Photo contest… any photographers out there?

[MoeMag]

I am not bashing the MOTM by any means. In fact I am a fan of mag of the month but,

I noticed one of the rules was…

“2) I don't care how great or sucky your pictures are, it's a gun contest not a photogenic prize.”

Well that gave me an Idea.

Photo contest. I am looking for great photographic composition of Automags.

I find that “mug shots” of paintball guns are unimaginative. Lets see some photographic talent

*******EDIT 4-9-06 UPDATE*************
Lets get some good desktop wallpaper images. I'm getting tired of cars and planes on my desktop, time for some paintball pics.

[quik]

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[neppo1345]

It's on...

[Indignant]

dude, f'real?


that's a mugshot, man. i'd even go as far as to say a not-good mugshot. definately not 'photographic composition.'

[magman007]

http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/6000/vik9fitted4928.JPG
http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/6000/vik5fitted6358.JPG


old viking. Apparently so far, im in the lead.

[White Wolf]

http://www.whitewolfairsmithing.com/images/AGD/Mag-Noir.jpg

[Hexis]

Something I have laying around:

http://www.visi.com/~mjb/Paintball/TunaBladeGreenEMag.jpg

I'll play in the studio when I get home with something with more of the gun in it. Gotta have excuses to play with the 5D.

[tippmannsniper-]

howabout all guns?, not everyone has a mag here

heres my autococker

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[Ace12GA]

Something I litterally threw together 5 minutes ago.

http://evanp.ca/pball/ao_pics/DSCF1143_t.JPG (http://evanp.ca/pball/ao_pics/DSCF1143.JPG)
http://evanp.ca/pball/ao_pics/DSCF1145_t.JPG (http://evanp.ca/pball/ao_pics/DSCF1145.JPG)

Because I like to know, could people post what camera they are using? I'm using a Fuji S5100. The picture were taken with no flash, lit by crappy fluorescent bulbs. The first shot was just a crappy auto everything shot, the second shot was taken with a 2.8 aperture, which didn't do what I wanted.

[tippmannsniper-]

i used a canon rebel, i used natural light, and a flashlight for hilighting, last pics were in black & white, i cant remember what aperature they were taken on

no flash was used, i hate flash

[Indignant]

I'll play in the studio when I get home with something with more of the gun in it. Gotta have excuses to play with the 5D.


http://www.it-mate.co.uk/new/icons/smiles_lrg/drooling.gif

[A-Tach-One]

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3673/cncpicts5ey.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[magman007]

my photos were taken with my moms crappy olympus 4 mp camera. for p&s i use my sony cybershot psc 200 7.2MP camera. For artistic photos, its the nikkon M-80 film body

[Hexis]

I'm pretty sure I took that on a Canon 20D. I just got myself a Canon 5D, so pretty much anything I take now is on the 5D.




For artistic photos, its the nikkon M-80 film body

Do you mean a Nikon N80?

[magman007]

I'm pretty sure I took that on a Canon 20D. I just got myself a Canon 5D, so pretty much anything I take now is on the 5D.





Do you mean a Nikon N80?


yes yes i do, probabally should have posted the drunken posting warning I <3 college.

[MoeMag]

dude, f'real?


that's a mugshot, man. i'd even go as far as to say a not-good mugshot. definately not 'photographic composition.'

Thanks for the boost in self esteem there… :cry:

I know its still a mug, but I just wanted to put something up to get the thread rolling.

:cheers: No hard feelings

Just curious? if you have no mags why are you here? :confused: Just a mag enthusiast... if so thats great, welcome!

All guns welcome.

I really like the black & white pics (all of them) Very nice :cool:

The green e-mag. OMG! I want your gun. Did tuna do all your mods and anno?

X-mags… ughh disgustingly beautiful. Just a mug of an x-mag is a work of art. :hail:

[Hexis]

The green e-mag. OMG! I want your gun. Did tuna do all your mods and anno?


No, he's fully responsible for the trigger. The green is factory direct from AGD. Since they use a couple of different annoers, I'm not quite sure who worked on mine. You can't tell from the picture, but it's a pewter body/xvalve. I made the custom selector switch. The grips are from one of the dealers (Luke IIRC).

[tippmannsniper-]

Just curious? if you have no mags why are you here? :confused: Just a mag enthusiast... if so thats great, welcome!




well i like mags, but this is just one of the few forums where nobody whines all the time, plus its all around good

[Faddy]

Just curious? if you have no mags why are you here? :confused: Just a mag enthusiast... if so thats great, welcome!

I know this wasn't directed towards me, but I've never owned a mag. Always liked them, but never had a chance to own one. I like the boards here, a lot fewer kiddies than PBN, and typically better conversations. Not just "omg my shocker is a agg gat yo and I wil shoot u in teh face!!1111"

Anyway, there's no requirement to own a mag to browse/post here. :P Maybe I'll try to get a pic of my angel on here a bit later.

[MicroMiniMe]

I am not bashing the MOTM by any means. In fact I am a fan of mag of the month but,

I noticed one of the rules was…

“2) I don't care how great or sucky your pictures are, it's a gun contest not a photogenic prize.”

Well that gave me an Idea.

Photo contest. I am looking for great photographic composition of Automags.

I find that “mug shots” of paintball guns are unimaginative. Lets see some photographic talent



I though the long standing tradition of photographing your own 'foot' and a 'cat' in marker pictures were 'great photgraphic compositions?
:rofl:

[tyrion2323]

http://www.whitewolfairsmithing.com/images/AGD/Mag-Noir.jpg
no fair!

[CaptainNeeda]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/Captainneeda/100_0009.jpg

[Munnin]

if i had a vote, it would go to Mag Noir, thats just... stunning :wow:

[Cow hunter]

if i had a vote, it would go to Mag Noir, thats just... stunning :wow:
i concur, it looks professionally done

[etjoyride]

Wait, so is this mag only or any guns, because my mag isn't currently very photo appealing, but i might try some stuff out with my angel.

[Indignant]

Thanks for the boost in self esteem there… :cry:

I know its still a mug, but I just wanted to put something up to get the thread rolling.

:cheers: No hard feelings

Just curious? if you have no mags why are you here? :confused: Just a mag enthusiast... if so thats great, welcome!

I've been around here since really early 2003. i've owned 7 mags throughout my paintball 'career.' now i just sit around and be a dick.

[MoeMag]

I though the long standing tradition of photographing your own 'foot' and a 'cat' in marker pictures were 'great photgraphic compositions?
:rofl:

:spit_take

I like your thinking. :cheers:


Mag Noir, my complements
It is our current leader. Anyone dare to try and de throne it?

[tippmannsniper-]

one more try, got some more drastic lighting on this one


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[camilion705]

For your viewing pleasure...

http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/14000/Cocker_Angle_9633.jpg

http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/14000/Blu_Speed_Left_1292.jpg

http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/14000/A4_Left_8998.jpg

http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/14000/A4_angle_5132.jpg

<img src="xxx" width ="700">
<img src="http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/28000/DSC_0063.JPG" width ="800" height ="600" > </img>




These photos were taken by a friend who now works at paintballphotography.com

[tippmannsniper-]

^^ just download a resizing program, i downloaded irfanview off the internet and its great

[azzkikr]

hey camilion, forget the pics. i'm so diggin ur lego technic gun stand. yet another use for legos on top of their 516847867431514651864531516584864354524 uses. hahaha :clap:

azzkikr

[camilion705]

^^ just download a resizing program, i downloaded irfanview off the internet and its great

Well I could just resize it in Photoshop, but I just want to know how to resize a picture using code.


azzkikr - Lego was always my favorite toy...

[jenarelJAM]

My Vote is for the Mag Noir. Love at first sight...

[wanna-b-ballin']

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/6780/img10973ru.jpg

my phantom

[LudavicoSoldier]

Oooooooh yeah!

http://idisk.mac.com/dgreening/Public/ninjaripper.jpg

[behemoth]

you can use HTML here.

.<.img src="xxx" width ="700".>.

Without the periods, sub xxx for your url.

[Pyroboy597]

That is a nice autococker.

[nate2k191]

My MOTM picture was a mug shot =\

here are some not so ugly pics:


http://students.its.txstate.edu/~kp1143/IMG_2983.jpg
white barrel + trig



http://students.its.txstate.edu/~kp1143/IMG_2976.jpg
ultralite + tunablade




Friends Z-mag:
http://students.its.txstate.edu/~kp1143/PaintRightes.jpg


I really need a sunny day so i can take some good pictures out doors. haven't had time yet; it's too bad =\.

[MoeMag]

I like the all white e-mag. Never thought of having a white gun. Is it powder coated or painted? Can a gun be simply painted? I ask because my e-mag I just picked up needs a new finish. I was thinking green anno but if I could paint it, and have it look good and be durable, I would do that.

LEGO’s RULE!!!

Camilion, what is the model and year of the all blue angel in the lego stand? There is one just like that, color and all, in my shop for $350. I was thinking about getting it but I don’t know anything about angels, so I left it there for the time being.

[camilion705]

Camilion, what is the model and year of the all blue angel in the lego stand? There is one just like that, color and all, in my shop for $350. I was thinking about getting it but I don’t know anything about angels, so I left it there for the time being.

Its an 03 Angel Speed. They are ok. Nothing special. The 05 Speed and G7 models are much much better.

[Hexis]

Playing around a bit today:

http://www.visi.com/~mjb/Paintball/GreenPBGuns.jpg

That's a 4x5 crop of a landscape 3x2 (35mm sized digital).

I love my 5d.

Here's a 100% crop of a small area to give an idea of the overall resolution:

http://www.visi.com/~mjb/Paintball/GreenPBGuns-Crop.jpg

[Cow hunter]

my attempts :/ they do look better larger, but im too lazy to rehost them

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/579/p10100207zh.th.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10100207zh.jpg)


http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/840/p10100212hc.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10100212hc.jpg)

[MoeMag]

[QUOTE=Hexis]Playing around a bit today:

http://www.visi.com/~mjb/Paintball/GreenPBGuns.jpg

QUOTE]

I love that gun!
The grips, smooth and simple. Did you make those yourself?
The green :cool:
The AGD back bottle adapter
The feedneck!? where did you get that? it matchs the pewter ule body just like mine.

Oh how I want to reanno my gun

[Hexis]

I love that gun!
The grips, smooth and simple. Did you make those yourself?
The green :cool:
The AGD back bottle adapter
The feedneck!? where did you get that? it matchs the pewter ule body just like mine.

Oh how I want to reanno my gun


The Grips are bu Luke, he's posted numerous times in the forums. They are raw, I plan to anno them at some point. I'll do them in a matching pewter color. The feedneck is A+, but I annoed it myself (it's pretty inconsistant).

[MoeMag]

The Grips are bu Luke, he's posted numerous times in the forums. They are raw, I plan to anno them at some point. I'll do them in a matching pewter color. The feedneck is A+, but I annoed it myself (it's pretty inconsistant).

Ahh, they are lukes arn't they. I didn't notice the ridges until you told me. I would leave them raw, with a high polish. they look awsome as is.

Annoed yourself!? :wow:

[jenarelJAM]

You can get A+ feednecks from tunaman, just like everything else, if you're interested.

[Vex]

I'll play in the studio when I get home with something with more of the gun in it. Gotta have excuses to play with the 5D.


5D...geez...I just bought my wife an XT and a Sigma 10-20 EX wide angle lens. Oh, and a 60GB iPod for her to transfer her photos to while in the field... :eek:

Talk about a drop in the bucket.

[Hexis]

Oh, and a 60GB iPod for her to transfer her photos to while in the field...

How well does that work? About how long to dump a gig worth of images? I haul around my laptop. It's bulky but pretty fast. I also have an external firewire enclosure with a 60g drive in it (with a 2nd FW connector, for daisy chaining). I like to copy images to two storage devices to make sure I don't lose a drive and a load of images.

[LinearGoose]

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2816/imga04973zi.jpg
My Mini!!! :dance:

[Vex]

How well does that work? About how long to dump a gig worth of images? I haul around my laptop. It's bulky but pretty fast. I also have an external firewire enclosure with a 60g drive in it (with a 2nd FW connector, for daisy chaining). I like to copy images to two storage devices to make sure I don't lose a drive and a load of images.
She hasn't used it yet, so I can't tell you. She's still messing around with her new toy (XT) in around the house. She was just accepted to istockphoto.com as a contributing photographer, so she's pretty stoked.
I can't blame you for wanting more than one place to back up your pics--they are a little more valuable since you don't have negatives.

[ThePixelGuru]

Hexis: Can you post some full-size lossless pictures? I want to make myself a background. :dance:

Oh, nice photos, by the way. And nice markers, and camera...

[Hexis]

I can, but they are huge, it would be easier for me to generate a nice super low compression jpeg for the target res. The normal res is 4368 x 2912.

[RavishingEddie]

[QUOTE=Hexis]Playing around a bit today:

http://www.visi.com/~mjb/Paintball/GreenPBGuns.jpg

QUOTE]

I love that gun!
The grips, smooth and simple. Did you make those yourself?
The green :cool:
The AGD back bottle adapter
The feedneck!? where did you get that? it matchs the pewter ule body just like mine.

Oh how I want to reanno my gun


Is that a Tunablade Trigger? Is it raw?

[Hexis]

Is that a Tunablade Trigger? Is it raw?

Yes and Yes.

[TheAngryDrunkenRussian]

Hey kind of on the topic what are some good lense/Accessories for a amatuer with a film rebel Ti I got two lenses with the package deal ones a Canon 28-90 and a Quantary 70-210 and I I got a battery pack/grip.

What are the use of filter's?

[tippmannsniper-]

^ur gunna want uv filters for both of ur lenses, they protect your lens from uv rays and take the haze out of ur pictures

[Hexis]

Want to create a thread in FC? We can spark a whole discussion on that point alone.

[LinearGoose]

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3169/imga06005el.jpg
My Mini Zmag. :dance:

[MoeMag]

This thread just keeps popping up.

New challenge...
I want a good desktop wallpaper image.

[Z-man]

Just to stir up some drama Ill post out of nowhere. 3 oldies but goldies

http://www.zakvetter.com/images/linked_images/rt_pro.jpg
http://www.zakvetter.com/images/linked_images/classic_rt.jpg
http://www.zakvetter.com/images/linked_images/sfl.jpg

Side note: www.zakvetter.com is back up and running with a small facelift and general unity improvment. Yes the movies are still up but they all have new links so all that old stuff no longer works

[Cow hunter]

hey Z-man where have you been?

[Z-man]

hey Z-man where have you been?

Seeing what it's like to vanish from the e-world for 6 months and then resurfacing.

[MoeMag]

Z-man you are back!!! :bounce:
you are my paintball GOD.

:hail:


Thank you for bringing back your website!

[Cameo]

Hexis,
how do you find the 5d with the iso compared to the 20d???
I was told just this past weekend... that you can have the best camera base on earth but it isn't crap without a few good lenses..
so what lenses do you use??

if anyone needs somewhere to host thier shots I would suggest www.flickr.com (http://www.flickr.com) it gives you the options of throwing out the url for 4 different sizes of you picture... allows like 20 mb of uploads each month. and it has a neat little community of groups for all the different pictures you take... so far there is only one group for paintball, would love to have more.. oh yea did I mention that it is free?? as in no money....
You can upgrade if you need more space.. I believe its like a measly $25 a year and that gives you 2 gig of uploads a month..
my flickr space www.cameosteph.com (http://www.cameosteph.com)

ps; I would post a pic of a mag, but alas, i do not have one. :wow:

[LinearGoose]

Just to stir up some drama Ill post out of nowhere. 3 oldies but goldies

http://www.zakvetter.com/images/linked_images/rt_pro.jpg
http://www.zakvetter.com/images/linked_images/classic_rt.jpg
http://www.zakvetter.com/images/linked_images/sfl.jpg

Side note: www.zakvetter.com is back up and running with a small facelift and general unity improvment. Yes the movies are still up but they all have new links so all that old stuff no longer works
MAN I LOVE THAT EMAG.I WANT MY GUN TO LOOK LIKE THAT.I NEED IT. :clap: :hail: :clap:

[Hexis]

Hexis,
how do you find the 5d with the iso compared to the 20d???
I was told just this past weekend... that you can have the best camera base on earth but it isn't crap without a few good lenses..
so what lenses do you use??


I just switched to Canon from Nikon, so I have a pretty small collecetion of glass. So far:
EF 50mm f1.4
EF 16-35mm f2.8L
EF 75-300mm f4.5-5.6 IS (version 1)
Sigma 28-200 f-something (don't really use it ever).

In the house there is also:
EF 50mm f1.4
EF 100mm f2.0
EF 75-300mm f4.5-5.6 IS (also v1)
Sigma 24-70mm f2.8
Sigma 28-300mm f-something
EOS 1Ds-mk2
EOS 20D
550EX
A full studio

I think my next real lens will be a 70-200mm f2.8L IS. I'm also looking at the Sigma 12-24mm (I love wide a lot) and the Sigma 28-70mm f2.8 or 24-70mm f2.8. The Canon 24-70mm 2.8L is a bellows, so I don't like it much.





... allows like 20 mb of uploads each month.

Ok, so that's one image a month. ;)

[Cameo]

Ok, so that's one image a month. ;)

Actually my babysister has a free account and she uploads like 6 or so a week.. I have the pro account.. i never even come close to my limit and i upload constnatly... great place to archive photos also... :clap: