Taking photos of rifles

[techguy]

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/749511 ... _____.html

I've been planning on experimenting with this for a while now! Hopefully I will get some time to try it out next week! :)

[Les]

I went with the bathtub option. I knew I had one somewhere - it just took a while to find it. It's a bit difficult seeing through the cloud of flies these days.

I don't have Photoshop, but Gimp seems to work OK. I had a quick play and the results are already 100% better than anything I've previously been able to achieve.

Thanks for all the replies - useful and otherwise! razz - I knew I'd find somebody here with a solution. clapclap

[HALODIN]

I'd say they key is having excellent light, a good angle and a pretty good camera (boing 6 or £250 DSLR). I keep meaning to buy a wide angled lens, but I haven't got round to it yet. IMO you'll never get a good photo indoors without lots of natural light. I like this photo, it's not amazing, but not bad...

[TomH]

I'd say they key is having excellent light, a good angle and a pretty good camera (boing 6 or £250 DSLR). I keep meaning to buy a wide angled lens, but I haven't got round to it yet. IMO you'll never get a good photo indoors without lots of natural light. I like this photo, it's not amazing, but not bad...

Why is it wearing a surgical stocking?

[25Pdr]

If you have a Camera and external Flashgun that both can be set to manual. put a white sheet over the sofa, set the Flash to manual, bounce it off a white roof and adjust Camera settings till you get something you like. A tripod helps.. This was taken with an old Fuji 4Mp.

[HALODIN]

It had a moderator grafted on to the 338 brake. It's feeling a lot better now...

Why is it wearing a surgical stocking?

[Grizzly]

How do you take a full length photo of a rifle without losing all the detail? Whenever I have sold a rifle in the past, I've normally had to do a 'barrel and stock' type 50-50 split photo, and it just doesn't look right. If I try for a full length job, I have to stand so far back that it looks like I'm flogging a broom handle.

So ...... what's the secret?

Wide angled lens. If you don't have one, move back.

[Activ8]

Do you have a smartphone, boing, Samsung etc? Most these days have a panoramic function, could you not use that? Just an idea off the top of my head & not tried it *runs to gun safe* but see no reason why it wouldn't in all honesty.

[dave_303]

I always take photos of my guns for reference, and just 'cus guns look nice.
I use nothing more than a 12megapixel Fujifilm DSLR (was around £100-150 new).
Personally I find it's all about good natural lighting, finding an interesting angle and location, preferably not the Kitchen floor, ok for sales or a quick reference, but seldom does much to show off the rifle well.
Best person to ask for this is huntervixen, he's a professional photographer.

couple of mine.

[HALODIN]

It should work or you could use the pandora plugin for Gimp which allows you to stitch photos together to make a single panoramic photo.

Do you have a smartphone, boing, Samsung etc? Most these days have a panoramic function, could you not use that? Just an idea off the top of my head & not tried it *runs to gun safe* but see no reason why it wouldn't in all honesty.