Friday, August 11, 2006

Gratuitous Gun Pr0n...

Not that I'm trying to toot my own horn or anything, but I'm kinda proud of these pictures.

And the gun is just plain lust-inducing.

(I thought this picture turned out pretty cool as well. I just fricken' love my job. Does it show? :) )

14 comments:

Ben said...

$2K worth of Belgian plasticky goodness?

Tam said...

Actually, I'm more a-drool over the ~$2k-ish handful of American steel. :)

NotClauswitz said...

Those are nice pics! Lighting is the hardest thing.

Tam said...

Yeah, with my no-control-over-lighting snapshots, I wind up going for the "Fill a memory card and hopefully get four keepers" approach. Bleh. Someday I'll get some proper lighting gear, and maybe a tripod.

Anonymous said...

I just left CCA and blasted the 9mm on the range. Played with the FS2000 too.

You guys are aware of the recall, right?

http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/08/04/gunnie_psa/

-SayUncle

BTW, today's kaptcha is:

pukudqy

Anonymous said...

Tam, just how far are you from Deal's Gap?

Tam said...

"You guys are aware of the recall, right?"

All those currently shipping already have the fix.

Tam said...

" Tam, just how far are you from Deal's Gap?"

About 30-45 minutes, depending on the vehicle and the urgency. :)

shooter said...

You know what would be better than AR mags on that puppy? A nice HK mag! Got to fondle one of the 2000s at Top Gun on Tuesday. Wasn't a shooter, unfortunately, but nice to touch.

fuzzbert_1999@yahoo.com said...

Those are really great shots! What camera do you use?

The limb from last night's storm looked pretty good as a prop!

Tam said...

A Nikon Coolpix 990.

It takes really good gun pics all by itself because it used to be Oleg's, and is therefore still dripping with Magic Gun Pr0n Juju.

fuzzbert_1999@yahoo.com said...

Well I know this ain't go'na sound good, but I may have to use my gun money stash for a new camera soon. However, I'll start saving for another weapon soon after!

Thanks for answering.

NotClauswitz said...

Get two tripods and a thin gauzy sheet of some kind to kill the highlight glare. Outdoor lighting looks best on an overcast day, it richens the colors - fake the effect by using open-shade or making it. Basically you're trying to compress the widest range of lighting variables, and squeeze 'em down to something the camera can handle. :-)

Firehand said...

That rounded back of the grip looks nice, one of these days I may have to get an estimate for that on my Kimber.