Skeleton Watch

This is my old skeleton watch. It has seen better days (a bit like me!), but that just adds to its appeal. I am pretty new to macro photography having only purchased my first proper macro lens a month ago. It amazes me how much ‘chod’ there is over everything; dust, scratches, dings and so on! This image was taken with my PENTAX K-1 using the PENTAX D-FA 100mm f/2.8 WR Macro.

Seven exposures were taken at f/16 which, at ISO 100 gave an exposure of 10s to give a range of focus points. I used the K-1’s Pixel Shift Resolution mode which meant that I had to download a trial copy of Silkypix Developer Studio 8 Pro to get decent Pixel Shift Results (Dx0 doesn’t support it, much to my annoyance). I actually found Silkypix to be way better than I had expected; probably a buy for me as the Pixel Shift Resolution support is the best out there. After development, the seven TIFFs were focus merged using Affinity Photo, and final edits were made.

Not a perfect result, but I am happy that it’s a stop in the right direction.