Underwater picture of my Ingenieur 322701

Hi there,

Still enjoying the holiday and this morning I was playing around in the swimming pool and took a few pictures. Mind you, the camera isn't waterproof so I had to be careful!

Kind regards,

Clemens

Clemens...that pic is freaky awesome. Viewing the dial is like looking through a Porthole.

Andy

Thanks Andy, I agree! I noticed it when I was swimming under water with goggles and just had to try to capture it. As you can see, it worked!

Kind regards,

Clemens

Very nice for a non-waterproof camera!

Cool photo, Clemens. Is the pool filled with water from a melting glacier? Great color.

Post some more pics if you can be bothered?

Amazing shot, Clemens! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Clemens, very good photo and example for different refractive indexes of water (1,33) , air (1,0) and saphire glass (1,7).

At a critical angle, the dial will disappear and the glass will be a mirror :-)

Regards

HEBE

Great technical explanation, Heiko. I knew that the refractive indexes were different but it's cool to know the exact figure. Thanks!

Nice shot Clemens. If you had not pointed it out I would not know it was under water.

Thanks for the compliments guys and HEBE thanks for the specs! Here is a picture from the same session where you can indeed see the glass turns into a mirror surface:

Kind regards,

Clemens

Cool...

Clemens Hi, If I look at the last picture it seems to me your Inge was taken down to 5000m and buckled under the pressure! Only advise - next time you go down there, where an AT 2000 !

Great pics - enjoy the vacation.

Clemens keep the interesting photos coming.
Enjoy the rest of your holiday.

Kevin

Clemens, great shots! I have made some like this with my Pilot's chrono too. It's really amazing what these watches can withstand and how good they look while doing so. Thanks for your wonderful pics.

Now it looks like you are bending metal. And of course...under water.

You guys asked for more pictures so I decided to take the Aquatimer for a swim. I had to wait for the surface to calm down and then I started playing with the angle of refraction, resulting in these remarkable shots!

Full reflection mode:

Partial reflection! Because the crystal of the Aquatimer is domed instead of flat on the Ingenieur, it's possible to find an angle where part of the crystal reflects and the rest is still transparent to the eye. Since the reflecting part works as a mirror in two directions, it reflects the dial itself onto the mirror surface (or something like that):

I hope you like the result of this little science experiment!

Kind regards,

Clemens

PS: answering to a question about water color: this is the result of 'auto color correction' in the photo-editing software Gimp I use. So no glacier water here!

Crazy photos. Very cool!!

Seriously nice, Clemens, great job!

Weather is now starting to warm up here in the southern hemisphere so, as soon as possible, I'm going to also try a few watch photos in my swimming pool. Good source of inspirations, Clemens...

Cheers!

Wow, love those photo's Clemens! Hard to capture so well done my friend!!

Best,

Bob

The depth of that picture is great. I've never seen anything like this before- great photo in difficult circumstances.
Keep enjoying your vacation.

Nelson

Pictures are very unique and interesting Clemens.