So, we were due for another family outing/ramble/photo session. This time, it was Antietam.
I guess we can dispense with voting, though I do have the previous two winners up on the dining room wall now. But if you have comments on how I can improve these shots, I'd love to hear them. We are always up for a return trip!
First up: The Dunker Church:
We took a couple passes around the Cornfield, but unfortunately, it's just -- well, a cornfield. Hard to get perspective, hard to distinguish from any Midwest landscape. So next up: The Bloody Lane:
I kind of like the photo of Thomas in there, but I'm not sure it's good enough to get out of the photo album. In the other one, I was trying to give a scope of the trench's depth, but I don't like how it turned out. It's too hard to tell what's going on.
And finally, what you've all been waiting for, Burnside's Bridge:
I think I like the color one better. Y'all?
Actually, while we were at the visitor center, we got the Young Prince some toy blue and gray soldiers, along with these hard plastic replicas of the church and the bridge. I'm breathlessly awaiting the day he comes running up with them and says "You be Hooker and I'll be Jackson!" Because, you know, he was born in Virginia. And he's taken to saying "Yankees suck" every time we watch Gettysburg, unfortunately. I think there will be no guided tours for us for a while...
Errrr......maybe he mistakenly assumes the Civil War was fought between the Red Sox and Bronx Bombers?
Weren't the other 2 pictures bridges too?
Posted by: TigMode | June 23, 2006 at 01:28 PM
No, he knows the Civil War was fought between the Yankees and the Confederates. He's just not clear on what they were fighting about. :)
And no, one was a bridge, one was a cannon. :)
Posted by: average blogger | June 23, 2006 at 02:11 PM
First of all yay. Secondly, my vote is for the color bridge photo...
and last but not least - I should say most importantly actually... I like the grass, hill, fence picture thing... #3 in the set...
as a matter of fact... it's my new desktop beckground. :)
Posted by: modernfairie | June 24, 2006 at 11:07 PM
I like picture #3. But I'm a sucker for the kiddo.
Posted by: Stella Chang | June 25, 2006 at 01:23 PM
I'd try some tighter crops on the top few pictures, especially of the house thingy. (Hi. Not a history buff.)
And maybe the bridge would look cool in sepia? That's my favorite toning. But I like B&W better than color for it, I think.
Posted by: Maliavale | June 25, 2006 at 06:38 PM
Awesome. I still haven't been to these places and I don't even know how much older I am than Thomas. The kid's lucky.
And we so do NOT suck!
Posted by: Darren | June 27, 2006 at 10:15 AM
For the Dunker Church, I'd crop out the dark trunk on the left, and some of the shaded foreground. The church doesn't have to be in the middle of the photo.
Posted by: JW | June 27, 2006 at 11:29 AM
Fairie: Thank you!!
Malia and JW: I see your point. I've actually got some that are tighter on the church and maybe more dramatic in that regard, but I was just so ... Well, it's the Dunkers. They were kinda hot on the plain and boring. Maybe I'll toss up a few of the other shots I took and get your thoughts on those?
Darren: Bwah! Well, that depends on the style of Yankee you are. If you're in Union Blue, right on. But if you're accoutred in pinstripes and ballglove, we'll hafta agree to disagree! (Though I do wonder if Red Sox Nation has room for a tiny, somewhat misguided Confederate!)
Posted by: average blogger | June 27, 2006 at 01:31 PM