Union Soldier by auntietk
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
This is Lance, my now-famous Halloween-decorating neighbor. He's a Civil War reenactor (Union Army) and one day when he was getting ready to go get shot and play dead, he posed in the yard for me.

Comments (29)
I reall like the postwork! A great 'period' photograph! Very well done, Clive
Great picture and great postwork, he really looks the part!!!
If we didn't know Lance was a living, breathing, rent paying, video gaming, upstairs tenant...I'd think this was taken in say, 1863 or so. I've seen lots of Civil War vintage photographs, to include my Great Grandfather's, and you've got this one just right! :)
excellent work!
Excellent capture and period shot.
Really excellent work on this! Wow, I'd never know he was here and now and not back then! Well done you!
Fantastic photo and postwork! I actually had thought that you were posting a photo of a long lost & dead relative.
Gosh girlfriend - can I come for lessons?? Exceptional postwork on this awesome image! WOW - I'm impressed! :)
Yeah I also thought it was a real old shot from 1864. WOW! you fooled me Tara, you sneaky woman :-)
Perfect! I bet he is thrilled!
love this shot!!
I don't have much to add other than what the others have already said, "Outstanding postwork"! You fooled us all because I, too, thought this must be a relative of yours from days gone by. I hope Lance is as thrilled with this as the rest of us are.
Very cool image!!
good postwork
It really looks like an old photograph. Excellent work.
Tara, you did a marvelous job to make me belive I see an old photograph. Excelent work.
Fantastic work on this Tara I really thought it was an old photo.. well done!!
Great!
The postwork is amazing...! Stellar work!
This is NOT the Lance I saw the other night!! I heard you talking about this foto, but wow---it really does look like it could have been taken a LONG time ago---GREAT shot!!
Excellent postwork! This has such an aged and cherished in a family album vibe to it that you'd never guess it was a Tara-tweak! That's how good you are, you know! I learned from some guy who works for ILM (in an interview on a DVD) that the secret to "awesome" special effects lie in the ability to make them look a bit mundane. I think the same goes for photography. The best tweaks don't always look like tweaks. And well, this is marvelous! I also love your description: the idea that he pretends to get shot and then plays dead kind of sums up war reenactments. I knew a guy who did the same thing: Confederate Army, and he was a hoot. He showed up at work in full regalia one day, just because.
Nice postwork!
A fine shot.. Great postwork.. And sounds like great fun to do as well.. Mind you don't get hauled before the Rendo Police.. Might not believe its a postwork photo.. Or its yours.. Or you took it.. lol I think its fine work.. And he certainly looks the part.. Rob
excellent .. it really does look like a photo from that time
I also thought this was a Civil War photograph. It could have been taken by Mathew Brady. Then I read your first sentence and thought "Wait a minute, how old is this woman?" This is truly outstanding work even to the fading on the one side.
Excellent postwork!
Excellent post...
Wonderful photo
Looks real! Outstanding shot and postwork. Very well done. Dana