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Stuart1701 
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 Topic: A Civil War Battle (2 more shots added)Posted: 01 September 2009 at 14:26 |
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The Confederate Camp
The Union March out and form Lines 
The Confederates Attack ! 
The Union Fight Back and drive them off 
Then attack 
Afterwards the field is littered with dead 
All from the Military Odyssey Display in Kent Yesterday. Edited by Stuart1701 - 02 September 2009 at 09:40 |
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YourFunnyUncle
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 15:00 |
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This isn't the civil war. Where are the roundheads and cavaliers?
Serioulsy though the PP is well done. My favourite one is the first underneath "The Union Fight back"... |
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 15:34 |
They were the previous display. Not procesed those shots yet. |
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 15:43 |
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Nicely done!
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 16:00 |
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Great shots! They have a wonderful feel to them. We have a huge reenactment coming up this month in Ohio and I hope to go and get some photos that are as nice as these!
Care to share your post-processing? Bob S. |
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 16:10 |
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Stuart the PP on these seems totally sympathic to the era (I'm guessing of course
 ) and is quite 'plucky' I mean to desaturate, fade and 'washout' your pictures to this extent cannot be an easy choice but the correct one here. So striking  Well done indeed.
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MiPr
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 16:16 |
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The series is good. Well covered event. I like the atmosphere of your conversions which suit the subject/theme very well, however I believe that the blending with those old photo-papers could have been done better. At the moment they look very artificial. I tried doig something like that myself on one of your photos (I hope you don't mind this - please let me know if you would like me to remove the photo and I'll do this immediately) and this is what I achieved:
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DFadel
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 16:18 |
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Them's not Union. Them's Yankees. And ain't nothin' civil 'bout the War of Northern Aggression.
Edited by DFadel - 01 September 2009 at 16:20 |
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MiPr
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 16:24 |
Err, please note that this is photography forum i.e. devoted to discussing photographs, not politics or consequences of politics. |
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Swede66
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 16:25 |
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Fantastic set and great treatment but I agree with MiPr about the "framing" it kinds of distract a bit from the otherwise brilliant work you've done.
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 16:41 |
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What MiPr said... You need to extend the distressed frames into the photos. #3 and #8 are my favorites. #3 looks like a vintage portrait and #8 seems to capture the chaotic nature of the battle. Cheers... Brian
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Stuart1701
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 18:01 |
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Thanks for the comments. I actually agree with the ones about the joining to the frames being a bit artificial. MiPr - I love that version you have done. I am using Photoshop Elements 5 and have been experimenting to get the right look. Any advice you can give me about blending the frame to the photo to give a better result would be very much appreciated.
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 21:40 |
 (I think this was meant to be humorous.)
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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 23:05 |
I used a filter (from Harry's filters - a free download) to add grain and brightness, converted to sepia then added the frame. All in Elements 5. |
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