Saturday 25 October 2014

Napoleonic Wars 1810

Years ago I used to visit the occasional historical re-enactment. One such visit was to Lincoln Castle, parts of which date back to the Roman Occupation. This time the re-enactment was of a battle which took place in Central Spain when it was occupied by French troops. It was a very lively event and, believe me, even when muskets are firing blank rounds they are still loud!  I happened to be shopping in Lincoln that day and the sound of musket fire was what caught my attention. These photographs were taken with a Ricoh XRX SLR and are scans from the remaining enprints I have. It was also an excuse to try out PhotoScape some more:

Scan 6      Scan 4

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Scan 5

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Scan 2    

Scan 3

6 comments:

  1. These are just great. I love the fifth one with the chap and his cigarette. They obviously were lacking a continuity girl. Person I suppose it ought to be these days.

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  2. Very interesting images and effects John. The riflemen in action looks very convincing.

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  3. the folks who do these re-enactments put so much effort into them and the details of their wardrobes, etc. amazing.

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    1. They do TWG. Not only with the clothes. Many times they will only talk about or understand things which happened or were available in the period they are enacting.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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