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22-MAR-2006

Indy Starts A New Adventure.jpg

Indiana Jones is about to embark on his greatest adventure. With the discovery of an old contract and the key to a secret code on an ancient continental four dollar bill; the war is in the balance. Indy is on a race with Hitler's agents to find a secret, and long forgotten, document that could shake a nation and split the allies apart forever.

Ok, really I just picked up an old commercial model 1917 Smith and Wesson similar to what Indiana used in "Raiders Of the Lost Ark". It is a nice old pistol chambered in one of my favorite calibers .45 Colt. With its unusual 6.4" barrel length I ... couldn't resist

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/100s f/11.0 at 43.0mm iso200 with Flash hide exif
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Date/Time22-Mar-2006 16:21:25
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
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Focal Length43 mm
Exposure Time1/100 sec
Aperturef/11
ISO Equivalent200
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Steve Patterson24-Mar-2006 00:05
I agree with Graham.....a wonderful photo. The textures...the lighting....and it is soooooo sharp. Quite a still life, Bill. The leather is a really nice texture to lay the gun on...they compliment each other.
Graham Tomlin23-Mar-2006 20:01
one of your best pictures Bill, in my opinion. fantastic lighting and pin sharp.as Debbie B says "it should be a magazine ad", nice story too.
Graham
Wm. Bates23-Mar-2006 14:19
I didn't STEAL it! (honest mommy, I didn't!). .. I traded it! It looked to Me like grandpa was using it as a book mark, so I put a "joker" from a set of playing cards in it's place and took it home with Me! When the phone didn't ring with grandpa on the other end looking for his 4 dollar bill, Idecided it was MINE. (grin) Such was the logic of an 8 year old Wanda. And Bill is right, I have always treasured that old piece of paper, even if it is worthless to others.

Wanda
Wm. Bates23-Mar-2006 05:44
Ah, the documents, the letter seems to be a notice of satisfaction of judgment in some sort of law suit to the sheriff Joseph Arnold, Hancock County , The common Wealth of Massachusetts dated 2, Feb, 1807. It seems to involve some sort of land dispute. The settlement was $176.73 and a little over 2 acres of land.

The small piece of paper is a $4 Continental note number 1509 printed by Hall &Sellers Philadelphia 1776 redeemable in silver or gold according to a resolution of Congress 17 Feb, 1775. It is signed by Benjamin ?? (boy I wish I could make out the last name).

This little bill does have an interesting history of a sort. Wanda stoled it out of her Grandfathers Bible when she was a little girl and has had it ever since. To her it is worth much more than a Continental.
Jim McKinlock23-Mar-2006 03:39
Beautiful shot Bill. Nice layout and props, but more interesting to me is the document's in the background, what are they? It looks like the year 1806 &1807? I don't ask because the gun is a different era, but because I'm fascinated with old documents like this. My Mom has a stack of military promotion document's for my great, great? grandfather from the 1800's that go from when he was a volunteer up until he was a General. They're so much fun to look through, the writing is so intricate and detailed compared to how people write now. Really neat stuff.
Bryan Ramsay23-Mar-2006 03:00
Very nice shot, "pardon the pun" the composition is great. -BJ
Debbie B.23-Mar-2006 02:37
Love it Bill! This picture looks like it should be in a magazine ad!!
Guest 23-Mar-2006 01:28
Great composition and story to go with it.
Jonathan P. 23-Mar-2006 00:59
Bill, not only is your photo work impressive, the scripts/story lines you come up with are great also. S&W, great guns, the factory is just a few miles from me.
Guest 23-Mar-2006 00:42
nice adventure story and photo setup to go with it!
Dave Callahan Photography22-Mar-2006 23:48
Very creative.I can almost hear him saying"Nazis,I hate these guys"