Comments on: Weekend Photo session, rare and engraved Walther

By: Bob Adams

Bob Adams — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:41:26 +0000

Try a light tent (for even lighting) with the object on a light box (to eliminate background shadows).
Be sure the color temperature of the light source is close to daylight (about 6500K degrees. Even then, you may have to make slight color temperature adjustments in some photoshop type software.

By: Dan E

Dan E — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:32:25 +0000

lol welp guess I’m a sucker for tacky old plastic. and bakelite.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:56:01 +0000

Ken Thanks for the advice. I will do that in my photo area when it gets finished. How would have improved the pictures with out any flash and poor lighting. That is the problem I deal with at most museums. Thanks again

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:54:09 +0000

The original grip were ivory that shattered prior to the new owner receiving the pistol. He has been looking for reference pictures to have a set made.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:40:42 +0000

You need to work on your side lighting to get the engraving highlights to show better. Study the beautiful photos in a Julia catalog. Did you ever try placing the flash at 30 to 50 degrees to the side and, maybe, covering the flash with a very, very light material or even window screen to diffuse it?

By: Dan E

Dan E — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:57:10 +0000

I think the plastic is cool, it looks like the period. Bad engraving is horribly tacky but good engraving like this is so good.

By: Orin

Orin — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:20:22 +0000

IMHO It is a beautiful gun but you’d think that after all that effort (an money on the buyers part) that the grips would have been replaced with something more appropriate. The cheap plastic grips are a real distraction from the overall beauty of the weapon.

Chuck, Thanks for sharing the photos and all of the other info you have posted here.