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6.5 Creedmoor 98 Mauser wood.
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11 February 2019, 02:05
Dulltool17Beautiful Rifle!
..and your photography gets high marks, too!
Doug Wilhelmi
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11 February 2019, 03:10
Beretta682EBeautiful rifle in a great caliber.
How does it shoot?
Mike
11 February 2019, 06:38
lindy2I disagree on the lighting. too many places where there is no detail. either pure white or too dark.
If you are going to light from behind make sure and put some sort of reflector in front to bounce light back into the shadows. And where you have pure white (glare on the metal parts) put a gobo of some sort between the light and the rifle to keep some of the light off.
You could also soften the look a little bit by using an umbrella or a softbox.
Or you could take it outside on the north side of a building where you only have skylight but no direct sunlight and you will get a nice diffuse lighting.
Plus, you could consider using a much more attractive background.
11 February 2019, 18:33
bwanamrmI was wondering when a wood stocked custom would show up in this caliber. Looks like a great rifle!
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11 February 2019, 20:12
richjI'm a believer in bounce/reflected light. I have good pictures using an on camera flash and white construction paper as a reflector . But it does NOT work well for a wide end to end picture.
I've also used florescent from the front and above with vellum paper over the lights.
11 February 2019, 20:18
richjBoth photos are taken at an angle from the rifle. Camera mounted flash, white card at 45deg. above the rifle and one under the camera facing the rifle.
This one with a solid background (makes a smaller file size)
one with a busy background.
11 February 2019, 20:40
customboltThanks for the compliments.
I'm certain these pictures won't win any awards.
However, the all natural indirect lighting from a hazy winter sun through a basement window with a white polystyrene reflector suits me for decent pictures for posting here and the occasional auction.
Next step is to add a light grey cloth backdrop. I may use the grey cloth underneath the subject as well.
Beretta Mike: If I recall accurately, I only ran one factory load through this one when it was built 8-9 years ago and that one factory load only shot 1.25" to 1.5" at 100 yards.
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13 February 2019, 08:02
lindy2If you don't want shadows on the background move the gun further away from the background and add a bit more light to the background, either with another flash or a reflector.
