Kaluma and Yvonne through a Veritar
Kaluma and Yvonne through a Veritar
Stephane - is a real gun or just a prop? Looks like a prop to me... although those two are dynamite!Originally Posted by Stephane
Sexy photo with a little bit of humor and edge - well done! Thanks for sharing!
Last edited by Ken Lee; 26-Feb-2011 at 08:01.
Jay, thank you!
I think is was a real gun, until the canon was filled with metal. Maybe not, I dont know much about guns (I avoided the French army by studying longer in South Africa).
Re: Show us your guns
It's a prop...
- real guns don't have a mold seam in the frame in front of the trigger guard as this one does
- real guns have a spring around the ejector rod that would be visible from this angle
Nice shot (photograph).
- Leigh
Well, not a gun, just empty box, now used as "safe deposit" by my daughter.
5x7 contact print
Igor.
Here is a new one, Kimber 45. Not so sure I like this one. The background seems a little busy and the gun kind of disappears into it. Don't really like the shadows much either. Kind of limited with lights right now. I am using two Nikon speed lights, an SB600 and an SB26. Both at full power right on top of the gun to get me f32. Probably going to re-shoot this, different background, play with the lights. What do you think.
Ken
Horseman, Nikon 150w, Arista EDU Ultra 100
As Nicolas Cage said in "Lord of War", people sell cars and cigarettes every day, at least what he sells comes with a safety switch
To smooth out or remove the shadows, you'll want an white umbrella or a softbox. If you're broke, make a softbox yourself or use a foamcore reflector to diffuse the light.
I kinda like the hard light sometimes with subjects like this. With a little bit of tilt, you could be able to get things in focus with a bigger aperture if needed.
I think the background is decent, but I'd probably put a used paper target under it... I think I'm getting ideas to try myself.. I don't have time to do that at home though, even though this is a cool thread.
Ken, I agree about the background. It works better in the color picture. As jp498 said, to soften the light either bounce it off of something white, or shoot it through some white diffusion material. You can always use multiple pops of the flash if you don't have enough light.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Thank you jp498 and Peter for your thoughts and suggestions. I do have a small umbrella, not really sure why I didn't use it. I guess I was thinking f32, need more light. The multiple pops would have solved that. Always learning.....
Ken
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