[lunde]

In case anyone is looking for high-resolution wallpaper for use as computer desktops, check out my "Pistol Wallpaper Page": http://www.praxagora.com/lunde/firearms.html

[Sisco]

Nice!

[lunde]

I'll add more wallpaper-quality photos soon, probably for the Walther P99, Walther P5 Compact, HK P7M8, HK P7 PSP, and HK USP357 Compact. Bookmark it and stay tuned over the next few weeks.

[Skunkabilly]

What about the great fortress of P7 magazine photo? :D

[Kevlarman]

Cool! I like them!

What kind of camera took those shots?

[P95Carry]

Lunde .... you have some fine pics . very nice indeed .. but may I make an observation .. don't take it as other than constructive crit'

I work on web design ... and i was struck by how slow the download was ... of what were meant to be large thumbnail images. I gave up b4 even 3 were down!

When I ''inspected'' one . it appears that you simply downsized them for their display but left the actual file size large! This one I looked at was 720 x 540 and 162K !!!!!!!

I appreciate the larger pics obtained on click thru need to be large but ... these small ones need sized .. then they would be maybe only 10k each .. and download would be good speed.

I use dial up still on purpose . every page I build has to download sensibly at my ''steam driven'' speed ..... even on broadband your page there would seem a tad slow methinks.

As I say .. trying for constructive crit' here ...... people tend not to hang around for long if things too slow .. believe me!!

[lunde]

Thanks for the suggestion. I am using high-speed DSL, so I don't notice. I'll down-sample the photos to the actual size I am using for the thumbnails. I'll make that update in a couple of days (or later tonight if I find the time).

And, I am planning to add an impressive spread of HK P7 photos in a few days. The ones that I currently have suck. I have learned so much about photography techniques over the past year that I want to redo all of the P7 photos. I plan to focus on my hard-chromed P7 PSP and P7M8.

[P95Carry]

That'll help a lot . i can assure you!! I'll check back in soon . and take another peek!

[Braz]

Thanks Lunde!

The G20 is resized to 1024 and on my desktop. I'd love to see a G21 too. Great photography, and simple, clean design. Looking forward to more Lundesign pics. :cool:

I'd like to see a huge assortment of cartridges, wouldn't you?

Thanks again.

[lunde]

I just made the change, but it won't go live until tomorrow (Monday) morning. The thumbnails are 10K or less each, so the page will load very fast now (well, starting tomorrow morning).

[P95Carry]

Good on ya Sir . I'm sure it'll help a lot.

And yeah ... ammo? be nice eh .. some pics of shiny .50 BMG rounds!!:p

[lunde]

Someone asked about the camera I used. It is an Olympus C-3030 Zoom, which my wife bought for me over two years ago. But, it's not so much the camera, but rather the technique, meaning adequate control of the angle, lighting, focus, and exposure. And, I never, ever, use a flash. A flash destroys every shot.

[David S]

walther P99 pics!!!

heres one...

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=57140

[lunde]

I am planning to add Walther P99 and P5C photos by next weekend. I own four P99s, so this should be easy. I have some photos, but I want to take better ones.

[Blackhawk]

Nice pics. :D

What camera?

[P95Carry]

Lunde mentioned the camera, 3 posts back! Olympus C-3030 Zoom.

You are right Lunde . flash ruins shots .. too much contrast and highlights burn out and shadows block up . daylight always best IMO . and sometimes use of a light ''tent'' to soften shadows works well too.

I have a 3 yr old Casio . zoom is digital so useless but . do use manual focus for gun pics and close ups .. works out OK.

[Chipperman]

I want a pic of the P7M7 when you get one. :cool:

[762x51]

Great pics! Thanks Dr.!

[lunde]

I added HK P7 PSP, HK P7M8, HK P7M10, HK USP357 Compact, Walther P99 Military 9mm, and Walther P99 Military .40 Auto photos this morning. I set up my, er, uh, studio late last night to take some good photos.

[DMK]

Thanks for sharing them. That is definately a bookmark page.

[P95Carry]

Excellent Ken ... those thumbnails absolutely zip down now ,...... what an improvement!!

Real nice pics and definitely bookmarked. Thx fella!

[Blackhawk]

Lunde mentioned the camera, 3 posts back! Olympus C-3030 Zoom. So he mentioned it 15 minutes before I asked. Give me a break! I'm a slow typist and even slower thinker! :p

[honocor]

Thank you very much. I have been looking for some good pics of the p7's for wallpaper, especially the m10. Very excellent:D

[DeltaElite]

What no Deltas???? For shame........ :p

Nice pics, you did a fine job. :D

[P95Carry]

So he mentioned it 15 minutes before I asked. Give me a break! I'm a slow typist and even slower thinker! Sorry Blackhawk!!! Wasn't a nasty dig! In truth I suffer same problems ... well ya do when reaching my age!:p :p

[Martini13]

Thanks Ken. The P99 40S&W is now on my desktop:cool:

[lunde]

Walther P5 Compact photos will be live by morning...

[P95Carry]

Hey Lunde ... your on a roll! :cool:

[David S]

no all black p99?

[lunde]

I own two all-black P99s, so I might be able to get some photos of them up soon.

[David S]

awesome
take one looking at the gun from the back........

[lunde]

I took the all-black P99 photos about thirty minutes ago. It is of my .40 Auto one. One of the shots is sort of from the rear-bottom. The photos will go live in the morning, so you'll see. They turned out pretty well.

[David S]

keep up the good work

[Kevlarman]

Yeah, I don't like flash when taking pics either.

Can you tell us how you set it up? What kind of background did you use? Any external lights, shades, etc?

[lunde]

The background is a denim button shirt (a "Walther" one that I bought from Walther America is used as the background for most of the shots). It is laid flat on one of my daughter's play tables. The back of the shirt has the most plain surface area, so that is what is used. The lighting is the fluourescent lighting in my kitchen.

Someone once asked me to describe the techniques that I use, and I wrote it all down in an email. Here it is:The first thing to remember is to never (ever) use a flash. It destroys the photo. I prefer natural light, but when that's not available, such as at night, I prefer fluorescent. My camera has four light settings: direct sunlight, indirect sunlight (cloudy), incandescent, and fluorescent. I need to set this correctly, according to the light source, otherwise the photo may turn out with a strange color (either too reddish or too blueish). Other aspects are important, and depend on your camera's features:

1) Careful focus. I always manually focus my camera when taking such photos. When adjusting the focus, my camera automatically zooms in to maximum. This lets you more easily confirm correct focus.

2) Use a tripod and a remote release. My camera came with a wireless remote release.

3) Use a small aperture (that is a high "f" number). This allows less light through the lens, but it increases the depth of field. The greater the depth of field, the greater the range of distances that can be in focus at the same time. This doesn't help when taking side views, but when one end of the weapon is significantly closer to the camera than the other end, it allows the entire weapon to be in focus. Also, because less light is coming through the lens, you need to increase the exposure time, often to more than a second. Steadiness is thus critical. See #2 above.

4) Post-process in an image-manipulation application. I use Photoshop, and use a combination of "Auto Levels," "Auto Contrast," and "Auto Color" to enhance the photos, and improve the color. Sometimes I use all three, but sometimes only one or two of these settings. It depends on the photo. If the color is really bad, I typically "Desaturate," which essentially takes away all color, resulting in grayscale. I feel that desaturating is better than poor color.

5) For posting to the web, I resize the image to be ten inches wide (720 pixels). They end up being about 100K, which is reasonable. My photos are all set to 720x540 pixels. They begin at 2048x1536 from the camera. Photoshop lets me resize. I resize after I post-process them (see #4). I also keep full-size (2048x1536) versions for use as computer desktops.

My camera is an Olympus C-3030 Zoom. My wife bought it for me two years ago.
I hope this helps...

[lunde]

I just updated the page again, with a couple changed photos (increasing the depth of field, or adjusting the focus), and some new ones (HK P7M13). I also added a section at the end that provides digital photography tips as they apply to firearm photos.

Enjoy!

[P95Carry]

You're doin good Lunde ........ as an addition tho to your tips re dig photography ... may i add the following which might be of use to some if interested.

Digital Image Info (http://www.patriotnetwork.net/img_matters/img_cont.htm)

I added this to my site some time back, to help people who were maybe new to digital image matters .... if it helps anyone I'm well pleased.

[denfoote]

That was excellent, Dr Lund!! :cool:

[lunde]

A few more Sig photos were added, and some of the photos were retaken, such as the desaturated (greyscale) Sig photos. They were originally desaturated because the color sucked. I retook them last night, and got better color, so they are now in color. Enjoy!

[JimC]

P95Carry,

Many thanks for the link to your site. There's a lot of useful info there. It will definitely come in handy for the photos on my web site. ;)
Sometimes taking them drives me nuts! :confused:

[P95Carry]

Glad of some help Jim C ........ as far as takin em goes ..... practice!!:p

[lunde]

P95Carry,

I, too, learned a lot from that page. Thank you for sharing it.

[P95Carry]

[QUOTE]I too, learned a lot from that page. Thank you for sharing it.QUOTE] You are most welcome Sir.

It is a pleasure to be able to share info ... it's all part of the immense power we enjoy on the web ... info exchange.