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  • XDRoX
    Veteran Member
    • Mar 2009
    • 4420

    Some pistol porn

    Still experimenting with the camera. Here are some of my latest pics. There is still room to improve, but these ones came out pretty nice.
    Feel free to add your pics to the thread also.





    Chris
    <----Rimfire Addict


    Originally posted by Oceanbob
    Get a DILLON...
  • #2
    Black Majik
    Calguns Addict
    • Oct 2005
    • 9695

    Very nice

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    • #3
      XDRoX
      Veteran Member
      • Mar 2009
      • 4420

      Originally posted by Black Majik
      Very nice
      Thanks Majik.
      Chris
      <----Rimfire Addict


      Originally posted by Oceanbob
      Get a DILLON...

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      • #4
        professionalcoyotehunter
        Banned
        • Nov 2008
        • 12805

        Cool.

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        • #5
          Ultimate
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2009
          • 593

          Awesome!!

          I must admit the revolver looks the best.

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          • #6
            XDRoX
            Veteran Member
            • Mar 2009
            • 4420

            Originally posted by professionalcoyotehunter
            Cool.
            Thanks.

            Originally posted by Ultimate
            Awesome!!

            I must admit the revolver looks the best.
            That's what I thought as well. I'm going to have to photograph more revolvers, they do turn out nice.
            Chris
            <----Rimfire Addict


            Originally posted by Oceanbob
            Get a DILLON...

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            • #7
              the_donald_
              Member
              • Jan 2009
              • 481

              yeah man these are pretty good, keep it up.


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              • #8
                socalshooting
                Member
                • Jan 2010
                • 369

                Excellent pics. The semi-reflective surface is a nice touch. You should reduce contrast a little bit and bring up the foreground lighting. Or lighten up the black because it's hiding a lot of detail. The P22 is my favorite. Shows good lighting and the engraving is top notch.

                Instead of watermarking, you should always remove exif data instead (how is the E-420 working for you?). Not only does it save about 15KB of data on your pics, it prevents other people from claiming that the pics are theirs because exif data was written specificly on your camera. You should always keep the original pic with that data on it. Besides, it's so easy for anyone to take your watermark off:

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                • #9
                  XDRoX
                  Veteran Member
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 4420

                  Wow that's a lot of info. Thanks for the tips. I am having a lot of trouble with the black levels still.

                  I really didn't put my name on them to keep people from stealing them, but just because I thought it looked cool

                  Is 420 the type of camera I have? All I know is it's an Olympus It's my wife's.

                  The coloring did come out awesome on the P22. I'm going to use that one as a model for future shots.

                  Thanks again for the tips.
                  Chris
                  <----Rimfire Addict


                  Originally posted by Oceanbob
                  Get a DILLON...

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                  • #10
                    socalshooting
                    Member
                    • Jan 2010
                    • 369

                    I had a couple of my pictures jacked on ebay a couple of years back and I'd hate it to happen to any other gun/photography enthusiast. The shameless idiot even went so far as to steal my links directly (I was self-hosting) so I replaced it with some farm animal pictures in some suggestive naughty poses. Some people in this world just won't hesitate to steal your work instead of doing it themselves. It's the easy way out, unfortunately.

                    From the exif data, you have an Olympus model E-420.

                    It's better to take the picture in the right lighting the first time before trying to adjust it later because the more adjusting, the more you reduce the quality of the picture. For studio shots, I usually shoot in manual on a tripod and wired remote. You can also use the timer if you don't have a remote. Choose the aperture first and then match with shutter speed until the light gauge bar is centered. Touching up your photos aren't too big of a deal. For example, the sig: I reduced the contrast a little bit and slightly cranked the black level. Added a little bit of sharpening too. And ALWAYS crop out unwanted white space.

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                    • #11
                      Oldnoob
                      Veteran Member
                      • Apr 2008
                      • 2826

                      Very nice. What size is your light tent?
                      Taiwan born, Chinese descent, red white and freaking blue America citizen.

                      Gun Control - A theory espoused by some monumentally stupid people; who claim to believe, against all logic and common sense, that a violent predator who ignores the laws prohibiting them from robbing, raping, kidnapping, torturing and killing their fellow human beings will obey a law telling them that they cannot own a gun.

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                      • #12
                        XDRoX
                        Veteran Member
                        • Mar 2009
                        • 4420

                        Originally posted by Oldnoob
                        Very nice. What size is your light tent?
                        No tent. I'm just setting the guns on a white laminated poster in front of the window.
                        Chris
                        <----Rimfire Addict


                        Originally posted by Oceanbob
                        Get a DILLON...

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                        • #13
                          xxsleepyxx
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2009
                          • 767

                          Worst pics I've ever seen.

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                          • #14
                            xxsleepyxx
                            Senior Member
                            • Oct 2009
                            • 767

                            -jk

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                            • #15
                              Turbinator
                              Administrator
                              CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                              • Oct 2005
                              • 11933

                              Originally posted by xxsleepyxx
                              -jk


                              Turby

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