safe haven for tiny formats

[Daniel Stone]

Just got a new addition to the collection, and I needed to photograph it for insurance purposes(my agent likes seeing my photos of guns, he has one has his desktop wallpaper even, of his over-under Berettas I shot for him a year or so back).
This Ruger MKII 10" belonged to a good friend who died a few years ago unexpectedly, and his wife/widow made me a deal on it I couldn't pass up this last week. It's seen some use, but I plan to get many years of happy shooting out of it, so I don't mind the scratches/wear one little bit

Technical:
One light(400w/s Dynalite monoblock) w/ a grid installed in the reflector, shooting into a white plastic trash bag sliced open and stretched between two of the tripod legs as a diffuser.
Some small white cards were also used for fill/accent(rim) light to separate it out some more.
Camera: Fuji X100s

-Dan

[Tin Can]

My favorite pistol.

[jp]

Those are fun high quality pistols. I have used a friends a few times and it's nice. If you don't do 22 much, you'll find some pistols like some ammo and not other ammo, depending on how magazine lips work, how greasy it is, velocity, etc...

You can get cheap white diffuser umbrellas from china if you need such things on a low budget.

[Corran]

A few pictures from a prescribed burn area. Pretty much the only time I like the pine trees...when they are burnt.

Nikon F2, 2.1cm f/4 or 5cm f/2 pre-AI lenses, and Agfa Optima 100 or Portra 160:









As a side note, I bought three 100' bulk cartridges of this Optima for about $30 apiece, expired of course. It seems to me to have color saturation and look close to Portra, with maybe a tad more grain, but with slightly better tolerance of overexposure (I have struggled with the new Portra and blowing highlights, compared to using old Portra NC/VC). Damn nice stuff, and a steal at about $1.25 per bulk-loaded roll.

[jcoldslabs]

Still searching the archives looking for scan-worthy material.

Nikon 8008s, Kodachrome




Jonathan

[Nathan Potter]

Yes digging more archives for Kodachromes. Here is Mono Lake with Golden Broom and lenticular clouds, Aug 1989. Nikon FE with a 28 mm Nikkor. Nikon LS 5000 ED scan.


35VA89-1-33[t1 by hypolimnas, on Flickr

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[jcoldslabs]

Good to see I'm not the only one rooting around in the vaults. This one was an accidental double exposure circa 1986.

Nikon F3, Kodachrome.




Jonathan

[Robert Brazile]

Jonathan, that's a wonderful accident.

Robert

[gth]

Great shots.

Channeling Eliot Porter?

How are they scanned?

A few pictures from a prescribed burn area. Pretty much the only time I like the pine trees...when they are burnt.

Nikon F2, 2.1cm f/4 or 5cm f/2 pre-AI lenses, and Agfa Optima 100 or Portra 160:









As a side note, I bought three 100' bulk cartridges of this Optima for about $30 apiece, expired of course. It seems to me to have color saturation and look close to Portra, with maybe a tad more grain, but with slightly better tolerance of overexposure (I have struggled with the new Portra and blowing highlights, compared to using old Portra NC/VC). Damn nice stuff, and a steal at about $1.25 per bulk-loaded roll.

[tuco]

Good to see I'm not the only one rooting around in the vaults. This one was an accidental double exposure circa 1986.

Nikon F3, Kodachrome.

Jonathan

Great combo for a double exposure.