Who's got Lume?

[mike]

I love lume shots! Here's a few,

[Pauly]

great shots

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[timefinder]

great shots!

[pauleypaul]

Nice!
:-)

[JBHII]

I've got a couple to add!

[mike]

[idriveanm5]

What is your preferred light source to make the lume "pop" as it does? Incandescent? Fluorescent? Solar? Something else?

[timefinder]

I find the sun makes my watch GLOW quite well at night. It does fade quickly; but, the sun is a great source.

[wilfreb]

[JBHII]

It has to do more with photographic technique than light source. Basically, what I do is I set up the shot with the watch in my watch photo studio lights on, and set the camera for a 10 second timed shutter release. I have all the lights pluged into a power supply with a single switch. Two seconds before the shutter releases, I kill the lights.

[idriveanm5]

admin said:

It has to do more with photographic technique than light source. Basically, what I do is I set up the shot with the watch in my watch photo studio lights on, and set the camera for a 10 second timed shutter release. I have all the lights pluged into a power supply with a single switch. Two seconds before the shutter releases, I kill the lights.

So, that's probably using an incandescent source. Your technique makes sense because you can photograph the lume near peak output, without having to lose some brightness while transferring the subject from a light source (or running back in the house after exposing it to the sun!). Do you have a certain time which the subject is exposed to the light source, or is it "the longer the better?"

;D

[JBHII]

idriveanm5 said:

admin said:

It has to do more with photographic technique than light source. Basically, what I do is I set up the shot with the watch in my watch photo studio lights on, and set the camera for a 10 second timed shutter release. I have all the lights pluged into a power supply with a single switch. Two seconds before the shutter releases, I kill the lights.

So, that's probably using an incandescent source. Your technique makes sense because you can photograph the lume near peak output, without having to lose some brightness while transferring the subject from a light source (or running back in the house after exposing it to the sun!). Do you have a certain time which the subject is exposed to the light source, or is it "the longer the better?"

;D

Not really. It only takes a few seconds of exposure.

[eddo]

Wow, some great photo's there.. I'm going to have to give it a try

[Scott D]

Some fantastic Lume shots!!!!

[Hannes]

What is glowing here?