Strangersproject.
She really liked to be the 6th Stranger for my series.
Heleen Luijt, thank you for your beautiful smile.
Find out more about the project and see more beautiful pictures on www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
西行寺幽々子(Yuyuko Saigyouji) is a character from the game "東方project(Touhou project)". Since the species of this character is GHOST, there are always some departed souls around her (yes, I mean the white ball XD). I used lego watchstrap as her dress decoration, I like this part!
DS - the two letters which haunt Citroen. The DS of 1955 was arguably the most advanced and beautiful car in the world at launch.
It is true that many of the ingredients had already been tried out before. The car looked like a hovercar, and rode that way too. The DS lived on to 1975, when it still looked futuristic. Its replacement, the CX was also advanced and comfortable, the Wankel rotary engine it was set to debut with was problematic however, and the funding drain of a new car, with an engine that wasn't working properly caused Citroen into bankruptcy and the arms of Peugeot parent PSA.
PSA was keen to stop some of teh madness, and though the y allowed the CX and GS to continue, they closed down the exclusive Maserati-engined SM luxury coupe line early (having been unable to move the car successfully in the US - bizarrely due to the high-variable suspension making the car fall foul of US Headlight laws!). The rest of the Citroen range was rationlised over time to share platforms and mechanical systems with Peugeot, and gradually, the brand lost much of its inventive distinctiveness in the name of cost rationalisation.
Sadly, by the 1990s, Citroen became the 'cost-brand' arm of PSA, selling average cars on cost and a long-revered name rather than style and innovation.
Fortunately, it was seen that this was not going to be a road to success, as the European (and American) markets were now been competitively fought by competent and increasing innovative, quality Japanese and Korean brands, and that to survive, it was in the interest of European marques to provide content that customers valued and would pay for.
Enter the DS.
The brand has now gained greater planning freedom, and is known as DS Automobiles, but at it genesis with the Citroen DS3 (and Citroen C3/C4 derivative) in 2009, the sub-rand intent was to provide vehicles of stylistic distinction and material quality (somewhat like the relaunch of Mini).
The DS5, an EMP2 chassis derivative sat at the top of the range at launch in 2011. The car could be described in many disparate terms that do not do the whole justice. The car rides on a long wheelbase. The car is shaped somewhere between a hatchback, wagon and an MPV. Chrome highlights, including a spear running from the headlamps up to the 2nd A-pillar and a curious beltline liven up the exterior, but the real party trick is the interior.
The car seats are embossed in what is known as 'watchstrap' trim, kind of like a gentleman's 1970s era watchband. The car has three sunroofs. One small one over each front seat, and a large one over the rear row. The car has an aeroplane flight deck control deck with buttons on the roof between the sunroofs that mirror those on the centre console. Luxury is high, with massage seats, sat nav, heated seats and other luxuries.
You will note the miniland fig standing with the car is wearing my trademark navy and white stripe pullover - I definitely have a soft spot for the DS5 - its looks, its luxury and its precipitous depreciation. I periodically temped to pick up a 3-year old car at half of its original price, to cruise around with my butt gently warmed and massaged by the seats.
More info at wikipedia:
This Lego miniland-scale Citroen DS5 has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 115th Build Challenge, - "The French Connection", - for vehicles with some connection with France.