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EKOLINE – Getting closer ///// Live 01/03/2012 @ Le HUBLOT ///// Nancy (France) contact : ekoline1@hotmail.com

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Getting ready to make the grid.

2011-08-19 14:14:04 by:fred ross lord

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I would spend up to $ 1000 or a little more if nesscesary

Answer by BabeHart
Does she like expensive jewelry??? Does she wear a watch??? Personally, I wouldn’t find value in a $ 1K watch (the one I got for $ 18 tells time just fine, and is real cute) so it wouldn’t suit just any woman…you know her, so you should know what she likes…I’ve never heard of that brand, so can’t say if it’s a good brand or not (but IMO, no watch is worth that much)…

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I have already tried to reply and I keep getting undeliverable address. I have also followed the link and used the contact us, but I continue to get at least 12 new emails every day from the same company.

Answer by ukdavros
Get a good spam filter like spam bully.

Never reply to these emails or unsubscribe, all you are doing is informing the spammers it is a valid email address and you will get even more

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Bronze is one of the next “big things” in the watch world, it seems -  bronze is the new PVD maybe?

Today, our man down under, Felix Scholz takes a look at one of the many bronze watches of 2011, but one of the few that won’t cost you many months’ rent – the Bronze Regattare from Magrette.  Click through for Felix’s thoughts on this inexpensive and interesting new watch.

From:HODINKEE

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The final article in this mini-series assumes the reader has familiarity with photographic technique and terminology, as well as the right equipment. The entry point here is a camera with a dedicated macro lens: DSLRs and ILCs (Micro 4/3s, Sony NEX etc).

All images can be clicked for larger versions.

I will start by saying one thing: by and large, what camera or lens you use does not really matter, beyond the lens focal length and maximum magnification. Why? Because you will be shooting under conditions where you can almost always extract maximum image quality from the camera, which has been sufficient for the most demanding applications for some time now. Either you will be using a sturdy tripod or flash, in either case, always shooting at base ISO and with good optics. Most macro lenses are extremely good, even the third party ones; it is not difficult to make a slow-ish aperture normal or short telephoto with high resolution.

That said, I have been shooting Nikon for my watch photography work since 2004; not because of the cameras or lenses (both excellent), but because it had the best flash system; most accurate metering and the ability to remotely control multiple flashes using the built in unit on the camera. As I said earlier: lighting control is critical. All of the Micro-Nikkors are excellent; I currently use the AFS 60/2.8 G because it has the lowest lateral and longitudinal chromatic aberration of the current bunch, and enables maximum magnification with the minimum number of extension tubes. I use a D700 most of the time, or a D5100 if I need additional magnification (1:1 magnification means a 24x36mm subject on the D700, or a 18x24mm subject on the D5100.)

DIY diffuser, made from mount board and tracing paper. Cut a hole in the bottom for a tripod mount.

Let’s talk about lighting. I use a self-built diffuser box with movable panels; it allows me to control very precisely the amount of light and specular highlights seen on the subject inside it. It’s not that big, but big enough to photograph a whole watch without seeing the edges of the diffuser in the frame.

View from behind the camera.

I also use multiple flashes, controlled by the pop-up unit built into the camera as mentioned earlier. One flash will give strong, directional lighting; it’s nice but sometimes variety is good, and fill is required. It may not be enough if you have to stop down to extreme apertures to get sufficient depth of field, though. Especially if using diffusers. Two flashes are generally enough for all situations; one primary light and one to provide fill, or light your background. Three flashes is overkill unless you want very flat, even lighting; this generally lands up being boring because everything is too evenly lit.

This is pretty close to my current setup, minus the tripod

Experiment with where you put the flashes, and how you angle the watch; Blu-Tack or plasticine is your friend here. It’s also very useful for removing stubborn dust specks; I will typically spend up to fifteen minutes cleaning and dusting a watch prior to shooting. It’s much easier than having to retouch it after the shot.

There’s a catch: some things you just don’t retouch, like this vintage Fifty Fathoms.

I don’t use a tripod. I find it restricts the spontaneity of my compositions. If I need precise positioning for high magnification work – with extension tubes, for instance – I will brace my hand against the table. How do I avoid camera shake? Simple – the flashes do the work for me. Set your camera to the maximum sync speed – usually 1/180, 1/200 or 1/250s – and light from the flash will be nearly 100% of the light captured by the camera, especially if you are shooting indoors with the lens stopped down. The actual duration of the flash pulse is even shorter; don’t worry about motion blur.

Extension tubes give you serious magnification. Patek 5055

This isn’t a crop – the full frame shows every single perfect (or imperfect) detail. Lange 1815

Two special pieces of equipment I want to mention are extension tubes and tilt-shift lenses. Extension tubes are basically spacers that sit between the lens and camera and allow you more magnification; (you lose infinity focus, but you weren’t using that anyway). They usually have electronic contacts for the camera to communicate with the lens. You will have to switch to manual focus and set magnification on the lens, then move the camera. Depth of field decreases dramatically as magnification increases; even with relatively short focal length lenses like the 60mm, the best autofocus systems simply can’t cope.

Note interesting depth of field plane: Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon Sous Trois Ponts d’Or, Nikon D2Hs with a PC 85/2.8 tilt-shift macro. Phew, that was a mouthful.

Tilt-shift lenses allow you to use an optical trick known as the Scheimpflug Principle to get more depth of field for a given aperture; effectively you are tilting your plane of focus parallel with your subject plane so that more of your subject is in focus. It can be an effective way of increasing your depth of field, but requires some practice to use effectively. Unfortunately, magnification on these lenses is typically restricted to 1:2 or less, limiting high magnification use (ironically where they would be most useful) due to the unwieldy number of extension tubes required to achieve sufficient magnification.

Art or too much Photoshop? AP Royal Oak Jumbo

I’d like to conclude by talking about postprocessing. Photoshop used to be a dirty word amongst photographers, with the implications of changing the content and removing or adding things from the frame. Whilst you can use it for that, a better way to think of it is your digital darkroom. The curves tool is especially handy for controlling contrast. Used together with the masking tools, you can very effectively control the contrast across the different parts of your image; for instance, you might want more contrast in the movement, but not in the case or background; you can just mask off the movement and work on the different portions separately. Likewise, it’s important to shoot RAW to get full control over your exposure and color balance; I frequently tweak the color channels of my image using the Hue/Saturation tool once I’m happy with the contrast. Finally, you can deal with the inevitable dust: some photographers may not care, others – like myself, a holdover from my commercial photography days – are militant about every last speck. The healing brush and clone tools are your friend here; but the better a job you do with cleaning the real object, the less you have to deal with afterwards. Pay particular attention to any fingerprints – they are almost impossible to remove digitally.

No trickery here, just reflections. Glycine Incusore Blackjack

You’ll notice I haven’t mentioned film here anywhere. It is still a viable alternative for watch photography, but the main problem is that it is very difficult to visualize the output and make the appropriate adjustments; most metering systems will require tweaking to cope with complex situations like multiple off camera flash + diffusers + little working distance between camera and lens. That said, I have shot commercial grade watch work on a Nikon F2, calculating guide numbers manually and using flash stacking to replicate the effect of multiple flashes.

Surprise!

Try and introduce an element of surprise into your shot: it gives the viewer something different and memorable. It might take a few tries to get it right, but that’s the beauty of experimentation – you never know what you might get out of it. Lastly, have fun. Unless it’s work, if you’re not having fun, perhaps you’re taking it too seriously and it’s time for a break. MT

Oris Chronoris

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and WWE for that matter. Hogan should be fired this, Bischoff should be fired that, Dixie doesn’t know this, TNA should do this, WWE should do this, not that. GIVE IT A F*CKING REST ALREADY!! WTF MAKES ANY OF YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE WRESTLING BUSINESS?

Sure, we are fans (most of us more hardcore than others) and love wrestling, but this business is these peoples CAREERS. ESPECIALLY in the case of Hogan and Bischoff. They spent most of their LIVES in this industry. We know NOTHING compared to them!!!

Eric Bischoff has said countless times that the IWC doesn’t know wtf its talking about and should just chill out and enjoy the show, and I couldn’t agree more.

Sure I may bring things up every now and then, but you hardly EVER find me b*tching about the wrestling product. Was it better in the 90′s? yes, but then again, just about everything was. People need to Get their heads out of 90′s wrestling and realize this is 2010, not 1998. Its a different time and (mostly) different men and women out there performing. Its not fair to guys like Aj Styles or Samoa Joe or Randy Orton or Edge when everyone keeps comparing them to (the most overrated wrestler ever) “stonecold” steve austin and the rock.

Now, I see everyone unanimously praising paul heyman, saying he will “save TNA” like he is TNA’s jesus or something lmao. What will happen if heyman comes in and TNA STILL gets mid 1. level ratings? will you say he needs the boot to?

look, all i’m saying is, if your that passionate about it and you want to help change things, do what i’m doing:

get your @ss to college, obtain a business (or if you want on the creative team, go for a journalism degree w/t emphasis in creative writing) degree, apply for an internship w/t TNA or (if they do one) WWE, IF you happen to get it, bust your @ss to make sure you stand out from other interns so YOU will be offered a permanent position and then your in. Then, you can personally contribute to the product.

That’s my plan, and hopefully, it all comes together. But it’s not 100% guarunteed, but then again, what is in life?

anyway. We all have opinions, and thats ok. but there is a fine line between being opinionated and just plain b*tching.
@captain emperor: I sent you a nice little email. This would be the first time i’ve ever sent a user an email telling them off btw. Hope you like lmfao.

I’ll give you time to respond before I block you.
@ fishing line: I’m not trying to make enemies, i’m just pointing out facts and telling the truth, somebody has to say it. Obviously, most people in the section agree. I got 20 something answers, 12 stars and like 4 new fans b/c of this one question. That doesn’t sound like hate at all.

Answer by Matt Striker fan (yWa)
i agree i am tired of it too

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There were at least five nerds at my school named Jacob Black. I’d love to see how much attention they’re getting now

Answer by skater chikka
There is no doubt in my mind.

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These past few weeks on Raw, I have been noticing The Miz receive mixed reactions whenever he comes out and plenty of positive Miz signs despite the fact that he’s a heel. Now, whenever you’re a heel, you’re supposed to receive negative reactions. You’re supposed to give the fans a reason to hate you. So much so that the fans would want you dead. However, he’s been getting a mix of cheers and boos which I’m sure is making WWE think a little. The Rock experienced the same thing after his first heel turn, but the fans who were booing him when he was a face were cheering for him as a heel. Of course, The Rock’s charisma and jokes were the obvious reasons why he was “over”. The Miz has this same issue. People find his jokes and charisma so cool that they’re starting to worship this guy. The IWC obviously don’t have a problem with The Miz and it seems that the WWE crowd are following this trend.

So, what should the WWE do? Should they keep him a heel despite the fact that he’s getting a following? Should they turn him face before Wrestlemania? There’s been a rumor that a double turn will occur at this Sunday’s Survivor Series. Helping Wade Barrett out, John Cena will screw Miz out of the WWE title, thus turning him face.

Answer by martin_rulz6
I was thinking something along those lines, where Barrett can beat Orton cleanly, that way it looks like Cena can be supposedly done with Nexus with no problems, then the Miz comes running down to cash in, Nexus comes running in, and instead of holding off Nexus, Cena joins in anyway, Miz gets screwed out of his MITB chance by losing (or winning by DQ), and having the double turn happen.

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defenetly. do you agree.i would want to get one but a bit diffrent.and im afraid of hot needles.oh, and can anybody show me a picture of the tatoo. not geting one,JUST WANT TO KNOW DESIGN.

Answer by Baylee
i hope people will get one, jacob is HOT!!!!!!!!!!! But not as hot as edward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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