July 2010 -- The Chase Is On

How I did it -- Since I told Neal that I was going out to the reenactment of Custer's Last Stand, I thought that I better put in an image from there. There were thunderstorms in the area but I was glad that there wasn't more than a sprinkle or two at the site. The dust made this more interesting. The background is not painted. Those are real people. About the only thing that I did besides the normal sharpening was to increase the contrast to bring out the foreground figures and a little vignetting to lighten the edges. By the way, Custer died again. That boy just never will learn.

COMMENTS:
 

Neal R Thompson MD	You could have fooled me.  I thought for sure that the people and the wagon were painted.  There is action, a certain degree of mystery about what is going on, and photographically a great flow of action with the near horse well defined and the background faded out.  Well done.
Maria Drumm	Very artistic. I like the vinetting. The horse seems to be flying. This is the kind of creative stuff I really like of yours.
Tim Morton	An impressive historical battle re-enactment which i think SITTING BULL was right but then again he did seatle in the DOMINION OF CANADA for a time, till the government went along with stuff and he had to leave which is a black mark on my country of birth.
Sol Blechman	The vignetting and the dust make for a great effect and mood.  Just enough detail in the background to add interest. Good positioning of the cowboy on the left.
Shahron Williams von Rooij	Great shot with feeling of movement without the blur. The dust did a better enhancement job than Photoshop;)
Mohamed Terzaki	It’s really looks like painting. The four legs are in the air and the motion is well frozen. The overexposed right bottom could be eliminated without losing any thing.

Member Bio

Dennis Hirning, PPSA - Biography I have lived in Montana for most of my life, and now live in Billings. I always enjoyed taking snapshots but I got more serious about photography during the Seattle World's Fair. A friend of mine had a 35mm camera and could do so much more than I could with my Brownie Hawkeye so I had to get one for myself. After a period of using an Exacta and Canon equipment, and I helped support my habit with a few weddings and other photographic exploits along the way, In the 1990's my need to work to eat got in the way of a lot of my photography. I got back into it when I got a Canon Digital Rebel in 2004 and I haven't looked back since. I now use a Canon 40D with a couple of "L" lenses. I am a member of several camera clubs as well joining PSA again in 2004. I have a degree in math that I really haven't used, and my love for computers goes way back. Now I mainly use Photoshop CS3 for my digital work.