I took a pic of my new-to-me Marlin 44mag yesterday. I like the results but had to cut the gamma down and added s tiny bit of contrast.

Here's the picture and the picture of the picture: (I held a 12x18 piece of paper between the flash and the lens so the flash was all bounce light. D300 17-35mm f2.8 w/polarizer.





One mistake = I forgot to reset the ISO, It's 1600 here

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Modification Date: 2016-12-10T22:26:07-05:00
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Original Date/Time: 2016-12-10T22:40:39.68
Exposure Time: 1/60
F-stop: f/9.0
ISO Speed: 1600
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Exposure Bias: 0
Exposure Program: Aperture priority
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Metering Mode: Spot
Flash:
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Flash Function: False
Flash Mode: 1
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Flash Return: 3
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Subject Distance Range: None
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Saturation: Normal
Contrast: Normal
White Balance: 0
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Maximum Aperture: 3.00
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Looks like you found a good way to avoid those pesky reflections and specular highlights.

Lighting is everything.

doesn't hurt to have rifles to photograph!




















ya!


GWB

That first rifle Sako?. mmmm.. Very nice photo too.

ya Rich,

a Sako 85 Bavarian Carbine in 30-06.

One of Biebs cast-offs.


GWB