Just a Girl and Her Canon... And a Boy with His Glock

[jowensphoto]

Thanks for getting your head far enough out of your arse to give a real critique.

 

[CMfromIL]

Thanks for getting your head far enough out of your arse to give a real critique.

And you're welcome. I did like the camera picture though. That was cool.

 

[Redbaron]

They are trained to always treat their firearm as loaded for a reason.

Crollo - but they didn't did they? Now they're dead. (the subject was defence personnel playing/showing off with loaded guns and shooting themselves). As for your previous post - how old are you??


Jess - if you do re shoot the glock, don't forget the insence/smoke idea. I think it would work.

 

[jowensphoto]

Jess - if you do re shoot the glock, don't forget the insence/smoke idea. I think it would work.

I'm going to try to this weekend... if the little one will give us some time!! lol

This is probably a stupid question, but I'll ask anyway. The incense won't do any damage to the gun, right? I know the heat won't be a problem (they are obviously made to handle high temps), but the chemicals in the incense won't do harm? I guess we can always clean it afterward.

 

[Overread]

I've just cleaned most of the posts that followed my earlier notice which were in violation of it. It is the last time I'm cleaning the thread out before issuing punishments to those that continue to try and derail the thread.

There are (nor have there ever been any) no gun rules on the forums and we are not planning to add any.

Whilst we respect that when a photo is good enough that the technicalities are ignored and the subject matter becomes a focus for discussion I would like to ask people to remain respectful to the photographer in question and to get things back on topic. Pictures of guns in the site are NOT a licence to start personal vendettas against guns or gun owners. The points about gun safety have been made - now move on and lets get back on track.

Repeat - Gun safety points have been made - there is no need to continue that line of discussion.

 

[ph0enix]

I see that some of my replies have disappeared so I must have been in violation of your notice. Sorry about that. I have not read every single reply in the thread yet so I haven't seen the post you're talking about.

I've just cleaned most of the posts that followed my earlier notice which were in violation of it. It is the last time I'm cleaning the thread out before issuing punishments to those that continue to try and derail the thread.

There are (nor have there ever been any) no gun rules on the forums and we are not planning to add any.

Whilst we respect that when a photo is good enough that the technicalities are ignored and the subject matter becomes a focus for discussion I would like to ask people to remain respectful to the photographer in question and to get things back on topic. Pictures of guns in the site are NOT a licence to start personal vendettas against guns or gun owners. The points about gun safety have been made - now move on and lets get back on track.

Repeat - Gun safety points have been made - there is no need to continue that line of discussion.

 

[Natalie]

The end of the barrel looks a bit soft to me, perhaps it's not perfectly focused?

That's what I thought too. Maybe tad too shallow DOF as well.

It does look that way to me too. I'm going to retake it soon and get as far back as the sight in focus (someone suggested that, I think)

If you can do that by using a smaller aperture, that would be good. Keep in mind you definitely want to have the tip of the barrel as sharp as possible, since it's the subject of the photograph. For the next version, I would suggest having the gun at a very slight angle, so the viewer can see a bit of the entire gun - it would give the photo more of a "pop" and more dimension, since the rectangular shape is pretty harsh and flat. This would also be a good shot to follow the rule of thirds... Instead of having the gun pointed right at the center of the frame with dead space on all sides, place it slightly off to the side and show a bit more of the guy holding it.

 

[McNugget801]

Did I capture something that evokes a feeling?

nope

 

[Vtec44]

As far as composition, I find the gun photograph is too symmetrical and lack the dramatic lighting to invoke emotions.

You gotta love gun pictures on TPF. BTW, Washington DC was ordered to pay over $1M for Heller vs DC.

 

[LightSpeed]

Sub par, out of focus , underexposed, uninteresting image.

 

[NinjaHood]

If you remember, what was the aperture you used on the glock photo?

 

[GeorgieGirl]

is there a good reason this was ressurected to decide some 5 weeks (or so) later that it needed a new critique comment that it was an uninteresting image???

 

[jaxx419]

It's all fun with photography until someone gets "shot"! Sorry, couldn't help myself.

I don't mind the gun photo. My eyes go to the outgrown nails in the first photo.

 

[e.rose]

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOES! YOU TOOKS A PEEKTURE OF A GUNZ POINTED AT DE CAMERA LENZ!!!!!!!!!!!

THE HOOOOORRROOOOOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How totally inappropriate.

...That reminds me... I have to call my husband to get the addresses of my references for my CCW permit.



Also... Americans are crazy and paranoid... and also insert "Do you think you're REALLY prepared to take a life?" argument attempt.

Did I miss any?

I'm not reading through this mess. I knew it was gonna be a ****fest before I opened it because of the title... but I'm guessing that the above is included somewhere... and then some. :roll:

 

[Crollo]

I find it funny that you defend their position yet call them crazy and paranoid, because crazy and paranoid people are really the ones we wish to arm.

You've missed focus mark, centered composition doesn't work well for the image, the image is washed out. Increase the contrast and saturation.