Messing with sepia tone.

[Adsos Letter]

Yorktown Battlefield, May, 2012

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[bluedigger]

1. Nice!

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]

3. I'm ex-13Alpha also.

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]

5. 13 Echo here.

I'm embarrassed to admit I don't know what a 13A is... Officer?

[Stainless]

6. 82C20

Artillary Survey Specialist - 6/83rd Battalion - USAR - 1966 to 1972.

[bluedigger]

7. Wow.

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]

10. That mos makes more sense to me.

My grandfather did that in the Phillipines in WWII.

[Adsos Letter]

9. Ah, an FDC guy.

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]

11. They must have changed it.

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]

2. Those are very nice.

Imo, sepia tone is so easy on the eyes. I love it.

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4. Thanks. I think it lends itself to certain subjects. n/t

[Stevenmarc]

13. Certain subjects and

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]

14. Thanks. It took some scrambling.

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]

8. I saw a gallery somewhere(been traveling) where the person did

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]

12. Thanks. I got some onlookers in the first couple shots.

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]

15. The main difference

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]

17. It is fun.

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]

16. Apropos.

The color could not be better. Perfect choice.

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18. Thanks. I just reloaded Lightroom 4 on this computer.

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.