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3D red cyan anaglyph from a depth map - original is a self-portrait watercolor, by Private Robert Knox Sneden, courtesy of Virginia Historical Society
Notes: For background information, an excerpt from Wikipedia, summarizing the discovery and importance of the Sneden collection - his extensive diary, Civil War art, and detailed CW battlefield maps. Then from the NARA pension records, a summary of Sneden's Civil War service, and his own detailed account of his capture by Mosby's Rangers, and subsequent imprisonment in Andersonville and other Confederate prisons.
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Wikipedia: "Recognition - In 1994, an art dealer approached the Virginia Historical Society about a Civil War archive that had languished in a Connecticut bank vault. Robert Sneden's great-great-nephew also transferred through purchase Sneden's diary and watercolors, close to 5,000 pages of the diary entries and memoirs, and near 500 watercolors and maps.
In the fall of 2000, Sneden was rediscovered by the general public and the Civil war enthusiasts after about 300 pieces of his artwork were revealed in the Eye of the Storm exhibition and subsequent book, which became a bestseller. According to the Virginia Historical Society, it was, "the largest collection of [American] Civil War soldier art ever produced".
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For a more thorough and interesting account of the discovery of the Sneden collection, read the article, "Eye of the Storm: The Civil War Drawings of Robert Knox Sneden," at this link: virginiahistory.org/learn/eye-storm-civil-war-drawings-ro...
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From NARA Pension Records - Certificate No. 437,454, Robert K. Sneden.
"....Sept 30th 1861. Enlisted in the one gun battery attached to the 40th NY (Mozart Regt.) then stationed on the old Fairfax Road near Alexandria Virginia. Was detailed 11th January 1862 as Topog Engineer and Draughtsman to Maj. Genl S.P. Heintzelman Commanding 1st Division Headquarters at Fort Lyon Alexandria Va and served in this capacity through the Peninsula Campaign of Genl McClellan. Afterwards (in same capacity) at Head Qtrs of Maj. Genl S.P. Heintzelman Commaning the Department of Washington. 1862-1863 – Went to the front by Special Order of War Department – Sept 5th 1863….transferred Nov 10th 1863 as Topog Engineer to Maj Genl W.H. French then commanding 3rd Army Corps at Brandy Station Virginia, and was acting under orders of Genl French when captured with others Nov. 27th 1863. RKSneden
Was present and under fire in the following Battles –
Siege of Yorktown Va April 1; May 4th 1862
Battle of Williamsburg Va May 5 1862
Battle of Fair Oaks Va May 31st 1862
Battle of Savage Station Va June 29th 1862
Battle of White Oak Swamp and Glendale Va June 30th 1862
Battle of Malvern Hill Va June 30 July 1st
2nd Battle of Bull Run Va Aug 29 to 31st 1862
Battle of Chantilly Va Sept 1st 1862 and
Battle of Kelly’s Ford Nov 7th 1863
Slightly wounded when captured
….I was captured…at Head quarters of Maj Genl WH French U.S.A. then Commanding the 3rd Army Corps at “Millers House” Brandy Station Virginia. Mosby with about 200 of his Cavalry made a raid on Head quarters during the night in a dense fog. They all wore U.S. Cavalry overcoats over their Rebel uniforms. 15 Headquarter clerks, teamsters, and a Provost Guard of 10 men under a Corporal was captured at the same time.
We were placed in front of the Rebel Cavalry and made to charge in the fog on our Construction Train of 200 wagons, which were parked about 1000 yards on the other side of the Rail Road which ran in front of the Headquarters to Culpepper beyond.—
Out of this train Mosby Captured and ran off about 115 mules, 3 guards, and 6 negro teamsters. Those captured were compelled to mount the mules and ride bareback to Hazel River, Madison Court House, and thence to Gordonsville Va from which we were sent by Rail Road to Richmond Va….
I was confronted by Mosby who threatened “to hang me to one of the trees in front of the house” because I refused to give information as to the situation of our Cavalry at the time. Pistols were held to our heads, with threats of immediate death if we made any noise or attempted to escape. They smashed the muskets of the Provost Guard against the trees and Captured most of us. Several of the Clerks hid themselves in the empty house and escaped capture….
While being plundered by the Rebels, I protested – when one of Mosby’s Officers struck me under the right eye with his pistol. (I could not see for two weeks afterwards.) At Woodville Va Mosby sent his surgeon to me but I declined his services. The scar is still visible though no bad effects have yet developed.
At Richmond Va I was a prisoner at Crew and Pemberton Tobacco Warehouse 3 months, then at Scott’s Prison on Main Street and removed with 600 others on the night of 22nd Feby to Andersonville Prison – Georgia where we arrived 1st March 1864. Staid here 6 months thence to Stockade at Savannah Geo. thence to Millen Geo. thence to Charleston S.C. being confined in Roper Hospital on Queen St and under fire of the “Swamp Angel” on Morris Island. From here was sent to Florence S.C. thence back to Charleston S.C. where I was exchanged 11th day of Dec – 1864 and shipped on the US Transport Steamer “Varuna” for “Camp Parole” Annapolis Md. – Sent too New York City and mustered out of the US Service 30th January 1865, being a Prisoner of War one year and 14 days being 40 months in the Service…
….While a prisoner of War in Crew and Pemberton Prison Richmond Va I had typhoid fever and knew nothing for 10 days. The Rebel doctor attempted to remove me to the hospital but I resisted the guards and was left on the floor to die as the case might be. We had no medical attendant or medicines while Prisoners of War at Andersonville, Savannah or Millen….While at Andersonville I had scurvy in the mouth, by which I lost 3 teeth. Here also I had rheumatism in arms and legs. Suffered intense pain all the time and had to hobble around on a stick like thousands of others.
During August 1864 2,992 prisoners of War died at Andersonville – 12,946 dead are there now. Continuous rains – lying on the ground without shelter – and privations have unfitted me ever since to withstand changes in the weather and travelling in my profession….For the past 9 years I have been partly supported by my Mother who has a small income…”
R.K. Sneden
New York, Nov 10th 1887"
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Red/Cyan (not red/blue) glasses of the proper density must be used to view 3D effect without ghosting. Anaglyph prepared using red cyan glasses from The Center For Civil War Photography / American Battlefield Trust. CCWP Link: www.civilwarphotography.org/
Our hibiscus is a pretty ugly plant all things considered. Scraggly you might say. But every day it seems to muster all its strength to pop one of these out. I am impressed.
I dug out my 105mm lens today. It does such a nice job on things close. But I had to re-learn lessons on depth of field, the more open the aperture, the shorter the depth of field. The less open the aperture, the longer the lens must be open which makes for a shaky photo. The balance must be right-on! This was taken at f/11, 1/125 sec, ISO 100. I think I got it!
A bird off Manly, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D810 and 200-500. I inadvertently focused on the wing, rather than the eye, bringing out detail in the feathers.
MEERA BAI:
Meerabai (c. 1498 – c. 1547 AD) (alternate orthographies: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai) was an aristocratic Hindu mystical singer and devotee of Lord Krishna from Rajasthan and one of the most significant figures of the Sant tradition of the Vaishnava bhakti movement. Some 1,200–1,300 prayerful songs or bhajans attributed to her are popular throughout India and have been published in several translations worldwide. In the bhakti tradition, they are in passionate praise of Lord Krishna
Details of her life, which has been the subject of several films, are pieced together from her poetry and stories recounted by her community and are of debatable historical authenticity, particularly those that connect her with the later Tansen. On the other hand, the traditions that make her a disciple of Guru Ravidas who disputed with Rupa Goswami are consonant with the usual account of her life.
BIOGRAPHY:
Meera, a Rajput princess was born in Kudki (Kurki), a little village near Merta City, which is presently in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan in northwest India. Her father, Ratan Singh Rathore, was a warrior of the Rathore clan, the son of Rao Duda of Merta. Rao Duda was son of Rao Jodha of Mandore, founder of Jodhpur.
As an infant Meera became deeply enamored of an iconic idol of Krishna owned by a visiting holy man; she was inconsolable until she possessed it and probably kept it all her life. (But some myths say that Meera saw a wedding procession of a bride-groom and asked her mother about her husband, then her mother took her in front of the family deity Lord Krishna. ) Then she was just five years old. She was highly influenced by her father as he was a sole worshipper of Krishna. But because she would not be able to keep the Lord happy the holy man took away the idol. Then she, her friend Lalita and her cousin brother, Jaimal, went to the holy man or saint's house to get the idol back. When they went they saw that whatever the saint was offering to the Lord was not accepted. Then some ancient myths say that the idol started crying. Then next day the idol was given back to Meera and since then it remained with her. This made a bond between her and Lord and she was called "STONE LOVER". She even organized a marriage with the idol. And she considered herself as spouse of Lord Krishna.
Meera’s marriage was arranged at an early age, traditionally to Prince Bhoj Raj, the eldest son of Rana Sanga of Chittor. She was not happy with her marriage as she considered herself already married to Krishna. Her new family did not approve of her piety and devotion when she refused to worship their family deity- Durga. According to some myths she refused to show her husband her face when he asked her to do so.
The Meera Museum in Merta City
The Rajputana had remained fiercely independent of the Delhi Sultanate, the Islamic regime that otherwise ruled Hindustan after the conquests of Timur. But in the early 16th century AD the central Asian conqueror Babur laid claim to the Sultanate and some Rajputs supported him while others ended their lives in battle with him. Her husband's death in battle (in 1527 AD) was only one of a series of losses Meera experienced in her twenties. She appears to have despaired of loving anything temporal and turned to the eternal, transforming her grief into a passionate spiritual devotion that inspired in her countless songs drenched with separation and longing.
Meera's devotion to Krishna was at first a private thing but at some moment it overflowed into an ecstasy that led her to dance in the streets of the city. Her brother-in-law, the new ruler of Chittorgarh, was Vikramaditya, an ill-natured youth who strongly objected to Meera's fame, her mixing with commoners and carelessness of feminine modesty. There were several attempts to poison her. Her sister-in-law Udabai is said to have spread defamatory gossip.
According to some myths Meera's brother-in-law Vikramaditya, who later became king of Chittor, after Bhojraj's death, tried to harm Meera in many ways, such as:
The famous one is that he mixed poison in the prasadam or chandanamritam of Krishna and made her drink it. But by God's grace, Krishna changed it to Amrit.
He pinned iron nails in Meera's bed, but, again by God's grace they turned into rose petals.
He put a snake in a flower basket and told her that it was a gift from him to her Lord, but when she opened it it actually became a gift- a garland.
There are many more in a similar vein.
At some time Meera declared herself a disciple of the guru Ravidas ("guru miliyaa raidasjee") and left for the centre of Krishnaism, Vrindavan. She considered herself to be a reborn gopi, Lalita, mad with love for Krishna. Folklore informs us of a particular incident where she expressed her desire to engage in a discussion about spiritual matters with Rupa Goswami, a direct disciple of Chaitanya and one of the foremost saint of Vrindavan that time who, being a renunciate celibate, refused to meet a woman. Meera replied that the only true man (purusha) in this universe is Lord Krishna. She continued her pilgrimage, "danced from one village to another village, almost covering the whole north of India". One story has her appearing in the company of Kabir in Kashi, once again causing affront to social mores. She seems to have spent her last years as a pilgrim in Dwarka, Gujarat. It is said that Mirabai disappeared into the Dwarkadhish Murti (Image of Lord Krishna) in front of a full audience of onlookers.
POETRY:
Meera's songs are in a simple form called a pada (verse), a term used for a small spiritual song, usually composed in simple rhythms with a repeating refrain, collected in her Padavali. The extant versions are in a Rajasthani and Braj, a dialect of Hindi spoken in and around Vrindavan (the childhood home of Krishna), sometimes mixed with Rajasthani.
That dark dweller in Braj
Is my only refuge.
O my companion, worldly comfort is an illusion,
As soon you get it, it goes.
I have chosen the indestructible for my refuge,
Him whom the snake of death will not devour.
My beloved dwells in my heart all day,
I have actually seen that abode of joy.
Meera's lord is Hari, the indestructible.
My lord, I have taken refuge with you, your maidservant
Although Meera is often classed with the northern Sant bhaktis who spoke of a formless divinity,[1] there is no doubt that she presents Krishna as the historical master of the Bhagavad Gita who is, even so, the perfect Avatar of the eternal, who is omnipresent but particularly focused in his icon and his temple. She speaks of a personal relationship with Krishna as her lover, lord and master. The characteristic of her poetry is complete surrender. Her longing for union with Krishna is predominant in her poetry: she wants to be "coloured with the colour of dusk" (the symbolic colour of Krishna).
I didnt have much time to shoot with my impatient peer in Lauttasaari park in Helsinki but I enjoyed every minute and hope I can revisit this week for a sunset.
Used Lee Landscape Polarizer + 2 Stop Soft Grad.
To create this i stood closely to the end of Emmy's camera and focused only on her cheek and hand to show Depth of Field
Davide Cassanello 2006 -2007 wide aperture
My first photography book is finally released!
A selection of my best -wide aperture- shots taken on 2006-2007 (my first flickr year)
- Nikon D50, D200, Hasselblad 500c/m and (soon) Pentax 67 shots
- 10x8 inches (25x20 cm.)
- Hardcover (w/dust jacket) or softcover
- >60 colour pages
- >70 color and b/w photos
Look a small pdf preview
For orders and informations contact me ;)
My mom has s daycare so I took this picture with the kids there... They had just woken up after their nap.. So I asked if anyone wanted to do something and they said pictures and there is the result....
Think this goes well with Options . Off my new CD "Auditory DayDreams" available now on iTunes!
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I am guessing this was f1.2, this close it is really hard to get the focus right, luckily I nailed it and the eyes are super sharp, everything else out of focus.