I Love Brass.

eL eSs VeeeL eSs Vee Registered Users Posts: 1,243 Major grins
edited March 9, 2008 in Other Cool Shots
I started collecting antique brass flare guns two years ago. This was my first purchase. It's an A. H. Fox Very Pistol from WWI.

I took this photo to practice photographing metal.

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C&C, please.
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  • i_worship_the_Kingi_worship_the_King Registered Users Posts: 548 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2008
    I guess you would call this type of photography archival? I like the shot of the gun. How did the metal play into the lighting for the subject?clap.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2008
    eL eSs Vee wrote:
    I started collecting antique brass flare guns two years ago. This was my first purchase. It's an A. H. Fox Very Pistol from WWI.

    I took this photo to practice photographing metal.
    C&C, please.


    Looks good, stands out real nice against the black background.
    The right side of the image is lighter on the barrel and half way across the gun than it is to the left of the image.

    Still looks good clap.gif nice collectors item Lee.
    Great Shot thumb.gif .... Skippy :D
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  • eL eSs VeeeL eSs Vee Registered Users Posts: 1,243 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2008
    Thank you, I.W.T.K. and Skippy.

    K.: For this one, the lighting was fairly simple: Two lights at about 45 degrees each. The goal was to avoid large specular highlights and, as Skippy just pointed out to me, shadow.

    Skippy: I looked carefully at the gun, and its surface is even all along. So, I got to thinking that maybe I'd set the gobo on the left too far in. But, since it causes a shadow in the brighter part of the gun (just below the hammer), I don't think that's the case. I'm thinking maybe it's the curvature of the barrel, but that doesn't explain the chamber. So, I went back into Photoshop and did a little dodging and burning to even it out, lightened it a bit and increased the shaprness.

    Improvement? I appreciate your thoughts, past and future. happy0078.gif

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