Conversation and comments about the photos and mistakes go here.
Conversation and comments about the photos and mistakes go here.
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
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.
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
2 questions
1st How in the world did that happen, fiber?
2nd Any mistake related to firearms or just casting?
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Have to add this comment Jon is casting liberal bullets now
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Liberal ? I think that boolit has a "conservative" amount of lead in to
Also, I moved this post, as the submission thread is for submissions only ...lol
Last edited by JonB_in_Glencoe; 01-09-2016 at 02:48 PM. Reason: moved comment
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.
2. Any mistake related to cast boolits...which is more than casting, could be tooling related or whatever.
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
Hey Jon, what is the shipping cost on the Lyman book and where do I send the money order?
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |