Vote For the July Cover

[Vuhginyuh]

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"We encourage conversation about the impressions portrayed as well as any documentation that might be available that would add to the discussion. The intent of the selection process is to determine why you think one image is superior to another."

[Hardees Guard Private]

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On my image i give more credit to Wendall for creating a wonderful image.I was going for a mid war look with a majority of confederate issue gear and a commutation jacket with only a small and i mean small amount of Fed gear (Knapsack).I will say that its an honor just to be considered and even just to be in the final 3.There were some great images this month!:D
I really thank the judges for choosing this image.Thank you!:D

[lukegilly13]

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Although be it very close...i have go with number 1. Wendell is THE MAN! This image gives the look of a soldier going to war....he has that distressed but seasoned look on his face...the face i'd expect to see on a soldier that missed his family...the soft grip on the gun catches the detail of the expressions of the soldier...his heart is sad, lonely and worried; but his body and spirit is confident, hence the stroking the rifle.

[RudyN]

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I voted for number 3. All of the submissions are very good, but somehow #3 sticks out especially the soldier on the lower left who is laying on the ground. He looks like a time warp from the 1860s.

[ThehosGendar]

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#3...Wickersty!!!!!!:)

Eric Esser
Liberty Rifles

Hey! That rhymes!

[albrandon]

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I voted for #2. I was present as Mr. Decker was capturing the image, and I felt like I was watching an image being taken during the war. I also feel that this image could easily serve on its own as a social commentary.

It helps, as well, that Mr. Hicks looks quite dapper, as always.

Better luck to the girls next year!

[WoodenNutmeg]

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I'm very partial to the third image.

[Fenianboy]

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#3 is my favorite.

[Andrew Kasmar]

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Hi,

Image 3# go my vote, although it was a hard choice between image 1# and 3#.

[chesnutmor]

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Ok.. while I am partial to the scenary of #3. I have to say that I like #2.

[swamp two]

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For the first time since I have joined it was a difficult choice. Usually only one really draws me in, but this time all 3 are interesting. Went with number 3.

[MO-Pard]

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"We encourage conversation about the impressions portrayed as well as any documentation that might be available that would add to the discussion. The intent of the selection process is to determine why you think one image is superior to another."

Garrison, said it well. This isn't a thread about which one you liked or who you knew, as it is the "why's". If you are going to post, go into some depth about what you liked and disliked about each, in a historical sense. Therefore, you should be discussing or commenting on all three.

With that said, yes, this is a month where all three are nice images. But that also means the bar is raised and the critique gets a little deeper. That is not to denigrate any image, but an indepth discussion has no other course.

There are things I like about image three, and others I don't. There are some nice "looks" and impressions in this one. Although there may be some period images out there with soldiers and a female, I personally haven't seen one, at least like this. Why would a laundress be hanging out with a mess? I also don't know about the building in the background, and although I admit I could be wrong based on the exposure, it doesn't appear from the same period. But a much smaller point since I can't tell.

Image one, ....sir, you have a great look and I look forward to meeting you in the field. However, to me the sitting doesn't match the attitude. These images were usually taken prior to leaving home or to send home. In those cases, there was a semblance or pride and vanity most always, including borrowing items from the sutler to boost their image and status. It's a great irritated or angry image, but in too nice a setting. Maybe out in a field or something would serve finer.... still it is a nice image.

Image two, although the argument can be advanced what is this officer doing around these enlisted men, there is no clear indication he is. I feel this image has three very strong points going for it. First, Brian Hicks, in my opinion has struck one of the best officer images I have seen in a long time. I say that because it confuses me..... Is he posed? Is he P.o.-ed? What exactly is his situation based on his posture, expression and gait? Two, the impressions and feel the supporting soldiers lend to the image and it's mystique. Although, the Taters were only 'fodder' and knew up front the images would probably not come through, this was an exciting image to be part of and why we stuck around a little longer to volunteer. This is my mess, and yes, I am in the image although you cannot discern anything about me unless you can identify my hand snatching food from a pard whose vanity got the best of him. The impressions IMHO stand out because these participants arrived more than a day early to the Pickett's Mill event to hike the trails and sleep without blankets in the original roads. They even had to wait and clear authorization from the higer-ups at the site they were so early. But anyway, the wear and tear of more than a weekend in the field shows on cloth and body in the image, which is hard to attain at a standard weekend event. That usually takes more or something like a BGR event to attain. Third, and lastly, the cabin is an incredible original structure on the site. I envy the ladies who spent time there that weekend and was fortunate enough to hang out there prior to the event beginning.

So although it may seem as nit-picking, I feel number 2 offers the best substance and conjured the most questions and wonder as to the situation. I do like all the images, but feel you have to look deeper when they are so close. Congrats to all.

Respectfully-

[tater_cuffie]

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Me pards were in image numero 2! so dats me vote, not only dat, it's a KILLER image

[tater_cuffie]

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I agree with JohnTaylorCW

[PieBoy96]

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Although there may be some period images out there with soldiers and a female, I personally haven't seen one, at least like this. Why would a laundress be hanging out with a mess?

Hi Jay, here's at least one very popular image of a woman right in camp with soldiers.... there was some great discussion on this image not too long ago regarding the knit shirt the woman is wearing. While the image is, in fact, a camp setting and in 1861, that's not to say Image #3 could not have been taken right outside a camp. Troops did go into permanent camps here and there, they weren't always out "bushwacking." (31st Pa. [later, 82d Pa.] at Queen's farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum, 1861. LOC#: LC-B811- 2405)

I also don't know about the building in the background, and although I admit I could be wrong based on the exposure, it doesn't appear from the same period.

It is a board and batten facade.