Hi, Brian Rodgers Jr. inspired me to take another picture of my watch. I recently bought a new strap for this watch which is not too scratchy yet, so i took it at a sandblasted aluminium blade and try to light it in a way that the strap and the watch shows nice gradients. Comments are appreciated.
Matthias, I think your watch face is great, nothing to point out there. The problems are the case, because you lay flat you don't have how to light it from underneath. There's also lots os weird reflections on the bezel and the lugs. Your pusher buttons and crown are a bit lost in shadow. If you rise the watch, you'll see you're going to have a lot of more freedom to light the case and crown. In my experience laying it flat you'll get better results with a broader light and white surface, with it suspended you can sculpt the light much better.
Hi Carlos, thank you for your comment. I totally got the point with the pusher buttons and the crown. They are a little bit to dark. I consciously chose the sandblasted ground because a white ground seems to boring for me and i think the aluminium and the chrome from the watch go well together. But you´re right, in this combination i should have taken more effort to light the crown accurately. Thanks for the hint.