Speers Lookin At You!

[Rutha73]

I was trying to get something different with this, as well as get a greater DOF. Tried it at f/29 but was still getting the muzzles blurry so I took two pics and combined them. Those are Speer Gold Dots in .45ACP in a Kimber on the left and .40S&W in an HK USP on the right. Thanks for looking!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2617335694_587533872e_b.jpg

[nufan]

thats what i carry Speer Gold dots...great ammo

[disneydork06]

interesting angle.

[ggt1_02]

We call this next item the "fecalator." Nice angle. Same rounds in my carry piece.

[JC4]

Interesting, but.. What look are you going for? The bullet in the chamber, or just about to leave the muzzle? Can you set the bullet back,and show a bit of the barrel riffling?

[Rutha73]

Interesting, but.. What look are you going for? The bullet in the chamber, or just about to leave the muzzle? Can you set the bullet back,and show a bit of the barrel riffling?

I was going for the bullet in the chamber, I will have to figure out how to get more light down the barrel to get the rifling, great idea! Thanks!

[SlowBlink]

Cool shot. The copper highlights give it an aggressive look.

[JC4]

Well, I liked your idea, so I gave it a go. Hope you don't mind, I gave your idea a few dozen tries. I didn't get a great shot, but learned a little.

Like you said, getting light down the barrel isn't an easy task. I used 2 speed lights, pointed down the barrel as best I could, without getting in the way. I got more light down without a bullet in the chamber, as you can see the back pretty well. I'm not sure what else to do. Maybe getting enough diffused ambient light down the hole, and taking a long exposure shot rather than flash.

The shot to the right is a composite of 2 images. It saved the face of the gun from getting blown out, but I still didn't get enough light on the bullet.

f/16-f/22 looks like nearly enough DOF. I manually focused just behind the front of the gun, to try and split the DOF difference. I didn't fill the frame with the shot, so it wouldn't print much larger than 6x8, but not filling the frame helped with DOF. Of course, using a 35mm very close probably made the lighting task more difficult.

After writing this, I got curious about using a longer lens, to let me get the light in at a steeper angle. It was better.(my second image) I only took two snaps. One with the flashes way off the side to properly expose most of the gun. The other with the lights tight, pointed down the barrel. Then I merged the two, pasting the entire barrel(including its face) on to the darker image. I didn't spend a lot of time blending the two, because my bullet shot wasn't that sharp, and a bit over exposed. But, looks like its a more solid approach than using 35mm.

Have fun with this. And, thanks for the entertaining exercise :)