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Auction pictures pet-peeve.....
Old.22Bolts
Member Posts: 6,032
Is it too dificult to get the entire
gun in at least one picture......[V]
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=390571122
(and don't get me started on reserve auctions).....[:(!][V]
gun in at least one picture......[V]
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=390571122
(and don't get me started on reserve auctions).....[:(!][V]
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is that your bid ??
No sir, I'm broke......[B)]
Marc,,,,if using anything close to a 'normal' lens you would have to be too far away to be able to distinguish a useful critique of the weapon. The thumbnail pix illustrate this.
You can go to wide angle lenses but then you have 'distortion' of straight lines. My 24mm lens can capture an entire 'short' weapon with slight distortion but close examination reveals a minute amt. of curvature,,,,,not good in an auction. Thus, taking pix of 'sections' of the weapon is the easiest solution and gives close ups for the buyer,,,,,,,
Thank you sir for your simplistic, thorough, informative,
detailed, and accurate explanation......
But I still don't like it.....[:D][}:)][:p]
Marc,,,,if using anything close to a 'normal' lens you would have to be too far away to be able to distinguish a useful critique of the weapon. The thumbnail pix illustrate this.
You can go to wide angle lenses but then you have 'distortion' of straight lines. My 24mm lens can capture an entire 'short' weapon with slight distortion but close examination reveals a minute amt. of curvature,,,,,not good in an auction. Thus, taking pix of 'sections' of the weapon is the easiest solution and gives close ups and better depth of field for the buyer,,,,,,,
Please don't get tecnetil techtaectal just don't do that!
quote:Originally posted by 35WhelenClassic
A pure white background, and a darkly-colored gun, makes for possibly my biggest pet peeve with sellers on the auction side, especially when it's a gun I'm interested in, and very much so when the seller flatly refuses to add either 1: more pictures, or 2: better pictures.
Interesting,,,,,enlighten me as to your dislike for a white background with a dark weapon,,,,,,,presuming the pix is in focus with details distinguishable... Inquiring mind wants to know.
I believe he is racist. Don
Y'all Georgia boys don't cut us ol' cowboys any slack !!!!![:D][;)]
If we did you'd get the upper hand, quickly......[B)][:D]
quote:Originally posted by 35WhelenClassic
A pure white background, and a darkly-colored gun, makes for possibly my biggest pet peeve with sellers on the auction side, especially when it's a gun I'm interested in, and very much so when the seller flatly refuses to add either 1: more pictures, or 2: better pictures.
Interesting,,,,,enlighten me as to your dislike for a white background with a dark weapon,,,,,,,presuming the pix is in focus with details distinguishable... Inquiring mind wants to know.
Here ya go.......[V]
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=390780527
Another is a white background. The high contrast darkens the gun until detail is lost. A mistake few learn. If the gun is a dark mass with little detail, I don't bid.
If you are selling a stainless steel gun, a white background is fine. The camera exposure is close together for the gun and what's around it.
If you are selling a blued or black gun, use a background of similar "brightness". Your camera will get a better exposure, bring out much more detail.
If you take your photography edumacation further you can learn to get great detail on guns that seem to float in a white nothingness. Not mandatory at all, has a very professional look to it though.
quote:Originally posted by 35WhelenClassic
A pure white background, and a darkly-colored gun, makes for possibly my biggest pet peeve with sellers on the auction side, especially when it's a gun I'm interested in, and very much so when the seller flatly refuses to add either 1: more pictures, or 2: better pictures.
Interesting,,,,,enlighten me as to your dislike for a white background with a dark weapon,,,,,,,presuming the pix is in focus with details distinguishable... Inquiring mind wants to know.
This is a good example. Might be simply low light, though, but if it's like my last Classic, the stock is fairly-dark walnut.
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=389396205
On top of that, the listing has changed. In the listing for the ad, it's called a .350 Rem. Mag, then in the characteristics section, it's called a .35 Whelen, then, in the description, it's back to .35 Whelen.[?][?]
MY pet peeve is poor quality pictures, or pictures with poor lighting. I have 2 cameras, one a cheapo Fuji Finepix 3.2 megapixel from 2003, one a Canon powershot from 2 years ago, 10.1 megapixels. Know what? In outdoor lighting, both of them on the macro setting take crisp, perfect pictures of the gun. So it isn't the equipment (unless you're using a 10 dollar camera), it's the idiot behind the camera.