Mike Serpa
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Is he carrying a canteen or flask? I don't remember seeing something like this.
Lt. E.K. Butler, 69th N.Y.S.M. LOC #06530
Lt. E.K. Butler, 69th N.Y.S.M. LOC #06530
Is he carrying a canteen or flask? I don't remember seeing something like this.
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Lt. E.K. Butler, 69th N.Y.S.M. LOC #06530
Thank you for these fascinating observations! I had taken the headrest for a ringlet! And I had wondered why his feet and the floor are the crispest partof the photo. Now I know. Thanks again.That's a very nice photo portrait. I can't comment on the canteen/flask, but will be interested to learn with you. An interesting thing that I see is the stand behind the soldier. We can see the three legged floor stand behind him. The vertical rod is hidden behind his leg and body, but we can see just a little of the yoke that is bracing the back of his head and holding it still for the long exposure. It's visible just under his left ear. It was effective here, too. Note that his head and shoes are in very crisp focus, but most every other part of him shows VERY slightly softened edges, because he moved ever so slightly. His breathing probably caused that.
Do you know what advantage there is with having a 3 legged table over a 4 legged table?Thank you for these fascinating observations! I had taken the headrest for a ringlet! And I had wondered why his feet and the floor are the crispest partof the photo. Now I know. Thanks again.
That's a very nice photo portrait. I can't comment on the canteen/flask, but will be interested to learn with you. An interesting thing that I see is the stand behind the soldier. We can see the three legged floor stand behind him. The vertical rod is hidden behind his leg and body, but we can see just a little of the yoke that is bracing the back of his head and holding it still for the long exposure. It's visible just under his left ear. It was effective here, too. Note that his head and shoes are in very crisp focus, but most every other part of him shows VERY slightly softened edges, because he moved ever so slightly. His breathing probably caused that.
I think "waggle" is a perfectly good word. I'm also enjoying the comments about the flask.Sure! It is said that a 3 legged stand or table cannot waggle (is this the right word? Almost like my German "wackeln").
Do you have a link to that?Hmm, don't suppose he is dead? We have photos in a thread of stands being used to support the dead for photos.
No, it was quite common to have some sort of posing stand used to keep the person in position, so as to move as little as possible when the photo was being taken. Here's a good link: http://www.antiquephotoalbum.nl/bloqjes/?p=143Hmm, don't suppose he is dead? We have photos in a thread of stands being used to support the dead for photos.
Since he was in the 69th N.Y.S.M. he was most definitely Irish! They were later the famous 69th New York Infantry, the origin of the Irish Brigade.Maybe he was Irish... In that case, it is definitely a flask.