General Custer

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted June 18, 2014307 views4 comments

A guy I see often has been begging me to go see him "in action" some weekend, and take some photos. He's a Civil War "re-enactor." I finally decided to give it a shot last weekend. I grabbed my Chamonix 4x5, a pack full of Efke 25 film, and one of my pre-Civil War lenses--a c.1845 Ross Petzval. Off to Fort Sisseton, SD I went! The lens is f2.8 so I had to use about six stops of ND to slow exposures down to 1/2 to 1 sec., since the lens has no shutter. (Used my hand over the lens.) The guy running around dressed like General Custer was a lot of fun, and graciously posed for me.

Kent in SD

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 19, 2014 at 8:34 AM

This Civil War reenactor sure looks the part Kent.
And with the use of the petzval, you have yourself a time machine there..
I like it.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 19, 2014 at 9:46 AM

Fantastic and worth all your hard work, I am so jealous of the photo opp. nothing like that here in northern Alberta !! When cam I come visit !!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on June 19, 2014 at 11:43 AM

Certainly looks the part. Clever to use the old gear. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on June 24, 2014 at 7:45 PM

Like your Chicago photos this has such an authentic feel that is appropriate for the subject.

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