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But they'll likely keep their C&C to themselves. As to the image, it's a little confusing to me. I can't read her mind, so I don't know what she was trying to achieve, but it looks less like a photo of a gun with ammo as props than a photo of ammo with a gun in the background. Traditionally, images of handguns show the gun as the main subject, with whatever propping to provide context and fill some negative space in the frame. This could be exactly what she was trying for. If so, it works fine. If not, she needs to work on it some more. There's a lot of air on the sides that could be eliminated just by taking out some of the propping. There are a couple of more "traditional" photos here.

It isn't that I see noise, but I know it's there. I always shoot at the lowest possible ISO (ASA back in the film days). It just makes me feel that I'm doing everything I can to get the best shot possible. I used to shoot 25 ASA kodachrome, and constantly fight with long exposure color shifting. You just never know how big someone's gonna want to see something, and digital sensors are crappy enough (relative to film), even at low ISO. The shallow DOF comes because I was using a 70 - 200 zoom, pushed out to around 180 for the space compression, at the closest minimum focusing distance (about 4 and half feet). I was lucky to get the whole gun relatively sharp at f/11, and it's likely that the tip of the hammer is slightly out. If you look at the bottletop at the top right, it's well out of focus, and it's only an inch or so above the surface plane of the gun.

... or bears. Oh, my.

My pleasure, Mark. I want to add a word about tripods. A shiitty tripod is no better than none at all. If your tripod deflects when you lightly press down on the top, it's virtually worthless as a camera support. Even the act of pressing the shutter button will cause camera shake. Best practice with a bad tripod is to put your camera on self timer before you shoot. While the timer is counting down, there's enough time for the 'pod to settle before the shutter fires. And stay away from breezes.

A couple of people in chat asked if I was going to write a piece about photographing firearms, and the conversation turned to this photo. For the purposes of this discussion, this isn't my gun, isn't in my possession, and it isn't my refuse. I brought my camera and tripod to a friends house to take some photos of his horses, and I shot this piece of garbage before I left. Okay, this is an outside shot. There's no lighting other than what nature provided. When shooting outdoors, remember that a big, open sky is your friend, but the sun isn't. This was done in the shade after the sun moved to the other side of the house. The only equipment I had was a camera and tripod. I wanted to shoot the RG in an appropriate setting. I've fired this particular specimen at the range, and it deserves the reputation it has. Once you get past the 47 pound pull through coarse gravel, it shoots 20" low at 10 feet, spits lead everywhere, will often just skip over a round in the cylinder. Piece of crap Saturday Night Special. Frank had some bamboo flooring left over from a remodel, so I grabbed a few strips and laid them down on his deck, about 5 feet away from his white siding. The wall of the house provides most of the fill light in the image. The main lighting is coming from the sunless, but yet still bright, sky. God's own softbox Put the gun down at the angle I wanted to show it, got the camera on it with enough room for the props, rummaged through his garbage for a couple of appropriate pieces of rubbish, and styled the shot. I had a nice piece of stale bread in the frame, but when I turned my back, his dog grabbed it. The tripod is necessary because I had the ISO set way low (100) to keep noise to a minimum, and the shutter speed would be way too slow to handhold the camera. My exposure was something like 1/30 of a second at f/11. For anyone who shoots only on auto, those numbers are meaningless, but it will still work even if you let the camera do your thinking for you. That's it. If you shoot outdoors, either do it in open shade or on an overcast day. Don't forget to set your white balance for shade or overcast. A sunless sky is somewhat cooler in color than one with sun beating down, and the WB correction will warm the image up enough to be acceptable. If your bigasss reflector (the side of the house) isn't white, the image will pick up whatever color it is, so just hang a big white bedsheet on the wall with some duct tape. The QR code in the corner links to a THR thread on the RG guns.

We were doing a Second Sunday monthly thing for a while. A group would meet at the parking lot in the morning, start at the handgun range and work our way around the facility until we got to the shotgun range. We'd order some pizzas, share with the ROs and kill some clays for a while. By then it would be late afternoon, and we would leave from there. There was even some effort to get the range to recognize us as a shooting club and revise their $25 a day guest fee policy. It was fun, but the community enthusiasm for the event just sort of petered out.

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You need a 24 hour laundromat with an attached bar. That'll bring 'em in.

I can not give you a precedent, it is simply my understanding. I'm sure one the legal experts here will eventually make it clear to us. If so, then Old Glock Guy would be transporting his NJ compliant firearm, in a legal manner, from one exempted location (home) to another (a property in his possession) and from there to another (the range), and finally back home. No airports or other non-exempted locations. Let's not forget that the charges against Revell were dismissed. His claim was for relief for his treatment and the return of his property, and yes, the Court's reading of FOPA was narrowly focused to see it as vehicular transportation through the state without the consideration of a possible overnight stay. Gregg C. Revell v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey I wonder if anyone coming in to NJ from out of state to shoot at any of the larger events takes an overnight stay, or gets the Hell out of Dodge as fast as their little feet (wheels) can carry them, and stays in a hotel in America. ETA: From the NJ Administrative Code Definitions Table

You have no idea how much it pisses me off that we even have to ask such questions, and constantly parse the absurd laws to make sure we don't wind up afoul of them. That said, it's my understanding that if the room is registered to you, you're considered to be "in possession" of the property and should be fine. I imagine the gun will be more secure in your room with you than left in the car overnight.

I'll likely be at the silo range with Lynn for a little while after work today . We'll get there around 5:30 or so and shoot until closing. If anyone is around, stop by and say hi.

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I have 2 that I can't get away from... '39 - Queen See my sig for the other one.

Shhhh, just in case Homeland Security has no sense of humor.

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Happy Birthday, Matt.

Zardoz and Omega Man are good, too. Lets not forget Dr. Strangelove, too.

The garbage pail tipped over and... RG .38. One of the true Saturday Night Specials.

The only way I can load the mags on the XD is with a helper, and the UPLULA is the best of them. Much less cursing on the range since I got one, and even Lynn can load her own damn Springfield mags now.

I was talking to my son about some of the movies that have reached cult status. I know everyone has their favorites... I probably have a dozen or so, but if I had to narrow my list down to my favorite 5, they would be (in no particular order) Rocky Horror Picture Show Earth Girls are Easy Buckaroo Bonzai Clockwork Orange Pink Flamingo There are more, but those are today's top picks. What are your top 5?

The weinermobile is in the foreground. And the weiner is riding it.

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