Battle of Fredericksburg - DPChallenge Forums

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

12/10/2005 11:12:49 PM · #1

Civil War Reenactment - Battle of Fredericksburg. Street 'Fighting' in historic downtown Fredericksburg, VA. December 10th, 2005

Just wanted to share. Feedback always welcome. ;^)

wavelength

Nikon D300

12/10/2005 11:26:53 PM · #2

wow, those are some nice pics Barry. I like the man blowing into his hands the most.

Dennis T

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

12/10/2005 11:35:21 PM · #3

Nice shots. I went to my first reenactment this past summer here in Georgetown. Most of them are pretty authentic looking.

Dennis

Sigma 18-250 f/3.5 - 6.3 DC OS HSM

12/11/2005 10:09:24 AM · #4

Steve and Dennis - Thanks for the comments! ;^)

NathanWert

Canon EOS-90D

12/11/2005 10:15:51 AM · #5

WOW!!

These are awesome. I admit I like them in sepia (maybe even add some noise to them). I agree with Steve, the harmonica player is a great shot.

fixedintime

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon

12/11/2005 11:07:02 AM · #6

Great pictures. I have been meaning to get to one of these to see what I can do. Wish I had known about this one.

My favorite is

The only comment I would make is to work a bit on the crop. For example in this one

I would like to see him on the right side of the image so that is does not look so much like he is looking out of the image.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

12/11/2005 12:58:17 PM · #7

Originally posted by NathanW:

WOW!!

These are awesome. I admit I like them in sepia (maybe even add some noise to them). I agree with Steve, the harmonica player is a great shot.

Thanks Nathan. ;^)

LindaLee

Canon EOS-40D

12/11/2005 12:59:48 PM · #8

Oh Barry, we are SO jealous!! I can't believe that we had to miss this event - you got some fantastic shots, we both love them!

My husband and I were shooting non-stop at an event yesterday from 7AM to 9PM. Believe me when I say we would have enjoyed the reenactment so much more!

Please give us a "heads up" if you hear of any other CW reenactments over there, we'd love to meet up with you. (And we don't get much F'bg news over here.)

Nice shooting!
Linda and Danny

12/11/2005 01:00:56 PM · #9

Thanks for the feedback Larry. Much appreciated.

As for the crop - the image is as it was composed - nothing cropped at all. The biggest challenge of this event was trying to keep modern day items out of the composition (cars, utility poles, people not in civil war era clothing, etc...). In the case of the harmonica player there were some people standing just to his right observing.

You'll have to mark your calendar for next year. ;^)

Thanks again.
Barry

Originally posted by fixedintime:

Great pictures. I have been meaning to get to one of these to see what I can do. Wish I had known about this one.

My favorite is

The only comment I would make is to work a bit on the crop. For example in this one I would like to see him on the right side of the image so that is does not look so much like he is looking out of the image.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/11/2005 03:18:37 PM · #10

Oops! Hi Linda, Hi Danny - Hope all is well.

I'm glad we got there a little early because once the street action started it was hard to find a good spot to shoot from. Ton of cameras there - some BIG guns too. The guy from the Free-Lance Star (Bob Martin) was walking around with 2 monster Nikons with lens as long as my leg (well up to my knee anyway).

I would have liked to linger a while longer, but just like the VA State Fair, family took priority as the youngest (3 yr-old) was starting to freak out some with all the guns going off (understandably so...it was a little noisy).

Glad you liked them, and sorry you missed it. Take care.
Barry

Originally posted by lhall:

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

12/11/2005 04:00:27 PM · #11

Awesome job on these shots, Barry! Left a few smart-ass remarks here & there. :)

12/11/2005 08:29:53 PM · #12

Thanks Ken. I think you missed the "smirk" as well. ;^)

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Awesome job on these shots, Barry! Left a few smart-ass remarks here & there. :)

12/12/2005 08:52:51 AM · #13

shameless bump for non-weekenders... ;^)