Civil War Enactment #3 - Flinch on the Firing Line
May 18, 2015 18:36:30 #
This one was timed well (with help of burst setting) I got the muzzle flame of one rifle and the percussion cap sparks of the other. Yes, there is a time between them, not as long as flint locks, but it is there if you pay attention. One of the reenacters had a flint lock and demonstrated why the percussion cap was such a great thing. He kept having failures to fire after a little while and the fouling had built up in his piece.
You are not seeing things, the closest shooter has his eyes closed and is making a face. Shooters call it flinching, he is reacting to the fact he is about to get slammed with the rifle's recoil and maybe the memory of getting some sparks in the face at some point in the past.
Here you see four of the stages of firing a muzzle loading Civil War era rifled musket. L to R muzzle flash of the shot, percussion cap going off, biting off the end of the paper cartridge, pouring the powder(and bullet in a real cartridge) down the muzzle. Missing are ramming the charge home and capping the lock.
You are not seeing things, the closest shooter has his eyes closed and is making a face. Shooters call it flinching, he is reacting to the fact he is about to get slammed with the rifle's recoil and maybe the memory of getting some sparks in the face at some point in the past.
Here you see four of the stages of firing a muzzle loading Civil War era rifled musket. L to R muzzle flash of the shot, percussion cap going off, biting off the end of the paper cartridge, pouring the powder(and bullet in a real cartridge) down the muzzle. Missing are ramming the charge home and capping the lock.
Color, faded because the uniforms were just too bright and pretty
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May 18, 2015 18:43:02 #
Great shots Robert. I love to shoot these events just can't get to many of them. Appreciate you sharing.
Don
Don
May 18, 2015 18:49:49 #
Great shots. Thx for the story line. Help me to appreciate the images.
May 18, 2015 18:50:42 #
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May 18, 2015 18:52:09 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Great shots Robert. I love to shoot these events just can't get to many of them. Appreciate you sharing.
Don
Don
Thanks and you are welcome.
I will be sharing for a while on this one. In two days I got over 600 frames thanks to using burst to try for muzzle flashes and such.
May 18, 2015 19:14:54 #
Sharp One wrote:
Great shots. Thx for the story line. Help me to appreciate the images.
You are welcome.
May 18, 2015 19:15:19 #
May 18, 2015 19:20:30 #
Photog8 wrote:
Great capture, Robert. Love going to these events. ;-)
Thanks.
The museum is trying to attract more of these types of events.
I was thinking that the Civil War and Steam Punkers/Victorian/Dickens enactors would make a nice joint show, when, I spotted a couple with the man in a Victorian Era Uniform (I think it was British Navy, not sure.) passing out small flyers for an upcoming Dickens event.
May 18, 2015 20:56:38 #
robertjerl wrote:
Thanks.
The museum is trying to attract more of these types of events.
I was thinking that the Civil War and Steam Punkers/Victorian/Dickens enactors would make a nice joint show, when, I spotted a couple with the man in a Victorian Era Uniform (I think it was British Navy, not sure.) passing out small flyers for an upcoming Dickens event.
The museum is trying to attract more of these types of events.
I was thinking that the Civil War and Steam Punkers/Victorian/Dickens enactors would make a nice joint show, when, I spotted a couple with the man in a Victorian Era Uniform (I think it was British Navy, not sure.) passing out small flyers for an upcoming Dickens event.
Searched and found my shot of the couple. Enlarged it, can't really decide what the man is supposed to be. Uniform cut looks sort of British, and sort of Naval. But rank tabs on shoulders are US Eagle (Army Colonel, Navy Captain), can't see cap badge or belt buckle well enough to tell what they are.
The flyers are for The Dickens Festival which would indicate British, but the play they are putting on is "Our American Cousin", at Ford's Theatre. Play was English, but event recreates the assasination of Lincoln while watching that play. They are inviting Civil War reenactors to attend.
I'm confused, but not enough to buy a ticket and find out, Riverside's artsy events tend to be fairly expensive, and they wonder why they don't get better attendance.
May 18, 2015 21:06:25 #
robertjerl wrote:
This one was timed well (with help of burst settin... (show quote)
Absolutely an amazing shot! Each element caught all together. I like the effects applied to both of the last two.
May 18, 2015 21:16:19 #
Best photos I have ever seen from one of these reenactments! Thanks for sharing! :thumbup:
May 18, 2015 21:30:15 #
FrodoBaggins wrote:
Absolutely an amazing shot! Each element caught all together. I like the effects applied to both of the last two.
Thank you
If only there had been 6 of them on line and those two were ramming and capping. The figure I cropped off on the right is an officer just leaning on his sword. The 1st Sgt behind them has his rifle slung. The other member of the group cropped off on the left was messing around with his lock work, probably cleaning it. He would has messed up the balance of the image to a degree anyway. While these four have short 2 band rifles (probably Remington Zouaves due to the blued barrels, right side bayonet mount and the handle of the sword type bayonet showing on one belt) the other guy has a full length 3 band Springfield and if he had been on line his rifle would have stuck out way past the others.
May 18, 2015 21:48:12 #
robertjerl wrote:
Thank you br If only there had been 6 of them on l... (show quote)
With all that... I think you did a great job cropping because the shot is so tight and the other side elements would have distracted.
May 18, 2015 23:09:57 #
jederick wrote:
Best photos I have ever seen from one of these reenactments! Thanks for sharing! :thumbup:
Thank you for the good words.
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