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Quinn W.




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PostPosted: Sun 09 Dec, 2012 10:07 pm    Post subject: Albion Crecy/Chevalier Photos         Reply with quote

It's been a few months since Albion Europe hosted their 2012 photography contest, but I just wanted to extend my thanks again for hosting such an exciting and generous competition. For my participation Søren shipped me a beautiful NG Chavalier, and since word's don't quite convey my gratitude, it would be more appropriate to say thanks with some more pictures.
Featured here are the Crecy I purchased from Albion US (oxblood grip, aged furniture) and the Chevalier shipped to me from Albion Europe as a contest prize.
Again, I am honored that I was selected, and additionally I want to state to both Albion Europe and Albion America that you have full rights to use this photo however you like if you so choose. It's the least I can do in exchange for the pleasure of owning such amazing products. (I kept the image fairly small here due to upload restrictions, but let me know if you need the high-res version.)

(Original contest details: http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t...bion+photo )
(My original submission: http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/263/8/...5fcquj.jpg )



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I tried to keep to a similar theme as the original entry, only with an extra sword to share the spotlight.

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Test cutting with the Crecy, with the camera set on an automatic burst timer.

"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth"
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Gregory J. Liebau




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PostPosted: Sun 09 Dec, 2012 10:32 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Congratulations! That's some fine photography. How do you like the Chevalier?

-Gregory
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R.M. Henson




Location: Honolulu Hawaii
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PostPosted: Mon 10 Dec, 2012 2:37 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Wow, all of those photos look great! I definitely like the shot the swords with the open book.

I wish I could get my hands on the swords or the books....

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Antal László




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PostPosted: Mon 10 Dec, 2012 3:12 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Congratulations!

Nice photos.

What book is that?
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Brian K.
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PostPosted: Mon 10 Dec, 2012 4:49 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Love the pumpkin shot. Thanks for sharing! Cool
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PostPosted: Mon 10 Dec, 2012 4:54 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Quinn, that is a beautiful photo of the two swords and the book!

Thank you for sharing :-)
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Quinn W.




Location: Bellingham, WA
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PostPosted: Mon 10 Dec, 2012 12:07 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks for your kind words, everyone!
The Chavalier is a wonderful sword - it was a great cutter even for a novice like myself, and the grip wrap design and flower pommel really make it stand out.
The prop was a Danish book of psalms from the early 1700s. A couple of centuries late, but I figured it would make a good backdrop all the same.
Still in the process of saving up enough to commission my first scabbard, but I might make that this year's christmas splurge.

"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth"
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Søren Niedziella




Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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PostPosted: Mon 10 Dec, 2012 12:31 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hi Quinn,

Thank you very much! Once again great photos - I'd love to have the high res versions and really appreciate you letting us use the them :-)

Søren Niedziella
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Kevin Coleman M.




PostPosted: Mon 10 Dec, 2012 3:54 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I believe I now have new wallpaper for my PC... I just want to look at this all the time.
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Quinn W.




Location: Bellingham, WA
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PostPosted: Mon 10 Dec, 2012 5:58 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Kevin Coleman M. wrote:
I believe I now have new wallpaper for my PC... I just want to look at this all the time.


Sorry, I wasn't thinking of it being a wallpaper when I took the photo, or I would have taken it landscape-style to better fit the screen like I did with my contest entry. You're still welcome to use it if you don't mind that, though.

Here is a link to the full-sized version for Søren and anyone else who would like it:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/345/3/...5nrp4s.jpg

"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth"
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Kevin Coleman M.




PostPosted: Mon 10 Dec, 2012 6:25 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Oh, I don't mind it at all. Honestly I've been too busy staring at the swords to notice the borders.
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Christopher B Lellis




Location: Houston, Texas
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PostPosted: Mon 10 Dec, 2012 9:40 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I'll be getting my Crecy soon, probably this month, it occupies my thoughts everyday. I'm trying not to think about it so much but it's awfully difficult.

Btw, fantastic photos, I love em. Very well done, A+
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