Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/64 pounder RML gun firing

 
Original - RML 64 pounder 64 cwt gun demonstration firing at Fort Glanville Conservation Park
Reason
Best demonstration of this type of 19th Century heavy artillery I can see. Only one showing the gun crew, period uniforms, size of the weapon, firing action and (if you look closely) the friction tube type fuze flying through the air. I am not convinced that the lighting is sufficient (even with tweaking) to get near FP but heaps of EV from a very lucky shot. I processed the file as best as I could to give max detail given that the uniforms are black and the helmets white - slight blown area on the gun barrel from bright sunlight.
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RML 64 pounder 64 cwt gun and Fort Glanville Conservation Park
Creator
Peripitus
You take your lumps with situations like this - my plan was to capture the gun and gun crew....just very lucky that the gun firing and shutter closing coincided - Peripitus (Talk) 23:53, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Promoted Image:64 pounder gun firing - fort glanville.jpg --ZooFari 02:14, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]