Chargez le Canon! Photo

Photographer’s Note

July 8, 1758. Montcalm's troops are severely outnumbered by the advancing British and American colonials, perhaps 4- or 5-to-1. One of the things that turned the day for the French was the superb practice of their gunnery, with which they decimated wave after wave of frontal assaults.

Here at last month's re-enactment a gunner softly blows on the slow-match used to ignite the cannon...

RAW to TIFF, levels, cropped, increased color sat, then JPEG.

weswang, PixelTerror, quantabeh, Tue, jmdaoudal, elihesamian, aloyho has marked this note useful

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eev99 (1198) 2005-07-05 21:11

Great composition... sharpen the shot a little.

BaliAngel (127) 2005-07-05 22:03

This is anice shot! Woudl like to see a little more colour so i have created a workshop for you.

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john_c (24635) 2005-07-05 23:53

Wow! Matt, this is excellent stuff. Almost artist's work. I like the expression on the face of the boy in red and also how you've caught the flag to the side for balance and colour. Great cropping and well framed in this large format. Very impressive, learned friend.
John

PixelTerror (87195) 2005-07-06 4:01

Hi Matt,
You transport us well back in time with this colorful scene, well captured but framed a bit tight I would say, as the flag is cut on the left. Wes added the best final touch imo.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

weswang (18223) 2005-07-06 10:40

Hi Matt, Nice to see your new post. This is a well taken picture. The expression of the two foreground soldiers are kind of funny in the battle filed. Nice notes about the history. A nice composition; and an excellent shot. A little PP may help. I did a WS. I hope you don’t mind.

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quantabeh (5203) 2005-07-06 15:06

hi Matt,
nice capture of this scene, in this beautiful atmosphere. good depth of field and good concentration on different elements here. the framing seems perfect to me.
cheers!

Tue (25608) 2005-07-06 18:18

Hi Matt,
Another very nice picture from this event. I like the colours in the picture and the fine composition, well done!
Groetjes,
Lars

Mishe (3513) 2005-07-07 6:44

Hi Matt!
Very beautiful photo.
Very interesting people and scene.
Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes my friend.
Mishe.

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-07-09 18:26

this is a very interesting commemoration concerning Mr Moncalm who is very well known here in our History books and at school we learn about him :)))
Technically it is well framed and natural colors are very good, I'll have a special smile to the man with beard on third row...
I like it
Jean Michel

elihesamian (26091) 2005-07-15 6:53

2nd shot in the story,nice for me,indeed it seems that you traveled in the past time and took this shot(s) and then fastly return to present,Matt:)
Very well worked,An admirable serie,Thanks for sharing.
This one is a bit bright,but not important for me,seems the light was strong but well controlled,very good one.
Yours
M

aloyho (6109) 2005-07-20 2:13

Hi Matt,
A nice shot and great reminder of the past. I find the movement and rhythm created by the grass and the guns on the shoulders very interesting. I preferred this version as the misty and soft colours give that added atmosphere of a battle filled with gun smokes. Very impressive!! All the best.