Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Drummer Boy in Quadtone

July 31, 2010 at El Dorado Park in Long Beach, California.

After the battle, both sides did a "pass and review". I caught this Confederate drummer boy and loved how seriously he takes his role. It was fine in color but then I started playing with some quadtone processing and felt it added to his mood. Some dodging, some high pass, and a little more tweaking in Photoshop.

Think I'll call him . . . Jeb.

3 comments:

tubbs said...

I guess many people my age are remembering Marilyn's death this week. But looking at this shot, I remember another death in the news of the early sixties, THE DEATH OF THE LAST CIVIL WAR VET, a confederate drummer boy!

cuchieddie said...

If you ever get to Fort Tejon (CA) on the I-5 during the early spring, they have a re-enactment that is fabulous. The place was an actual army outpost back in the day and it rocks.

gemoftheocean said...

Looks great.