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22-SEP-2012

Weekly Challenge #128: Education - WWII Photographer

Rockford, IL

This is the largest World War II re-enactment in the United States with over 1,000 uniformed re-enactors from 40 states representing soldiers from the United States,
Great Britain, France, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Japan, Italy and Germany along with 70 to 80 vintage tanks, halftracks and other 1940s era military vehicles!

Other participants can be found here


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Canon EOS 7D ,Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
1/5000s f/2.8 at 98.0mm iso400 full exif

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Mieke WA Minkjan28-Sep-2012 07:53
like the selective colouring in the second picture and otherwise great shots
borisalex26-Sep-2012 06:48
The good old times! :)
Janet Donnelly25-Sep-2012 15:14
I can feel the tension ....... excellent photojournalism!
LynnH25-Sep-2012 11:55
I always learn so much from watching re-enactments and I appreciate the people who work so hard to put it together. Excellent educational moment.
BleuEvanescence25-Sep-2012 06:46
Will the world ever learn....?
Je ne sais pas...
The shots are superb tough :)
Cindi Smith25-Sep-2012 01:49
Nice work and love how this worked out for you. Very nice work here...oh yeah, I said that already. I do really like it a LOT!!!
Karen Stuebing24-Sep-2012 22:59
Learning history is always educational and what better way than reenactments? Outstanding photos and the monotone gives them a timeless feel. V.
cits_4_pets24-Sep-2012 21:03
Great take on the challenge, Processioning is great making the enactment look old and real.
Excellent!
J. Scott Coile24-Sep-2012 19:23
Very nice on the saturation control.
Laryl24-Sep-2012 16:11
how cool is this! and they did it just at the right time for the challenge! love your image of this event, bet you could get a ton of them, so photogenic!
sue anne24-Sep-2012 13:03
Excellent and history here.
An De Wilde24-Sep-2012 06:52
great !
Walter Otto Koenig24-Sep-2012 01:39
Very cool shots with lots of details and great processing work. Nice take on the challenge. "V"
Guest 24-Sep-2012 01:35
Wonderful tones.....Interesting history...Excellent details and composition.You have captured this beautifully.
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