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| Posted: Mon Dec 10th, 2007 04:34 pm |
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TimHoffman01
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Was anyone else from the group able to go to this? I was there as a spectator (I'm always a spectator unfortunately). I got some great picture, some good pictures, and a few that I really got frustrated with (someone got their head in the way of my autofocus a few times.) Once I get some to size, I'll post links to get some opinions.
I took the kids along. I think they found parts of it overwhelming though. I was there for the street fighting and picket demonstrations (with looting in the background), but they only came along for the Irish Brigade assault on the stone wall. There were Hundreds of reenactors there. One Union Sergeant I was talking to said it was the most yankees he'd seen in years. Once all those guys started shooting off their muskets, it was quite a din, you could actually feel the concussions in the air. A really interesting experience as a spectator, I could only imagine what it was like to be in the middle of that.....either now or back then.
The NPS had the Innis house open to the public and you could see actual battle damage in the walls. My son asked me "are there real bullets here?" To which I simply pointed over his head and there was a minie ball sticking out of a ceiling beam. The Irish Brigade also staged a tribute to Richard Kirkland (CSA) around the monument at that time, rather interesting watching it from INSIDE the house. Even the Ranger was impressed.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10th, 2007 05:32 pm |
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VirtualCivilWar
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Hey Tim,
I was there taking photos too. I had a great time, the weather couldn't have been nicer and the attack on Marye's Heights reenactment is by far my favorite reenactment that I have attended. I completely agree about feeling the concussions of the muskets and the cannon on the top of the crest sure your your attention when they went off.
I also went into the Innis House and took photos. The thing that I find the most weird is why the bullet holes went sideways through the home when the fighting was in front of and behind the home.
I did post a link to my photos in the General Discussion thread on this board. You can find the link here:
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=1194&forum_id=1
I'm glad you enjoyed it too........it was really a well done event.
Mike
http://www.virtualcivilwar.com
Last edited on Mon Dec 10th, 2007 05:33 pm by VirtualCivilWar
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11th, 2007 01:22 pm |
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TimHoffman01
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Hi Mike,
As always, your photos are wonderful. The link below has some of mine. Like I said a few came out blurred, It may be the action, it may be just that I got slightly jostled (Big crowd as you well know) or it could be my SD card just writes too slow to get some of these, but I actually LIKE the blurred effect on some. I think I included them.
Any how, here is my link: http://home.comcast.net/~timhoffman01/reenactments
I was at the far left of the Union line for the assault, so I have a few different angles, and I was there for the picketing and some of the looting....as you will see. I was wondering if one solder was a distant ancestor of Cpl. Klinger (M*A*S*H). You'll see what I mean.
Tim
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11th, 2007 01:52 pm |
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VirtualCivilWar
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Tim,
Very cool, it's nice to see the different perspective on the battle....it was tough shooting up that hill though with the sun right there, but it sure made for a cool view with the smoke and the sun beams coming through that tree. I also enjoyed seeing the street fighting and looting, I was up with the artillery demo and missed that. What camera are you shooting with? The blur isn't your autofocus, it's actually a slower shutter speed which is bluring the image while you move the camera and the camera is still taking a photo. Can you manually set that with your camera? If so I will give you a tip to help you out. The only other thing is to try to zoom in and fill the frame with the action as much as possible.....that helps get those cars and street signs out of the photo as much as possible. But other that that, I really enjoyed the photos and seeing a different viewpoint. I am glad you had as much fun as I did! They did put on a great event.
Mike
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11th, 2007 03:14 pm |
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TimHoffman01
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Hi Mike,
I have a Nikon CoolPix 3200, I believe you're very familiar with them. I was thinking back and I think I know what part of it was...I was using the SCEN mode during the assult (Scenery assistants). It was on Museum some of the time, which would be lower speed, I follow you. I did expect some blurring there. The one with the crouching confederate, however was in normal mode, no adjustments possible there, I don't think. One thing I need to remember is to bring along a monopod I "acquired" last year (someone lost it, I found it & turned it in, no one came and asked about it for 6 months, the security folks needed to clear space, they called me, I got a monopod  ). I think that will help stabilize my hands a bit.
I've done some cool panaramas with that camera, but I need to hold the camera still while doing it, or it is really hard to line things up right.
Speaking of stabilizing, did you see the gentleman doing the Matthew Brady impersonation? I missed him but heard about him from several of the reenactors who had him do unit portraits.
Tim.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11th, 2007 07:53 pm |
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VirtualCivilWar
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A monopod will help, but will drive you nuts when you are in a crowd, especially shooting over people's shoulders (that's how I had to shoot it too). But for most of my work, I do use one to help me get the sharpest photo possible. If you are going to be shooting events with lots of action, make sure you put it on the sports mode....that will help you get rid of a lot of blur.
I saw a guy recreating a shot under a tree over next to the Marye House....was that him? I would love to see the result of that photo.
Mike
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12th, 2007 02:14 pm |
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TimHoffman01
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Thanks, I confess that I hadn't read the whole book to find out what the sports mode actually did. I wondered if it would take care of the action.
Yes, I believe that may have been him. My father is sending me the paper, but he says the gentleman was featured in the Free Lance Star.
BTW, what part of Richmond are you in? For some reason I was thinking you lived farther north. As you can see I'm in Mechanicsville. I have a LOT of opportunities to take the kids to historical locations, Civil War and otherwise. They are starting to hit some of these in school now. I took them to Jamestowne Settlement (the VA State Park) this summer with their cousins from Indianna. My kids at least thought Pocohontas was a real person, if not the one from Disney, but the girls from Indi thought she was totally made up by the movie folks. They really got something out of the trip, actually going aboard the ships and such. They didn't really appreciate the armor though, although my son thought it was pretty neat.
I'll have to find the picture, but he found a Robins nest in a 12-lb Napoleon at Gaine's Mill last year. He wanted to take it home, but I convinced him he needed to leave it alone.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12th, 2007 05:20 pm |
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VirtualCivilWar
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Actually I used to live in Alexandria, then I moved up to Buffalo for 2 years, and now I'm over on the West End of Richmond. I think I photographed a Mechanicsville vs. Hanover High School football game for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. I do freelance work for them. I think that was one of the games I shot.
I love it here, there is so much to see and do. On my site, http://www.virtualcivilwar.com I added a Recent section and you can see what we do every weekend (since moving here in July). It's great. We have been to Yorktown, but haven't been to Williamsburg or Jamestown yet....soon though!
Mike
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