Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
More cute, furry farm animals. Although I grew up in a rural part of the UK and my grandmother owned and operated a farm, I don’t know much about goats. They didn’t seem to be common where I lived.
I’ve come to realize that Llamas are quite popular in the Hudson Valley (See:The Famous Hudson Valley Llamas site). I supposed they’re a nicer, cuter, more pleasant version of a camel (in my experience camels are mean, foul-tempered beasts that smell, bite and spit).
I don’t really have much to say about these: Just a few portraits and some cooking implements.
Taken with a Sony A77 II and Minolta Maxxum 50mm f1.7
This guy really looked authentic! Right out of the history books. He was answering questions at the time and looking intently at the people asking. I love the expression on his face.
Taken with a Sony A77 II and Minolta Maxxum 50mm f1.7
At one point I thought of giving this picture a sepia toned, distressed look to make it look old. But then it occurred to me that photography would not be invented until around 60 years after the Revolutionary War so I decided to leave it as it was.
I seem to recall that this was described as some kind of Parrott gun, which if it’s authentically from the Revolutinary War would not be possible as the first Parrott gun wasn’t invented until 1860. The exhibit also had items from the Civil War so maybe this was a bunch of Revolutionary War re-enactors explaining how a Civil War period gun worked. My friend is a former Lt. Colonel of Artillery and seemed fascinated by the lengthy description of how this gun was operated – given by the gentleman below.
Taken with a Sony A77 II and Minolta Maxxum 50mm f1.7 lens.