Submiter's name:	Charles Geilfuss
Title:	Great-Grandfather's Pocket Watch
Gear:	OM-2n with Tokina 90/2.5 Close Focus Lens on Bogen Tripod
Diaphragm:	f11
Shutter Speed:	~4 seconds
Film:	Kodak Ektachrome 100
Technical info:	Initial shots using flash were too harsh with many burned out spots. Was much happier using a long exposure with ambient light.
Subject Info:	Old pocket Watch belonging to my German Great Grand father who passed away in 1901.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Very nice shot, and lovely soft lighting. Indeed, a flash would have totally obliterated that effect (unless very heavily diffused and used at a proper angle). A ringflash might have worked as well.

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