Civil War reenactment

GP ImagesGP Images Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
edited July 6, 2009 in People
Over the weekend we stopped by the local state park to watch the annual Civil War reenactment. These guys and gals are really serious about doing their best to transport you to the 1860's.

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2009
    Nice! clap.gif
    Always fun to watch/shoot those! thumb.gif
    You may wanna add a touch of curves to them or at least adjust a black point to add some pop. deal.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:
    Nice! clap.gif
    Always fun to watch/shoot those! thumb.gif
    You may wanna add a touch of curves to them or at least adjust a black point to add some pop. deal.gif

    Nice photos. I agree completely with the excellent suggestion that you pop the contrast a bit. I'd also convert them all to black and white or - and I virtually never say this mwink.gif - sepia. (It's totally appropriate given the subject matter.)
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  • GP ImagesGP Images Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2009
    Nikolai and bd,
    I am honored that you took the time to comment!
    Thank you.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2009
    bdcolen wrote:
    Nice photos. I agree completely with the excellent suggestion that you pop the contrast a bit. I'd also convert them all to black and white or - and I virtually never say this mwink.gif - sepia. (It's totally appropriate given the subject matter.)
    Sepia, Laughing.gif, you mean like this? mwink.gif
    http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/96581778_kvv46-L.jpg
    Yeah, I agree, for some reason this period (as WWII-styled ones) asks for it deal.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2009
    Thanks so much for sharing those! thumb.gif
    Linda

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:
    Sepia, Laughing.gif, you mean like this? mwink.gif
    http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/96581778_kvv46-L.jpg
    Yeah, I agree, for some reason this period (as WWII-styled ones) asks for it deal.gif

    Absolutely!clap.gif And the Civil War ones particularly ask for it because many images from that era are sepia...
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2009
    bdcolen wrote:
    Absolutely!clap.gif And the Civil War ones particularly ask for it because many images from that era are sepia...
    What I wanna try next time (our local event is in November) is to try to simulate the long exposure they used for posed portraits at the times. I mean, for realz. Put the a strong ND filter on and make them sit still for a few seconds. Hopefully it should help with the era-like expressions.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2009
    Find a kid who has trouble sitting still and you'll have it made...Laughing.gif.

    http://lrichters.smugmug.com/gallery/5668802_S98iD#349034295_LTtPg
    Linda

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2009
    richtersl wrote:
    Find a kid who has trouble sitting still and you'll have it made...Laughing.gif.

    http://lrichters.smugmug.com/gallery/5668802_S98iD#349034295_LTtPg
    Laughing.gif indeed!
    Well, I typically tend to work with the older crowd mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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