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I thought I'd share a trick or two, not that I'm an expert or anything, just a few things I've learned about digital photography with a cheapo camera. Mostly lighting, I always try to use natural light from the sun, as it is the easiest to get good results. It was 2ºF and sunny this morning and the sun is low this time of year, giving me the sideways shadow, as well as the "shine" on the sunny side. When taking a photo of a single object, I think it's always better to have more things in the photo, even a shadow adds to the list. While I cropped out most everything for the submission, I felt I wanted to post the original untouched photo, for those who may be interested in what one of my submissions start out as.
http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/u...psotfmxzq4.jpg
2 questions
1st How in the world did that happen, fiber?
2nd Any mistake related to firearms or just casting?
Have to add this comment Jon is casting liberal bullets now
edited by JonB
Liberal ? I think that boolit has a "conservative" amount of lead in to :razz:
Also, I moved this post, as the submission thread is for submissions only ...lol
Good pic JonB
1. Wood. This wasn't done on purpose, I suspect some of the larger chunks of sawdust (for fluxing) were spilled onto the towel where I drop boolits onto, the same towel, I sometimes set the mold onto for it to cool down, and somehow one of those larger chunks of sawdust jumped into a cavity.Quote:
Originally Posted by RED333
2. Any mistake related to cast boolits...which is more than casting, could be tooling related or whatever.
To davwingman..
It doesnt help with shorter barrel.. or shorter boolit..
Lee105SWC in a 2½ inch barrel! :-)
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Wow! Musta been a really light charge in that one ! Nice picture there Swede!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Swede 45
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Lead where it shouldn't be, on the ceiling insulation a good 6' above my casting pot. This is what happens when you throw a mostly dry reject back in the pot...
Hey Jon, what is the shipping cost on the Lyman book and where do I send the money order?
It'll be at my garage sale this summer :razz: come on over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinsnscrews
Snyd is the winner
http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps9vherbln.jpg
Yay!! What did I win besides bragging rights!
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Originally Posted by JonB_in_Glencoe
ummm ...one more post to your post count.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snyd