Another relic from the days of Scientific Calibration.
Another relic from the days of Scientific Calibration.
Relics but still more accurate than a digi vernier i bet!
The first one with the nice reflections but with the depth of field of the third would work for me.
Leave the granite slab for measuring off and stick to that nice reflective surface for me - but that's just my opinion.
You'll have to try getting some shots thru the slightly open door of that xyz machine with a big ripper in it, with the swarf really flying - watch you don't get suds on your lens tho!
I'd like the shallow depth of 3 on the reflective background of 1. Only DOF should be even less and try to pick out something in the sharp area that my eye can rest on, like a number.
I disagree. I find myself wanting to examine the micrometer in detail and wishing that I could see more of it and that more of it was sharp. It's a wonderful instrument (I've got one myself somewhere - I'll have to dig it out) with interesting features.I'd like the shallow depth of 3 on the reflective background of 1. Only DOF should be even less and try to pick out something in the sharp area that my eye can rest on, like a number.
As I've said in other threads I believe it to be a mistake to treat this as an 'arty' picture. IMHO it's much better as a pure record and so needs to show as much detail as possible.
Like others I prefer number 1 background.
MickLL
Think that shows the difference specialist interest makes. For me it is one of the most boring things I've seen since we were shooting bulldog clips a while back, so I want visual art to excite me. For you it can be an interesting record. What did the author intend?It's a wonderful instrument (I've got one myself somewhere - I'll have to dig it out) with interesting features.
As I've said in other threads I believe it to be a mistake to treat this as an 'arty' picture. IMHO it's much better as a pure record and so needs to show as much detail as possible.
For me the depth of field on the third is just right, leaving all the interesting parts of the mic in focus.
Boring, BORING how can a wonderful piece of precision engineering be boring.For me it is one of the most boring things I've seen
MickLL
^^^WHS^^^Think that shows the difference specialist interest makes. For me it is one of the most boring things I've seen since we were shooting bulldog clips a while back, so I want visual art to excite me. For you it can be an interesting record. What did the author intend?
It's a record shot for mine, one to file away with close ups of bugs and church ceilings - fine if you're into that kid of thing but dull if you're not.
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A note from the author - I was trying to capture the sharpness of the calibration barrel, leaving the rest out of focus, sorry if its boring.
No that isn't. The thingy itself is (for a couple of us at least) if not done that way.A note from the author - I was trying to capture the sharpness of the calibration barrel, leaving the rest out of focus, sorry if its boring.
I am in the 'background of #1 and focus of #3' camp.No that isn't. The thingy itself is (for a couple of us at least) if not done that way.A note from the author - I was trying to capture the sharpness of the calibration barrel, leaving the rest out of focus, sorry if its boring.
Whilst the shallow DOF hides some of the detail in the micrometer it still clearly shows the shape and form of the rest of the instrument. If it were all sharp it would look like an illustration from a micrometer catalogue, and would need to be shot exactly perpendicular, that (IMO) would be boring.
This is about where I am with it:
That's exactly what I would like to see.it would look like an illustration from a micrometer catalogue,
I agree with others that a micrometer, as a piece of art, just doesn't cut the mustard and so all the playing with DoF etc will never make it into a great picture.
BUT as I've also said before record photography is an acceptable (and difficult) genre in its own right and so a record shot of a rather beautiful (OK,OK so I'm a micrometer nerd) precision instrument would be well worth the effort. IMHO it's being judged against all the wrong criteria.
MickLL
I would contend that my version opens up the beauty of micrometers to a whole new generation. The soft focus and narrow sharp area is a visual analogy for the skill of a precision instrument like this in defining minute measurements....or something.
Everybody will want one.
Spoken like a Ba gradI would contend that my version opens up the beauty of micrometers to a whole new generation. The soft focus and narrow sharp area is a visual analogy for the skill of a precision instrument like this in defining minute measurements....or something.
Everybody will want one.
Wow
MickLL
PS Trying to find a fine image of a micrometer made me realise just how bad some photography is! Obviously I don;t like the out of focus bits in the OP but the sharp bits are far better than anything else I've found.
Too erotic for me. Technoporn!
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