Barrel To Barrel
Have some shots straight into the barrel, but think that would make some uneasy to look at. Obviously I trust this guy, otherwise I wouldn’t be standing in front of this black powder rifle. They’re as deadly as as regular rifles, and almost as easy to make mistakes with if you’re not paying attention.
July 28th, 2009 at 1:25 am
My God, what an AMAZING shot! Bravo once again. This is incredible.
July 28th, 2009 at 6:00 am
What an awesome shot! LOVE the effect! Back away slowly …..
July 28th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Great shot! Chilling. I hope I never seen this in person. Your photo is just fine!
July 28th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Very cool! Love the DOF.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Great photo. Were you worried the gun would go off?
July 28th, 2009 at 10:33 am
What a cool shot. Interesting RogerB has a shot of creating lead shot for muskets.
July 28th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Prospero, no I wasn’t worried. I’ve known the gunner for a very long time. Even though loading a black powder rifle is a fairly laborious process and thus hard to ‘accidentally’ arm, ‘forgotten’ loads have happened.
July 28th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
No, no, no. Trust has nothing to do with it.
Please, next time put your camera on a tripod and use a remote!
Yikes! I’m a shooter and I get the willies just looking at this!
July 29th, 2009 at 7:34 am
This is a crazy shot. I gotta tell ya that it made me flinch even looking at it….. and I could not do that for very long.
It is an incredible pic….. and draws an immediate and quite defined response. I think that’s what it is all about in some cases. Very well done….. although I don’t think I can look at it again now.
July 29th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Great shot! Out of focus background is great too.
July 29th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Interesting, very interesting.
You got the first shot. haha.
Wonderful composition and use of DOF.
July 30th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Now that is what I call shooting. You really caught me off guard with this. One of the most startling images I have ever seen.