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Posted: 5/20/2003 11:44:13 AM EDT
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I'd ask Oleg Volk, [email protected]
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Posted: 5/20/2003 11:49:28 AM EDT
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Im no photography expert, and no 1911 expert, but the slide does appear to have just started its rearward movement, as for the hammer (again, no 1911 expert), it may take very little slide movement to recock the hammer. Just my personal observations.
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Posted: 5/20/2003 11:56:03 AM EDT
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It was a long exposure shot and is 100% real. The majority of the exposure time was before the hammer dropped so that image is strongest. But if you look very closely, you can see the shadow of the hammer after it dropped. The shutter closed as the slide began to recoil.
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Posted: 5/20/2003 11:56:26 AM EDT
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This kind of photo is easy to create. All it takes is a dark room, a slow shutter speed, and a flash at the beginning or end of the exposure. The flash gives color to the photo that wasn't there in darkness, and captures the handgun before or after firing (and keeps motion blur to a minimum). The bright muzzle blast in the dark room also shows up quite well.
The same technique is used in car photos where you see brake lights streamed out across the print, but the car looks like it's standing still. "click (exposure)...flash!(end exposure) |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 12:02:39 PM EDT
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it is not necissarily altered. with a slow shutter speed such as 1/30th of a second, the film captures almost instantly all things in the foreground (the gun, including the trigger about to break, the hammer about to fall and the slide still locked up.) the flash and the camera's aperature wich was calibrated for the flash would have cancelled the majority of the acutal recoiling of the slide which is somewhat exposed by the ambient light. What was left to be imprinted on the film was the bright muzzle flash of the bullet leaving the barrel. This muzzle flas appears because it is the only thing bright enough to overcome the power of the flash save the details in the background which had enough time to expose properly (since they are only marginally affected by the flash).
Hopefully this makes some sense, but as a pro photographer I can say that I've seent this phenomena many many times... its not a fake. |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 12:05:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: It was a long exposure shot and is 100% real. The majority of the exposure time was before the hammer dropped so that image is strongest. But if you look very closely, you can see the shadow of the hammer after it dropped. The shutter closed as the slide began to recoil. no, the shutter close long after recoil impulse was over, there just was not enough light to capture it onto the negative. yes, though one can see the blur of the hammer that was captured with a flash before it fell, and again (faintly with ambient light) as it fell. |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 12:06:12 PM EDT
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The important question: WHAT WAS THE ARTICLE ABOUT, AND WAS IT BIASED?
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Posted: 5/20/2003 12:09:36 PM EDT
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Quoted: This kind of photo is easy to create. All it takes is a dark room, a slow shutter speed, and a flash at the beginning or end of the exposure. The flash gives color to the photo that wasn't there in darkness, and captures the handgun before or after firing (and keeps motion blur to a minimum). The bright muzzle blast in the dark room also shows up quite well. The same technique is used in car photos where you see brake lights streamed out across the print, but the car looks like it's standing still. "click (exposure)...flash!(end exposure) while this is ture, one does not necissarily need a dark room. this room was clearly lit to some degree, although you are correct in the regard that the effects are more pronounced with a room that it poorly lit as I would suspect most ranges would be. it's more like a Click+Pop (shutter open and flash), Pause, Click (shutter close). The more powerful your flash or strobe units are, the less dark the room has to be! |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 12:38:24 PM EDT
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Looks like to me the bolt had already cycled and you are seeing the end of the blast not the beginning which would be much larger.
Tj |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 12:44:20 PM EDT
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The photo is most likely real. - I used to do pics like that out doors, its not hard at all. The methods described above can all be used.
AS to the [url=www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1402232,00.html]Denver Post Article[/url] it is about local people in the Denver area that are applying or inquiring about obtaining CCW permits. As of May 18th Colorado is a "[b]Shall Issue[/b]" state much to the displeasure of the Denver local government. |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 12:48:56 PM EDT
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Might be a true pic, but I doubt the shooter knew Sh88 for shinola!
Posture, Extention, and Hand placement SUCK!!!! Not even standing in the shooters box. Give me a week with that pouge, and he might hit something. |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 12:54:08 PM EDT
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I would assume it's 100% real because there would be absolutely nothing to gain by faking this particular photo.
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Posted: 5/20/2003 12:54:23 PM EDT
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That flash ain't shit compared to mine.
[img]http://xzodus.com/funny_images/ILL_Dragon.jpg[/img] |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 1:51:34 PM EDT
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legs has provided the perfect example of "creating ones own illumination"
flash not needed. |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 1:59:26 PM EDT
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I think he's about to get hit by a meteor
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Posted: 5/20/2003 2:10:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: I think he's about to get hit by a meteor [LOLabove] |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 2:12:18 PM EDT
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Quoted: It was a long exposure shot and is 100% real. The majority of the exposure time was before the hammer dropped so that image is strongest. But if you look very closely, you can see the shadow of the hammer after it dropped. The shutter closed as the slide began to recoil. there's no way it's a long exposure shot, absolutely nothing is blurred, meaning everything stood precisely still during the firing cycle, the muzzle flash would also be huge. its possbile you are referencing long exposure as in 1/2 a sec, but the detail on that muzzle flash and no blur from the guns recoil indicates it was infact a very fast shutter speed or a very strong flash |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 2:31:22 PM EDT
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Quoted: That flash ain't shit compared to mine. [url]http://xzodus.com/funny_images/ILL_Dragon.jpg[/url] How in the hell did you get a flash like that [shock]?!?!? it looks like a fvckin flamethower! you pack some slowburn in the shell along with some firewood!? jeez! |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 2:48:18 PM EDT
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1/30th of a second seems to slow to freeze the action, and flashes are synced at faster shutter speeds, thats how I understand it.
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Posted: 5/20/2003 2:57:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: 1/30th of a second seems to slow to freeze the action, and flashes are synced at faster shutter speeds, thats how I understand it. a bright powered flash helps to freeze things up, but for something like firing a weapon you'd want atleast 1/60 for a really clear shot |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 3:18:43 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: 1/30th of a second seems to slow to freeze the action, and flashes are synced at faster shutter speeds, thats how I understand it. a bright powered flash helps to freeze things up, but for something like firing a weapon you'd want atleast 1/60 for a really clear shot Yes I understand that the strobe effect will freeze the action but when using a flash it has to be syncronized with the shutter speed. I thought that flash sync/shutter speed didn't operate at 1/30th. |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 3:32:40 PM EDT
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It's very easy to do. One of the techniques is called "rear curtain synch". You program the flash to pop just before the shutter closes. That is what puts the image in sharp focus. The muzzle flash is captured at the beginning of the shutter opening. Have the shooter fire the round as soon as he hears the shutter click, and then have him remain as still as possible. Just before the shutter closes, the flash pops and a sharp picture including the muzzle flash is captured.
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Posted: 5/20/2003 3:42:17 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: 1/30th of a second seems to slow to freeze the action, and flashes are synced at faster shutter speeds, thats how I understand it. a bright powered flash helps to freeze things up, but for something like firing a weapon you'd want atleast 1/60 for a really clear shot Yes I understand that the strobe effect will freeze the action but when using a flash it has to be syncronized with the shutter speed. I thought that flash sync/shutter speed didn't operate at 1/30th. ALL cameras, have a MAXIMUM shutter speed that the flash will sync up to. There is no minimum shutter speed for flash synchronization. If a camera will sync at 1/250 it will sync at all speeds slower than that. The fundamental need for a synchronized flash is that the shutter be fully open, not partially open as the case at high shutter speeds with focal plane shutters. At higher shutter speeds the shutter has a traveling gate affect, where there is really only a gap between the leading curtain or leaf and the trailing curtain or leaf, the shutter is never actually all open at once. Sync speeds used to be 1/60th of a second and slower, now 250th is common. Leaf shutters sync at all speeds. The Olympus OM4T along with it's dedicated flash will sync at all speed up to 1/2000th because that particular flash will emit a series of rapid flashes instead of 1 flash. We are of course only talking about X sync here and not B syncs. And yes the photo is absolutely possible and practical. Do it in the camera, on the spot and there's no need to Photoshop it. Here is how it goes. 1) The available light reaching the film (but it's a newspaper so it's most likely a digital camera anyway) is at a low level that would require a long exposure time. 2) A flash was used to illuminate the scene. 3) The exposure time via the shutter was "long", but because the light level in the room was low you aren't seeing subject movement recorded on the film (except right at the muzzle which was illuminated by the muzzle flash) 4) Gun fires and the muzzle flash is plenty bright enough to be recorded on the film. Sorry I've been doing this since I was 8 years old. Everything photoshop can do, can be done photographically. |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 4:14:56 PM EDT
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Quoted: Everything photoshop can do, can be done photographically. haha that's asking for trouble |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 4:25:14 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: That flash ain't shit compared to mine. [url]http://xzodus.com/funny_images/ILL_Dragon.jpg[/url] How in the hell did you get a flash like that [shock]?!?!? it looks like a fvckin flamethower! you pack some slowburn in the shell along with some firewood!? jeez! Dragons Breath ammo |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 4:29:12 PM EDT
[#26]
Take a closer look at the picture!! The "muzzle flash" begins about a half inch [b]BEHIND[/b] the muzzle!!!
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Posted: 5/20/2003 6:21:36 PM EDT
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Quoted: Take a closer look at the picture!! The "muzzle flash" begins about a half inch [b]BEHIND[/b] the muzzle!!! Remember, the barrel follows the slide for a short distance. You're probably seeing the image of the slide before it moved and the flash coming out of the barrel after it moved back a half an inch. |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 6:49:41 PM EDT
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NO NO NO NO NO!!!!
There are for all purposes two exposures in that photo, even though they were done at the same time. 1) The primary exposure done with flash and the ambiant light. 2) The muzzle flash. The flash exposure was, oh I don't know, 1.2 ms or some ridiculously short time that is the main exposure, that left 1/29th+ of a second for things to move around in. |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 6:52:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: Everything photoshop can do, can be done photographically. That sounds like a challenge! |
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Posted: 5/20/2003 8:10:44 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Everything photoshop can do, can be done photographically. That sounds like a challenge! A lot of years ago I went to a seminar that revolved around compositing and retouching transparencies. The reason I went to this seminar was because I'd seen a print ad that the speaker had made for a motorcycle company where he had taken 20 some different images and photographically composited them into one, to make the nastiest twisted road one could ever imagine. No one could tell that this was not an original image. It's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in the photographic field. Photoshop makes many things easier, it can substitute for a lot of skill, it requires different skills, but it is not a magic wand. The magic wand is in your head. |
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Posted: 5/21/2003 9:02:47 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Everything photoshop can do, can be done photographically. That sounds like a challenge! A lot of years ago I went to a seminar that revolved around compositing and retouching transparencies. The reason I went to this seminar was because I'd seen a print ad that the speaker had made for a motorcycle company where he had taken 20 some different images and photographically composited them into one, to make the nastiest twisted road one could ever imagine. No one could tell that this was not an original image. It's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in the photographic field. Photoshop makes many things easier, it can substitute for a lot of skill, it requires different skills, but it is not a magic wand. The magic wand is in your head. yes, look at the careful cutting and pasting with negatives such as Jerry Ulesmann... manipulation of negatives to "create" a print is as old as the photographic process itself. early photographers who used the wet collodion process, such as Matthew Brady, Alexander Gardner, Carleton Watkins usually had to take a second exposure of the sky to capture the clouds as the collodion process was not as sensitive to blue tones. they would then take these negatives (made of glass plates) and put them ontop of each other to create clouds in the sky where only a blank sky would have appeared before. this was 1850's version of photoshopping! phil- thanks for agreeing with me... some of this stuff is easier to do than explain! Treelo- as for the rear curtian sync, that is possible but so is just having a slow sync. It depends solely on what action is captured frozen and with the greatest exposure. here i believe it is the beginning of the event, not the end. if rear curtian sync was used, how would the muzzle flash have been captured? |
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