This was a very hard subject to photograph.
To use a shutter speed of 5 secs, the room had to be dark, not completely, but enough to avoid over-exposure (I don't have an ND filter :-(( ). The seconds hand doesn't have a phosfor layer of its own, so it had to be lit by the same light. The light wasn't directly above the watch and camera, thus the watch had to tilted and photographed at a slight angle. This caused reflection, which is why some of you see a milkiness.
The watch has a reflective metallic plate designed to cast a reflection no matter how you look at it. This was the best shot with as little reflection as possible.
I had to stage the time hands to get the best composition to show everything on the watch face.
I spent nearly two evenings just to get this shot! My mom thinks I'm nuts!
Hermo
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15-Jan-2002 16:02
I like this shot. Most "watch" shots seem very static to me; this moves. Agree about the milkiness / glare though. erichocinc
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15-Jan-2002 02:23
good sharpness and background color choice is nice - one can tell you used a 5-sec exposure! It looks like just a touch of glare on the watch crystal, maybe only my monitor, but perhaps a polarizer might kill the slight glare? That's a minor point - really do like your challenge entry...
