Gears of time

Blinkerfluid

Just picked up a Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro lens the other day, it's my first macro lens. Macro is pretty fun, I already want to order extension tubes though :rofl.. Anyway, took this picture just messing around at home, thought it turned out pretty decent.




This is the color version, but I thought the black and white looked better.



Opinions?

Rocketlily

Quite interesting. I kind of prefer the color version.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely shot - also prefer the colour version but \i do like gold.
Brian v.

DoctorIt

Wow, now that's an antique! They stopped making real E. Howards in 1903... care to share the face and any story as well?

Blinkerfluid

Sure I'll post up so more non-macro shots of the watch and give some more info on it, but it'll have to wait a couple days because we are on a little road trip right now. Sitting in a cafe in gold beach Oregon right now haha.

oldoval

I like the color best. For some reason the B&W tricks my eye into thinking the focus is too soft.

GOLDENORFE

good first shots with lens, prefer colour version also

Blinkerfluid

Ok guys, a little more info and pictures on the watch.

This watch was actually produced by the Keystone Watch Case Co after E. Howard sold the rights to the watch name to them in 1902. Based on the serial number on the movement, the watch was built sometime between 1912 and 1914. I believe it was probably late 1912 just based on the serial number range made in that time period. So, not quite as cool as an original E. Howard watch produced before being purchased by Keystone, but still a pretty cool little piece of machinery.

Here are a couple more pics of the watch just to show what it looks like. These obviously aren't any kind of stellar shots:

Rob Pauza

Pretty cool. That would make for a really nice HDR photo as well.

-Rob

gnooj

Very nice!