Need Feedback - Amateur Photos

I run a gun owners forum and occasionally I get product to review from manufacturers. I'm by no means a professional photographer, nor do I even have half the kit, so if it's something simple, point it out please.

I hope to take what I've learned and progress into taking better photos (and film). I'd like to become a professional critic and writer in the gun industry, and I'm a big boy ... so if it looks like ****, call it how you see it.

Welcome to POTN! I don't know a thing about your cameras...so I'm not sure how flexable they are. The images look nice and sharp.

#1, it would be nice if you could light all of the end of the rifle to show more detail.
#2, it would be nice if all the numbers on the scope were in focus. You'll need to either move your focus point or shoot at a wider f-stop. Again, not sure if your cameras will let you change the aperture or not...so you might have to just change you focus point if it will let you.
#3 and 4, not sure what you are going for there...but #3 looks a little soft on the left hand side...not sure why.

1. At first glance I could not recognize it as the end of gun barrel. I thought it was unique screw driver. no pun intended.

2. I could not make it out as a part of scope until i really tried thinking about it. Looks more like a water/gas pipe gauge.

3. I don't know the brand/model style so no comments

4 and 5. Now I can recognize that it is a gun barrel as it is very common. The granite table is distracting tho.

I am not impressed overall as they really didn't imply anything with the gun or it did not evoke any emotions and imaginations to me. I think the backgrounds are bit busy for this type of pictures. It might be better if you to shoot them through a uniform background. that's my 2 cents.

might just be me, but i think they would look better if you went into camera raw or photoshop and ran a curves adjustment and maybe ran the blacks up a good bit. thats just something easy that you can do to any of these shots after they are already taken.

mikerosal wrote in post #10380368
I am not impressed overall as they really didn't imply anything with the gun or it did not evoke any emotions and imaginations to me. I think the backgrounds are bit busy for this type of pictures. It might be better if you to shoot them through a uniform background. that's my 2 cents.

I suppose some background would help. The images are picked from reviews of specific items, for example in #1 it is the item in focus (a muzzle brake). Do you think it'd be better to run a bigger aperture setting?

I think I could gain alot by using a repeatable home studio. That is on my list of things to do, just in a budget pinch at the moment.

Thanks for the comments.

dwarrenr wrote in post #10380354
Welcome to POTN! I don't know a thing about your cameras...so I'm not sure how flexable they are. The images look nice and sharp.

Thanks, my camera is a fancy point and shoot. I hope to get into DSLR soon, but I figured I would get some feedback with what I got at the moment. I'm a big noob.

dwarrenr wrote in post #10380354
#1, it would be nice if you could light all of the end of the rifle to show more detail.
#2, it would be nice if all the numbers on the scope were in focus. You'll need to either move your focus point or shoot at a wider f-stop. Again, not sure if your cameras will let you change the aperture or not...so you might have to just change you focus point if it will let you.
#3 and 4, not sure what you are going for there...but #3 looks a little soft on the left hand side...not sure why.

I don't have alot of lighting control, which seems to be a reoccurring issue. I'm leaving it up to mother nature or simply taking pictures in a really well lit room. I was hoping to find some good home made setups on the forum, but haven't at the moment.

Thanks for the comments.

Texas1911 wrote in post #10380462
I don't have alot of lighting control, which seems to be a reoccurring issue. I'm leaving it up to mother nature or simply taking pictures in a really well lit room. I was hoping to find some good home made setups on the forum, but haven't at the moment.

Thanks for the comments.

You could try some sort of a reflector to reflect light in the barrow