July, 1864

[PhotoRob]

Actually had time to bring the camera out of the bag this past weekend and add to the civil war portfolio. Experimented with a filter that gives color photos a bit of a vintage look. C&C always welcome!



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[Marie Hass]

Lovely!!! My dad would have been in his glory!!!! He was very much a Civil War enthusiast and particpated in the Civil War Round Table presentations when he could.

'Rie

[PhotoRob]

Lovely!!! My dad would have been in his glory!!!! He was very much a Civil War enthusiast and particpated in the Civil War Round Table presentations when he could.

'Rie

Thanks Marie! These are from the 35th Annual Brooksville Raid Reenactment, very professional group. Held 3rd weekend in January every year, will be heading back with much more time to spend next year...

[rpcrowe]

Nicely done. Wish the sergeant with the coffee cup in his hand did not have the partial person behind him or the grinning face over the shoulder of the guy in the floppy hat, image left...

I'd love to see a series of the older gent image right...

[PhotoRob]

Nicely done. Wish the sergeant with the coffee cup in his hand did not have the partial person behind him or the grinning face over the shoulder of the guy in the floppy hat, image left...

I'd love to see a series of the older gent image right...

Thanks for pointing out that grin Richard, didn't see that! Out comes the brush, he's going to disappear shortly...

[ashcroft]

#1 is very good. The two bearded guys on the right look very authentic, facially. I always get confused with the flag. I know originally it was 13 stripes to represent the original 13 colonies, but what was it in 1864, and how many stars?

[Shadowman]

As long as you don't catch anyone on their cellphone; all is well. Nice captures.

[Marie Hass]

Then in 1863 West Virginia was added (formed from the part of Virginia that refused to secede with the rest), raising the number of stars to 35.

Nevada was admitted as state in October 1864, before the war ended. though its official star (#36) would not have been added to the flag until 2 1/2 months after the war ended

# of stars, In sum - very briefly 33, then 34 for about half the war, 35 for the last half

The above answer was provided by Yahoo answers.

'Rie

[IzzieK]

Thanks for the history lessons. The shot was very good, conversion to old-like photo is excellent apart from the gentleman behind. So I can only give you 4 stars... -- for now.

[Mark von Kanel]

great images, well done!

[Manfred M]

The first shot works for me, although I'm not totally sold on the "antiqued" colour look. For an image around made 100 years later, yes, but it does look a bit out of place for the mid-1800's. I wonder how this would look in more of a sepia look on a yellowed background or just plain B&W would be getting closer to the tintype images of that period.

Second shot, the back side of a horse and a group of men doesn't do it at all for me. I know back sides are easier to take, but I find that they rarely are all that interesting.

[ashcroft]

I wonder how this would look in more of a sepia look on a yellowed background or just plain B&W would be getting closer to the tinplate images of that period.

Like this perhaps? I think I agree with you. Done in Silver Efex Pro with sepia tint. It needs some scratches on it.

One other thing. They are clearly looking at another photographer to their left. For poignant shots like this I would have thought staring straight at camera would be better?

[Manfred M]

Like this perhaps? I think I agree with you. Done in Silver Efex Pro with sepia tint. It needs some scratches on it.

One other thing. They are clearly looking at another photographer to their left. For poignant shots like this I would have thought staring straight at camera would be better?

Of course one could go totally overboard....




This approach revels another possible compositional issue; too much headroom on top and not enough of the re-enactors on the bottom. Is the shot about the flag or the people?

[ashcroft]

Of course one could go totally overboard....

Captain Bligh did that, and he wasn't even Canadian. So yeah, go ahead! Your version looks... looks... old! It perhaps needs a few crease-line folds where it's been kept in a pocket-book.

This approach revels another possible compositional issue; too much headroom on top and not enough of the re-enactors on the bottom. Is the shot about the flag or the people?

I'm glad you mentioned that. I noticed it too, as if the camera needs to be pulled down to the bottom left corner a bit.

EDIT - Sorry, to answer your question. It should be about the flag AND the people. They were after all fighting over the Union, symbolized here by the flag?

[Manfred M]

Captain Bligh did that, and he wasn't even Canadian.

Strangely enough, one of our neighbours was (unfortunately she died a number of years ago) was one of the Captain's direct descendents and she had some of the family memorabilia at her house. The bulk of his belongings were in the care of her brother, who lives in England. She was a naturalized Canadian citizen, so I guess there was a bit of a Canadian connection...

[rpcrowe]

OnOne Perfect Photo Suite, Perfect Black and White module has a series of 19th Century print processes including albumen print of which this is an example.



Additionally there is calotype, Daguerrotype, tintype and quite a few other effects....

There are also many 20th Century film effects available also,,,

[IzzieK]

OnOne Perfect Photo Suite, Perfect Black and White module has a series of 19th Century print processes including albumen print of which this is an example.



Additionally there is calotype, Daguerrotype, tintype and quite a few other effects....

There are also many 20th Century film effects available also,,,

I like this effect Richard...I have been playing with On One since this morning and created a very nice effect like this but on clouds ..

[PhotoRob]

#1 is very good. The two bearded guys on the right look very authentic, facially. I always get confused with the flag. I know originally it was 13 stripes to represent the original 13 colonies, but what was it in 1864, and how many stars?

Thanks Rob! And thanks Marie for filling in the history on the stars...

[PhotoRob]

As long as you don't catch anyone on their cellphone; all is well. Nice captures.

So true, modern watches seemed to be a big challenge, with 'smiles' a close third!

[PhotoRob]

Thanks for the history lessons. The shot was very good, conversion to old-like photo is excellent apart from the gentleman behind. So I can only give you 4 stars... -- for now.

Thanks Izzie! I'll put some more time in with the brush, see if I can scrub that background soldier out...