Journey in time & sapce: Gettysburg in SoCal

Nikolai

Last weekend (Nov 4-5 2006) Moorpark Rotary Club held an annual reenactment event in the farm fields. It was a two day event, I spent almost the whole Saturday there. Here are some shots from the event.

Flags in suttlers camp:



Suttler:




Maid in camp:



Confederate soldier in camp:



Union lady in camp:



Old timer:



Cavalry man:



Rifles:



Big guns:




Assembly - the Union:



Marching on - the South:



Marching on - the Union:



Battlefield pano:



Cannon:



Union advances:



South ranks fire:



Union ranks fire:



Southern infantry:



South attacks:



Cavalry in the battle:



Union dsimounted cavalry holds the position:



After the battle:



The third battle was set after the sunset, so it was pretty challenging to shoot. Still I managed to get a few shots.

Moon over Moorpark:




Union fires:



Great ball of fire (you may see this one already:-):



The rest of the selected gallery is here:
http://nik.smugmug.com/gallery/2099013

A bit more detailed series are here:
http://nik.smugmug.com/Events/249629

Enjoy time travelling!

pathfinder

Shooting re-enactments are fun and can allow time travelling just like you said, Nik.

Great series. I enjoyed being there with you.

Great Canon firing. That shot clearly demonstrates how deadly muzzle loading canon were, and why the troopers worked so hard to bring them along onto the field.

Nikolai

Jim,

pathfinder wrote:

Shooting re-enactments are fun and can allow time travelling just like you said, Nik.

Great series. I enjoyed being there with you.

Great Canon firing. That shot clearly demonstrates how deadly muzzle loading canon were, and why the troopers worked so hard to bring them along onto the field.

Thanks!

And you know what? I already got some sales off it, let even a small ones :-) :ivar

Milan

So who won?

Just kidding.:D
Great pictures. Must have been fun to be there.

Nikolai

Milan,

Milan wrote:

So who won?

Just kidding.:D
Great pictures. Must have been fun to be there.

Since it was a two-day event, the decisive battle was on Sunday, while I was there only on Saturday. So I plain don't know

And yes, it was fun, albeit a bit windy and a tad dusty - baaad for changing lenses. By the end of the day the black hood of my 70-200 was almost as offwhite as the lens itself...

Cheers!

Antonio Correia

Nikolai,
These are very nice shots of an important moment in the history of the United States of America as independent country.
Historical recreations are very successful when they are nice and faithful.
This seems to be the case.
I wish I was there to take some shots, but - I'm sure - not so beautifully taken as yours.
All the best Nikolai.

Nikolai

Another "publicity" hit:-)
The event organizers have chosen my picture as the "title" for their 2006 photo collection:ivar
http://www.48ovvi.org/moorpark2006/

Nikolai

Antonio,

Antonio Correia wrote:

Nikolai,
These are very nice shots of an important moment in the history of the United States of America as independent country.
Historical recreations are very successful when they are nice and faithful.
This seems to be the case.
I wish I was there to take some shots, but - I'm sure - not so beautifully taken as yours.
All the best Nikolai.

Thank you very much, I do appreciate the compliment!
And I'm positive your shots would be much better - judging by your travel photos

Antonio Correia

Nikolai wrote:

Thank you very much, I do appreciate the compliment!
And I'm positive your shots would be much better - judging by your travel photos

No way !
This time Nikolai YOU are wrong !
I'm sorry.

David_S85

Great series, Nik. How loud was all that from where you were?

Nikolai

David,

David_S85 wrote:

Great series, Nik. How loud was all that from where you were?

Thanks!

As you can see, the majority of actions happened pretty far 300 ft away at least. So it was not *THAT* loud, as opposed to the last year event, when the battery was located right next to the spectators.

Cheers!

Nikolai

While I was at it..
I also made a calendar out of it:-)
http://www.lulu.com/content/505033

EDIT: In fact, I made three: http://www.lulu.com/lulu355

nwilkins

Excellent collection, Nikolai!!! I thoroughly enjoyed each one.

Nikolai

Nancy,

nwilkins wrote:

Excellent collection, Nikolai!!! I thoroughly enjoyed each one.

Thanks for looking, glad you liked it!
Monday was a record day: almost 10,000 hits that day alone

Cheers!