[Duncaninfrance]

My pal at the club who has a David Pedersoli .36 Mang in Graz brought it along today and we spent the morning shooting it and my Rem. It is a beautiful weapon and very accurate. 9's & 10's at 25 mtrs - no problem. I didn't know he was bringing it so I did not have my camera and the little Fuji I carry in the glove box had a flat battery - BUGGER!
Anyway, here is the pistol, photographed by me last year.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/Duncaninfrance/dac8b07f.jpg

[Steve499]

Now, that's a CLOSEUP!! Beautiful pistol, Duncan. You neglected to address which of you bested the other. Does that mean you bought afterward?

Steve

[Duncaninfrance]

Alain is the better shot but luckily he is TT so no problem!!

[Afy]

No shooting for me this week :(

[hildo]

Congrats Duncan.
It not just a big photo, but excellent quality as well. You can see just about any detail on the gun
You used a series of special photo lights (with them umbrella's) on it, right?

[Plink]

I've been appreciating the photo also. That's a model I had been curious about but have never had the chance to see up close. It sure does have nice fit and finish. Thanks Duncan.

[Duncaninfrance]

You used a series of special photo lights (with them umbrella's) on it, right?

Uh! No! Fill in flash but I do use a Canon 350D and PS2 so if I can't get it right I should give up.
Have a look here (http://www.imagesfrance.com/search.php?keyword=Duncan&exact=yes&anyexact=exact&key=Duncan%2BAndrews&choice=50%20)
There are over 1100 of my French pics on this site!

[hildo]

Must travel to France once more. Thought I seen a lot of France but your pictures prove me wrong. If I do I'll stop by to get my tent up... you'll hear me coming :). Nice Traction Avant's, always have liked them.
I never use regular flash on since you get this extreme reflection. Will try to photograph a gun with a fill in flash and see if it will improve the picture, have never tried it. In general camera's have a tendency to have problems showing both bright and darker parts equally good, when I'm standing behind the camera anyways. Usually it takes some to lot of photoshop help to get it more or less right. Do not have a high end 350D though, but I doubt if that is the solution for me. I'll dive into it and see if I can get closer to producing such great gun pictures.
Thanks Duncan.

[Duncaninfrance]

You are welcome hildo, our Gîte is at your disposal at a reduced rate if you are passing. If you are here on a Monday I can take you down to the range for a morning's charcoal burning!!
Check out our site at Le Tastevin (http://www.andrewsinfrance.co.uk) Anyone from the forum gets a 20% discount on a weeks stay.

[Afy]

Hildo if you do make it down to France... please let me know. I am further up North though I guess enroute to Duncan.

[hildo]

Duncan
Been trying to photograph my Walker in an effort to get the same cristal clear picture quality that you have of that pistol. Eeven with fill-in flash it is not as succesfull. Must experiment with more/other lights.

Afy.
This year think it's going to be Scotland again, last time was 15 years ago and did't see Nessie. 3 years ago the crankshaft bearing of my bike gave way, just managed to clonk and rattle back home. This year a next try.
Very nice antique gun collections are to be seen in the UK I hear. After that I guess France is not a bad idea. Two BP shooters to visit, that's great! Sadly I'll have to leave my guns at home, could end up in jail :eek: faster than you can drink a glass of wine :D . I'll let you know.

[dadman]

Nice picture of a beautiful pistol!
Thanks for showing.

[Duncaninfrance]

Must experiment with more/other lights.
Try this. Shine your light, one each side at 45º, through a white sheet which you can hang on a line. That should evenly distribute the light and prevent high spots. Its a bit like making a 'light tent'. It will also help if you lay the gun on a white sheet.

If you are going to Scotland for a holiday it is worth stopping in Leeds if you can and visiting the Royal Armouries Museum there. It is an unforgettable sight. Before we moved to France we lived about 20 miles from Leeds and so I know it quite well.
Details (http://www.royalarmouries.org/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=2222)

[biermkr]

Another way to photograph metal or reflective objects is to take them outside on an overcast day. You can use white boards to help fill-in areas around the object also. Keep trying and experiment with different things especially if you have a digital camera.

[Plink]

I used to do a lot of online sales. I found diffraction sheeting from a photo supplier and made a simple light box with it and the photos came out evenly lit with no glare and few shadows. The sheeting was cheap and you can clip it to anything with clothes pins. I used halogen work lights for illumination and they didn't munge the colors or anything.