[EnglishBob]

Local Radio DJ taking part in the local Civil War re-enactment.

50D, 176mm, ISO 400, F/5.6, 1/200s

[Rolf]

[quote='EnglishBob' pid='99318' dateline='1422550220']
Local Radio DJ taking part in the local Civil War re-enactment.

50D, 176mm, ISO 400, F/5.6, 1/200s

Nice portrait... The vignette is just about right to lend time to the image! The Subject really does look like the images of that period too. Good capture

Kind regards

Rolf

[EnglishBob]

I have it in sepia and it really does look teh part that way, the color one just appeals more to me personally.

The DJ had it on the radio station website for a while too.

[Plantsman]

A lovely sharp image and great subject. I see a man saddened by his experiences on the battlefield.
Not in favour of the vignette though; its my personal view that few images are improved by a vignette.

Peter

[EdMak]

Agree about the white bits. Ed.

[Rolf]

I like the pic! including it's "white bits" Your Civil War was 1861-65 ish... photography was in it's early stages and was a kind of grainy or fuzzy black and white which yellowed over time...Joseph Nicéphore Niece, "View from the Window at Gras" (1826) is a little before then but is the beginnings of making photos...
   
Then around the time of the Civil War we go an improvement ...
Honoré Daumier, Nader élevant la Photographie à la hauteur de l'Art (Nadar elevating Photography to Art), lithograph from Le Boulevard, May 25, 1863

   

So I think that your Officer and Gentleman should have been photographed looking not too unlike this... for around 1864 ish!
   

Are we on a roll?

It is good to discuss our work and passion and even remember who it got to where it is today...

Kind regards

Rolf

[Rolf]

No! we are not!! lets just get it right!! I still struggle with the jumping around the page does when posting attachments!! Grr!
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