Photography
Related: About this forumMessing with sepia tone.
Yorktown Battlefield, May, 2012
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bluedigger
(17,088 posts)I think the second to the last is my favorite, but I liked them all!
(I'm an ex-artilleryman, so I may be predisposed to like these, of course. )
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)My wife was laughing at me as I took these because she said I was grinning like a big kid the whole time.
EDIT: I tried to get the whole sequence from moving into battery through firing; however, I had to move to get a better shot, so I missed the initial loading step.
bluedigger
(17,088 posts)I'm embarrassed to admit I don't know what a 13A is... Officer?
Artillary Survey Specialist - 6/83rd Battalion - USAR - 1966 to 1972.
I was going to say "Welcome to DU" until I checked out your profile.
I was a "fire direction computer" - told the gun bunnies which way to point their tubes, etc.
Aw, heck! "Welcome 'back' to DU!"
bluedigger
(17,088 posts)My grandfather did that in the Phillipines in WWII.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)13A was your standard gun-bunny: 13A10 & 13A20. I served from 1972-1975; Ft. Lewis, on the old M114 towed, and overseas (Germany) on the M109A1.
I also did a 6-month spell as an FO.
bluedigger
(17,088 posts)I served in the '80's - the gun bunnies were all 13B's. They probably changed it because they were getting confused.
We had M102A2's (I think) - 105mm's in the 101st Airborne. Also spent a couple years in Germany with a M109 battalion, but in the S-3 shop.
polly7
(20,582 posts)Imo, sepia tone is so easy on the eyes. I love it.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Stevenmarc
(4,483 posts)Certain styles of shooting, I tend to try to use it in the most low tech way possible like pinhole shots and with my Lensbaby single glass optic to get closer to to the tech of sepia age photos.
I tend to like the smokier shots because it knocks off a bit of the tack sharpness that wouldn't have been possible in the day and I commend you for getting shots that doesn't have the 21st century creeping in.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Between the National Park Service folks telling me I couldn't be where I wanted to be and the crowds kind of swirling around. It was also pretty much high noon, and very hot.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)sepia from some recent Civil War reenacts but always got a car or someone in a tank top in the background of every image
It was a different take
Yours are great!
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)There were a lot of people there and getting good angles wasn't easy. I tried to frame the shots so that the eye was drawn away from the spectators.
jonthebru
(1,034 posts)between these men and their ancestors who fought for real is that they have modern medicine, air conditioning and automobiles to get them home.
It must be fun because some people do this their whole lives. Nove of them are very young though...
ChazInAz
(2,575 posts)Used to do Revolutionary re-enacting, long ago.
You're right about the guy's ages. It's an expensive pastime, and young fellows don't have the money. Most of these artillerists own their gun (Often as a team), and a cannon is a huge investment. Not to mention the cost of period uniforms, weapons and accoutrements, as well as the expense of hauling a field piece and oneself to a distant event. Not something your average history student can do!
Love those photos!
Mira
(22,380 posts)The color could not be better. Perfect choice.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)It has several pre-sets for sepia, but the program I used for these limited me to one choice. I may mess with them a bit again now that I've got a different program on here.