Airsoft

Nikolai

I was not sure which category to post this in (People? Field and Street? Nature and Wildlife?), and finally decided to go for Sports.
As many of you probably know, airsoft is a warlike game. It's akin to paintball, but instead of paint-filled balls the projectiles are some osrt of the BBs, or pellets. They are small and lite enough to not cause any major harm if hired from distance and if everybody is weraing goggles and other protective gear (you can still experience some bruising, tough:-)

Helen, my youngest, recently got into this sort of recreational activity. For whatever reason the high-school guys accepted her, a middle-schooler, into their company. And they even allowed me, her dad, to come and shoot their game. So I did:-). Here are a few shots from today:

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#5:


Canon 20D + 100-400L, ISO 800 or 1600, Av mode.

Enjoy shooting the shooters!

adrian_k

One & four are my favs. I love the 'attitude' of Helen the first, I also love the fact that her uniform is five sizes too big!! . On a more serious point, I like the diagonal lines of the composition.

Are the bb's filled with paint? How do the oppo's know when you've been hit? (apart from the blood & screaming):D .

Nikolai wrote:

#1:


Canon 20D + 100-400L, ISO 800 or 1600, Av mode.

Enjoy shooting the shooters!

Nikolai

Adrian,

adrian_k wrote:

One & four are my favs. I love the 'attitude' of Helen the first, I also love the fact that her uniform is five sizes too big!! . On a more serious point, I like the diagonal lines of the composition.

Are the bb's filled with paint? How do the oppo's know when you've been hit? (apart from the blood & screaming):D .

Thanks, man!

Of course her fatigues are big for her - they're mine:-):):

No, bbs are just plain bbs. It's a very friendly game, so if you're shot, you just call yourself out..

Cheers!

Jeffro

Looks like fun, but it's kind of scary to think how real those guns look. SO, BECAREFUL OUT THERE!

DanielB

ahhh i love airsoft wars.:D i myself own 2 glocks that shoot 300 feet per second, and an AR15....*M16* and it shoots 405fps. they put a mean sting on ya.

illuminati919

The depth of field in the individual shot looks great. Nice series Nikolai!!!!!

Nikolai

Jeffro,

Jeffro wrote:

Looks like fun, but it's kind of scary to think how real those guns look. SO, BECAREFUL OUT THERE!

Thanks, I will:-)
I was wearing a very bright tyedie T-shirt and tried to stay in the open clear out of the line of fire.:-)
Cheers!

Nikolai

Daniel,

DanielB wrote:

ahhh i love airsoft wars.:D i myself own 2 glocks that shoot 300 feet per second, and an AR15....*M16* and it shoots 405fps. they put a mean sting on ya.

Well, I guess if you happen to be in the viscinity, bring your iron, let me know, and we'll have a nice airsoft party for you:-)

Nikolai

Thank you!

illuminati919 wrote:

The depth of field in the individual shot looks great. Nice series Nikolai!!!!!

Most of those were taken at f/400 or so at a distance of 100 ft or more.. Hence the nice DOF:-)

Glad you like them:-)
Cheers!

blackwaterstudio

Great shots, I love playing airsoft, we used airsoft when training for SWAT, its cheaper then Simunitons (about $1 a round) and it adds up quickly.

I need to get into playing it alot more.

Nikolai

Thanks!

blackwaterstudio wrote:

Great shots, I love playing airsoft, we used airsoft when training for SWAT, its cheaper then Simunitons (about $1 a round) and it adds up quickly.

I need to get into playing it alot more.

Well, come out and play with us:-)

Cheers!