This is my second attempt in using PS. I must give credit for the two images to a long time friend, Dan Umstead for what appears to be the gray scale background. It is the gate mechanism from Fort Stanwix National Monument in Rome, New York. This mechanism was intended to raise and lower the draw bridge to the main entrance of the fort during the French and Indian War, as well as the American Revolution.

The second image is me in 18th century period regalia as an Oneida Warrior (scalp lock and all). This picture was taken by another friend of mine named Elena Walsh. She is a photographer that I met several years ago at Valley Forge, Pa. She frequented the park for her photography interests and she felt that an Oneida Warrior was notable enough to keep coming back nearly every time that our Living History group put on an event at Valley Forge for events sponsored by the National Park Service.

I tried various tools in PS that honestly takes a lot of time to master. So, out of frustration, I simply layered the two pics over the other and reduced the opacity to 75%, leaving the background as it was originally captured. I'll have to more time learning the tools and key board shortcuts to reduce the overall time it took me to get this far...

First attempt with using PS!

This is an inside joke, as I use to be heavily involved in a Living History Program primarily focused on 18th century history (American Revolution). This is a picture of a "6 pound" canon on a field carriage that was layered on a picture of my house serving as the background. The actual canon was fired with black powder (without projectile), but given the amount of smoke and flame on lookers of the event wouldn't notice a difference!

The gentleman in the foreground a great friend of mine ("Brother Pat") and the black powder demonstration took place at Friendship Hill Historic Site for an event sponsored by the National Park Service.

I still need to hone my PS skills, but this is a decent start! "Hu-zzzaaaaaaah!"

Success in setting up Nate799 Blog!!!