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RallyPunx 3T WIS 
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How do you guys do those wonderful lume photos in the dark?? I bought a new watch yesterday and would like to share some of the pictures with you guys, but I can't seem to get those dark pictures right. I will greatly appreciate your assistance. Thanx, Ivan |
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srh_pres 3T WIS 
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Ivan... its not easy... well, hasnt been for me anyway. One person told me trick was to quick charge the lume, go into a room with a little light (not completely dark) and of course no flash (duh, I coulda figured that one myself). Still practicing... this was first one I tried... I shot it with the low light setting, so watch and background still showed, but lume still glowed... good luck and look forward to seeing some... hand6.gif Steve  RallyPunx wrote: How do you guys do those wonderful lume photos in the dark?? I bought a new watch yesterday and would like to share some of the pictures with you guys, but I can't seem to get those dark pictures right. I will greatly appreciate your assistance. Thanx, Last edited on Thu Mar 1st, 2007 10:34 pm by srh_pres |
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IW 3T WIS 
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I took these myself - used a mini tripod and the camera on "timer" so my hands wouldn't affect the camera (depressed the shutter and got my hands outta there). Charged the watch; went into low light room; snapped a bunch and messed with the "iso" settings. I'm not a camera guy, but there are a bunch here, so you'll get some asisstance. I just tooled around till it looked good! Good Luck! Marc   |
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JoshB 3T WIS 
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After seeing this I thought I'd give it a try, I started off by letting them soak in the sun for a few minutes, then ran to a room in my house with no windows, setup the camera on macro mode/no flash/etc.. and here's what I got.  Not too bad for my 1st try... I'd like to get rid of the "grainy" look to it.. |
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srh_pres 3T WIS
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Hey Josh... alot better than my first attempts at it... hand6.gif Steve JoshB wrote: After seeing this I thought I'd give it a try, I started off by letting them soak in the sun for a few minutes, then ran to a room in my house with no windows, setup the camera on macro mode/no flash/etc.. and here's what I got. |
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04lund2025 3T WIS
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Here is how we take lume shots. We use a twin bulb fluorescent light. It is the same one I use while working on cars. We super charge the lume of our watches (in a dark room). Then turn off the light and here is what we get. BTW, no tripod just us holding the camera really steady. Full light tower of Bathys:  Low light:  Lume:  Here are a few other shots we have be able to capture.   Stephen and Sandra The Bathys King and Queen |
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JoshB 3T WIS
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WOW, that's a whole lotta lumn! |
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04lund2025 3T WIS
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Thanks Josh!!!!! hand6.gif Bathys do have a lot of lume!!!! hand6.gif Stephen and Sandra The Bathys Hawaii King and Queen JoshB wrote: WOW, that's a whole lotta lumn! |
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JCKoLnturn 3T WIS 
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I run in from the sun to a semi-dark room and snap away.    |
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ern1911 3T WIS
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Great lume shots all of you! Gonna have to try some of the suggestions made by the photographers here. Thanks |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Great pics and the lumes are awesome. hand6.gif |
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Nalu 3T WIS 
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If you use a tripod and a remote/self-timer you can set the exposure for as long as you like and get some very interesting pictures (if your camera has a manual setting). I also use a fluorescent light to charge lume, but also augment with a UV clip light for some older watches which discharge quickly (the UV also brings our flouresccent colours). Some light in the room can give you a nice semi-lume effect, but darkness can make it really interesting:    In Photoshop (or whatever image s/w you use), utilise "Unsharp Mask" to bring out the lume. Experiment around, you'll get it in short order :cool: |
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