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schnitzerz4 · February 4, 2008

C&C are welcome guys

shots using 40D with 180mm and 16-35mm

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Icebear · February 4, 2008

Nicely done. It's really hard to get good exposures with those disparate metals and finishes isn't it. You obviously gave your lighting a lot of thought. Care to enlighten us? Unless you're just the luckiest SOB ever to press a shutter release

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Tee Why · February 4, 2008

Overall the lighting and the composition looks good.
In the first shot, the slide of the Colt in the foreground seems a touch overexposed. I'd consider toning that down a touch.

Chrissiebeez_NL · February 4, 2008

illlllll guns!! :nono

nicely lit and composed though!

i like the fabric backdrop, works well with the firearms

SloYerRoll · February 4, 2008

M16's are so much fun!
We used to take them to the range and shoot them till the barrel was literally white hot! Pick up another one and do the same until we had no more guns.. Never ran out of ammo..

Well lit. A polarizer would have removed that nasty glare from the Colt in the first shot. Still well done regardless!

Skippy · February 4, 2008

schnitzerz4 wrote:

C&C are welcome guys shots using 40D with 180mm and 16-35mm

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Gosh I look at those guns and the question of why on earth do you need guns like that comes straight to mind

As to the photos themselves, I like the first 3 shots,
if you asked me to choose just one I would choose the third image

May I ask what sort of material you used for the background.
It sits really well

..... Skippy

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anwmn1 · February 4, 2008

psssh... my M16 never looked that clean. Do you even shoot it?

I much preferred the M60. It was a bear to carry but rode quite nicely in my 5 ton wrecker.:D

The lighting is quite magnificent in these. They look ready to be on the cover of a magazine.

Nice arsenal btw.

schnitzerz4 · February 4, 2008

thanks guys

i used 2 aurora softbox for the lighting and black semi cotton background

BTW the m16 is not real

looks like real though

ShepsMom · February 4, 2008

Niiiiiiiice!! I don't like guns

BikePilot · February 4, 2008

Very nice pics

douglas · February 5, 2008

Nice series, my fav is # 3, well done

schnitzerz4 · February 5, 2008

thanks

Tango · February 5, 2008

if you get a chance to re-shoot add a loaded clip laying around exposing the rounds:D (ofcourse buff them up first

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i carried one of those for many a years:D ...to bad its missing the third selection..

im drooling, its pristine!

for those that dont like guns....go and enjoy your freedom ...

schnitzerz4 · February 5, 2008

thanks for the tip

Icebear · February 5, 2008

This is just another perfect example of what's RIGHT about DGRIN. Even those of you who felt compelled to comment about your distaste for firearms commented about the high quality of the photography.

Icebear · February 5, 2008

SloYerRoll wrote:

A polarizer would have removed that nasty glare from the Colt in the first shot. Still well done regardless!

Well it might have taken care of the pearl handle, but I don't think it would have helped the glare from the metal, no? Unless it's been painted, I don't think light reflected from a metal surface is polarized.

I eagerly anticipate education.

SloYerRoll · February 5, 2008

I thought the golden rule was things that conducted electricity reflect polarized light..

Checking now..

SloYerRoll · February 5, 2008

I stand corrected. Thanks for catching that John.

And for my penance, I'll type out what Light, Science & Magic has to says about it...

Light Science & Magic | Focal Press wrote:

Here are a few guidelines that tend to tell us whether a direct reflection is polarized:
If the surface is made of a material that conducts electricity (metal is the most common example), it's reflection is likely to be unpolarized. Electrical insulators such as plastic, glass and ceramics are more likely to produce polarized reflection.

If the surface LOOKS like a mirror, for example, bright metal-the reflection is likely to be simple direct reflection, not glare.

If the surface does not have a mirror like appearance-for example polished wood or leather-the reflection is more likely to be polarized if the camera is seeing it at an angle of 45-50 degrees. (The exact angle depends on the subject material.) At other angles, the reflection is more likely to be unpolarized direct reflection.

The conclusive test however, is the appearance of the subject through a polarizing filter. If the polarizer eliminates the reflection, then that light is polarized. If, however, the polarizer has no effect on the subject reflection. then it is ordinary direct reflection. If the polarizer reduces but does not eliminate the reflection, then it is a mixed reflection.

Maybe I'll remember it correctly this time

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