American Civil War Photographs
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:41 pmby sirhc55
This is a fascinating site of photographs from the American Civil War. One has to remember that these photos were taken over 140 years ago - prior to the D70
http://www.civilwarphotos.net/
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:54 pmby phillipb
Chris,
You sound almost apologetic for the photos, but if you ask me 99% of todays so called photographers wouldn't hold a candle to those of 100 years ago. Not only did they have to work out exposures etc. using crude instruments by today's standards, but the studio lighting they set up was absolutely brilliant.
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:00 pmby xerubus
great link chris....
it's amazing how the people in the portaits of that era always had very stern faces...
i really appreciate this shot:
http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/images/244.jpg
cheers
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:01 pmby sirhc55
I actually agree 100% Phillip - when you consider what we have today to take our pics then you have to admire what was obtained with absolutely primitive equipment by these pioneers of photography. In recent times we have seen war first hand on the TV (Vietnam War) and I remember the media blurb saying that this was the first time war had been seen as it happened - I say it first happened in 1860!!! Maybe not exactly live but there are shots of battles actually happening . . .
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:02 pmby sirhc55
Mark - it’s even more amazing when you consider that they all had to remain absolutely still
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:12 pmby phillipb
Sirhc wrote:Mark - it’s even more amazing when you consider that they all had to remain absolutely still
Yeah, and here we are thinking that we can't get by without VR.
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:15 pmby SoCal Steve
No D70's. True.
But I did spot a couple .... ah.... Cannon's.
