Journey in time & sapce: Gettysburg in SoCal

[Nikolai]

Last weekend (Nov 4-5 2006) Moorpark Rotary Club held an annual reenactment event in the farm fields. It was a two day event, I spent almost the whole Saturday there. Here are some shots from the event.

Flags in suttlers camp:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108346794-L.jpg

Suttler:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347305-L.jpg


Maid in camp:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108348385-L.jpg

Confederate soldier in camp:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108348473-L.jpg

Union lady in camp:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108348493-L.jpg

Old timer:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108348578-L.jpg

Cavalry man:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347202-L.jpg

Rifles:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108348437-L.jpg

Big guns:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108348532-L.jpg


Assembly - the Union:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108346887-L.jpg

Marching on - the South:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347036-L.jpg

Marching on - the Union:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347158-L.jpg

Battlefield pano:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347482-L.jpg

Cannon:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347513-L.jpg

Union advances:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347572-L.jpg

South ranks fire:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347741-L.jpg

Union ranks fire:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347769-L.jpg

Southern infantry:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347919-L.jpg

South attacks:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108347985-L.jpg

Cavalry in the battle:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108348674-L.jpg

Union dsimounted cavalry holds the position:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108348892-L.jpg

After the battle:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108348345-L.jpg

The third battle was set after the sunset, so it was pretty challenging to shoot. Still I managed to get a few shots.

Moon over Moorpark:


http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108349347-L.jpg

Union fires:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108349394-L.jpg

Great ball of fire (you may see this one already:-):

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/108349977-L.jpg

The rest of the selected gallery is here:
http://nik.smugmug.com/gallery/2099013

A bit more detailed series are here:
http://nik.smugmug.com/Events/249629

Enjoy time travelling!

[pathfinder]

Shooting re-enactments are fun and can allow time travelling just like you said, Nik.

Great series. I enjoyed being there with you.

Great Canon firing. That shot clearly demonstrates how deadly muzzle loading canon were, and why the troopers worked so hard to bring them along onto the field.

[Nikolai]

Shooting re-enactments are fun and can allow time travelling just like you said, Nik.

Great series. I enjoyed being there with you.

Great Canon firing. That shot clearly demonstrates how deadly muzzle loading canon were, and why the troopers worked so hard to bring them along onto the field.

Thanks!

And you know what? I already got some sales off it, let even a small ones :-) :barb :ivar

[Milan]

So who won?:dunno

Just kidding.:D
Great pictures. Must have been fun to be there.

[Nikolai]

So who won?:dunno

Just kidding.:D
Great pictures. Must have been fun to be there.

Since it was a two-day event, the decisive battle was on Sunday, while I was there only on Saturday. So I plain don't know :scratch

And yes, it was fun, albeit a bit windy and a tad dusty - baaad for changing lenses. By the end of the day the black hood of my 70-200 was almost as offwhite as the lens itself...:huh

Cheers! :1drink

[Antonio Correia]

Nikolai,
These are very nice shots of an important moment in the history of the United States of America as independent country.
Historical recreations are very successful when they are nice and faithful.
This seems to be the case. :D
I wish I was there to take some shots, but - I'm sure - not so beautifully taken as yours.
All the best Nikolai. :thumb

[Nikolai]

The event organizers have chosen my picture as the "title" for their 2006 photo collection:ivar
http://www.48ovvi.org/moorpark2006/

[Nikolai]

Nikolai,
These are very nice shots of an important moment in the history of the United States of America as independent country.
Historical recreations are very successful when they are nice and faithful.
This seems to be the case. :D
I wish I was there to take some shots, but - I'm sure - not so beautifully taken as yours.
All the best Nikolai. :thumb

Thank you very much, I do appreciate the compliment!
And I'm positive your shots would be much better - judging by your travel photos:thumb

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you very much, I do appreciate the compliment!
And I'm positive your shots would be much better - judging by your travel photos:thumb

No way !
This time Nikolai YOU are wrong !
I'm sorry.:huh
:thumb

[David_S85]

Great series, Nik. How loud was all that from where you were? :ear

[Nikolai]

Great series, Nik. How loud was all that from where you were? :ear

Thanks! :thumb

As you can see, the majority of actions happened pretty far 300 ft away at least. So it was not *THAT* loud, as opposed to the last year event, when the battery was located right next to the spectators. :D

Cheers! :1drink

[Nikolai]

I also made a calendar out of it:-)
http://www.lulu.com/content/505033

EDIT: In fact, I made three: http://www.lulu.com/lulu355

[nwilkins]

Excellent collection, Nikolai!!! I thoroughly enjoyed each one.

[Nikolai]

Excellent collection, Nikolai!!! I thoroughly enjoyed each one.

Thanks for looking, glad you liked it!
Monday was a record day: almost 10,000 hits that day alone :D

Cheers! :1drink