Cannons on Cemetery Ridge

[Capt. Glasgow]

This photo was taken on April 6, 2014 around 2:00 PM. The title is "Cannons on Cemetery Ridge", and of course, the cannons are on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg, PA. Full image is two posts below.

 

[Capt. Glasgow]

Trying to fix the pic so it is full size...

 

[Capt. Glasgow]

 

[Patrick H]

Nice composition with a sort of "flattened" effect which I like very much. Telephoto lens?

 

[Capt. Glasgow]

Nice composition with a sort of "flattened" effect which I like very much. Telephoto lens?

Thanks, I appreciate it! I didn't use telephoto lens, just a cheap Canon PowerShot.

 

[reading48]

I had read, Meade had approx. 90 cannon facing West on day three.

 

[Capt. Glasgow]

I had read, Meade had approx. 90 cannon facing West on day three.

It's a lot of firepower. I wish they would bring more cannons to the current site to preserve what it looked like back during the battle.

 

[Patrick H]

Thanks, I appreciate it! I didn't use telephoto lens, just a cheap Canon PowerShot.

There is some nice compression of distance going on in your shot. I think your "cheap" Canon camera analyzed it nicely when you did a center focus, and it compressed the scene for you. Regardless, it's a very nice and evocative photograph!
Cameras can do these things for us in a seemingly effortless way. The problem happens when we don't want them to make those decisions for us, but they do it anyway. Believe me, I know this from personal experience. Your shot is great! Thanks for showing it to us.

 

[Ladibugladibugg]

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It makes me want to walk in the silence of the battlefield and just feel the peace-it's there and there's no peace like Gettysburg

 

[Nathanb1]

Love this! What Patrick H said...I love smart cameras--and I have a cheapie (compared to the hubby's giant Nikon) that does the thinking for me--and comes up with some darned good photos!

I love the light and the contrast between the soft, green grass and the hard, metallic gray of the guns.

 

[donna]

Nice photo.

 

[James N.]

My take on the same subject from the opposite end of the gun line; I like yours better!

 

[Capt. Glasgow]

My take on the same subject from the opposite end of the gun line; I like yours better!

Thanks, I really like the clouds and the sky in your background!