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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1470 on: 23-07-2010, 19:07:23 »
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1471 on: 23-07-2010, 19:07:24 »


"Shadow of the Valley of Death" Dirt road in ravine scattered with cannonballs, Crimea. Cannon shot falling short of their target during the Siege of Sevastopol. Uncropped, no color correction for this historic image.

As far as I can tell from wiki, this is the first true war photograph (i.e. taken while under fire).

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1472 on: 23-07-2010, 19:07:19 »
Not sure if that picture was take during the battle or post battle. Got a source for that? Back then, cameras were the size of wagons.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1473 on: 23-07-2010, 19:07:15 »
Not sure if that picture was take during the battle or post battle. Got a source for that? Back then, cameras were the size of wagons.

And needed like an hour of exposure (ok, probably less, but still a lot)

The camera seems to be in a safe position if you ask me, between those 2 hills, out of sight for all meaning that only a lucky shot could have hit them.

So it could go both ways, although i think that just post battle is most likely.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1474 on: 23-07-2010, 21:07:26 »
I'm almost sure that was taken post-battle, I studdied that photo/photographer when I took a photography class a little while back.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1475 on: 24-07-2010, 13:07:51 »
« Last Edit: 24-07-2010, 13:07:08 by Tolga<3 »
Epilepsy is bad.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1476 on: 24-07-2010, 14:07:37 »
Whoa! Is there really a guy standing 1 metre next to the target?! o0
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1477 on: 24-07-2010, 14:07:16 »
turkish people aint the brighest indeed....could've been iraqi's doing the same. *shakes head..*

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1478 on: 24-07-2010, 16:07:44 »
I bet you would get court martialled for that over here.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1479 on: 24-07-2010, 17:07:38 »
Trust exercise!

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1480 on: 24-07-2010, 17:07:55 »
Delta Force used to train for hostage rescue by using other Delta Force people as the "hostage" which was being held as a human shield by the target dummy. Each guy had to take turns being the hostage and having .45ACP rounds flying inches past his face.

Then, the inevitable happened and someone got killed, so they stopped doing it.

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Belgrade burning. Kosovo War, 1999.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1481 on: 24-07-2010, 17:07:50 »
Whoa! Is there really a guy standing 1 metre next to the target?! o0


He's leaning on it with his hand, so its less than 1 meter :P

And its what CPS said.

EDIT: Fresh pic from today

An Otokar Cobra got hit by an IED, nobody dead though.
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Epilepsy is bad.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1482 on: 24-07-2010, 19:07:14 »
Whoa! Is there really a guy standing 1 metre next to the target?! o0


He's leaning on it with his hand, so its less than 1 meter :P

And its what CPS said.


Builds "dishiprin" too. Reminds me of when the sound of explosions used to make me jump, I went out to a shooting range and sat around without earplugs trying to start conversations with people. Now I can literally stand next to a cannon going off without so much as a flinch (Von Mudra can vouch for this).
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1483 on: 24-07-2010, 19:07:25 »
Yep, that was a fun arty show at Fort Mac...watching the people jump and flinch as they all went off :3

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1484 on: 25-07-2010, 12:07:21 »