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A-Soldiers-End In reply to coltpython [2005-10-07 13:43:46 +0000 UTC]

We see tracers in the sky often on friday nights (its like celebration sunday for iraqis) But they have a more orange tracer.

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coltpython In reply to A-Soldiers-End [2005-10-07 22:47:24 +0000 UTC]

I thank you for a very difficult mission you men and women are performing. You are the next generation to lead this country. My son gman is in Fallujah for 3 weeks they have already been hit with 3 ieds' and he has been hit with rounds, saved by his a armor.He also says he will not reenlist. I am always concerned, but I try not to worry. He has some great leadership.has trained with the best, is conditioned to the level of a professional athlete, is determined and focused. We talked at length before he was deployed, he answered all my questions right or I would have felt he was not ready to go. This is not a postion everyone can do out of the 4 who signed up for the marines he is the only one who stuck it out. The others are all deserters. Gman is a survivor, he was born dead, fought back to be a fine young man. He has had much adversity in his life this I believe carried him thru the difficultly of basic training and SOI. Best of luck and you can say badwords to me anytime, I will not be offended

Only the strong survive,
W.Sauerwine

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A-Soldiers-End In reply to punctured [2005-09-27 04:41:47 +0000 UTC]

Did you any trouble with excessive glare on your rounds? I kept having to change and adjust the lighting to hold off the glare?

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punctured In reply to A-Soldiers-End [2005-09-27 13:01:42 +0000 UTC]

Not really, the bullets are a bit shiny, and I adjusted the levels a bit on Photoshop.. but that's about it. Did you use the camera's own lighting, or a some external lighting (lamp etc.) ?

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A-Soldiers-End In reply to punctured [2005-09-27 15:08:25 +0000 UTC]

I tried a flash I have for the camera, but it was just way overboard. So I used the detachable light of my shops Canon XL1s Video camera and mounted it on a tripod. It worked pretty well after I spent some time adjusting and readjusting. I just didn't want the rounds to come out extremely gold colored. I also did a little tweaking in photoshop though. The main problem was hitting the rounds with just enough light to get them to show up, but not make the magazine look like a black rectangle with no definition.

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A-Soldiers-End In reply to Whippeh [2005-08-26 04:05:00 +0000 UTC]

I really had to work with this one. I had wanted three rounds in the shot but couldn't get my focus right. So I just ended up with one...

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