The rusted challenge was one that others and I had suggested for the site, so it was one that I wanted to do really well in. When I started preparing for it I had a definite idea in mind. I wanted the old six-shooter to look as though it had been hanging on the wall a long, long time to match the appearance that it got while it was buried. My problem was lighting, I could never get it right. I don’t have any photo lamps, the one lamp I had burned out as soon as I plugged it in, so I was doing the best I could with what I had at hand. You won’t believe how easily the rusted thing washed out, and how much light the old door I placed it against sucked up.
With all of this in mind here is an out take from the challenge.
Now you guys did it to me when I started getting those helpful comments on a picture that I knew was poor to say the least. You took the time to write 21 comments on a mediocre entry, 20 of which were all intended to help me improve. This is what this site is all about, thank you so very much.
I decided to try it again and came to a final conclusion: This pistola was the hardest damn thing that I ever tried to photograph.
 
Enjoy,
Dick
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