Nice work, Rob.

Your chosen colour palette is most appropriate.

+favs for me.

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But, of course.. thanks for sharing your creative efforts with us.

Rob, Les is right with his comment above about selecting the proper colors for this portrait, the more that there isn't any available document that can be helpful to you. Shows to me too your creative/editing skills (but we knew that for already a long time, ☺ ☺ ☺ ).
Great addition to a great series, my friend!

Just the right tones and colors, add much to this photo. Just imagine the tremendous appreciation felt by all if you could take this "on the road" for viewing by everyone in the country.

Great reproduction of the Rough Rider, Rob. You make him look so smooth.

TicK

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Having had a long career in North Dakota history I am, of course, well acquainted with "Teddy" (I even had the pleasure of meeting one of his descendants, a painter who donated a portrait he did of his famous relative). His early history involved his traveling to our western badlands to seek solace after the deaths of both his first wife, Alice, and his mother, Martha, on the same day, February 14, 1884. He eventually purchased and operated two ranches here, the Maltese Cross south of present-day Medora, and the Elkhorn ranch, about 30 miles north of town. It was his romanticized and wild frontier experiences here in the badlands that he credited with creating the idea and impetus in him for the "Roughriders", the uniform for which he is wearing in this photo. The regular uniform for the American army, during the Spanish-American War of 1898, was almost identical to this, but Teddy added a few personal touches of his own, having purchased his own uniform (if you had the money, you could do that in those days). The colors you've applied here, Rob, are very close, albeit a little lighter than the uniforms in the collections of the the State Historical Society of North Dakota (the uniform itself could use a little more warm brown). Overall, like your other works, this is well done. Incidentally, when America joined the Allies against Germany and Austria, in 1917, Teddy applied to the War Department to reprise his role and this uniform to once again fight, a request that was respectfully denied (because he was 60 years old, two years older than "Black Jack" Pershing, and because it was felt that the country couldn't afford to lose a still-beloved ex-president). His youngest son Quentin, however, was accepted into the fledgling Air Service but, after only one confirmed kill, was shot down and killed in July of 1918, at only 20 years of age.

-Nik

You've really done justice to President Roosevelt's portrait Rob - colors are perfect - Excellent work!!!!!!!!!

What can I say that has not been said, Rob you truly amaze me with this process. tigs=^..^=

Well done, Rob!

Now I really love this one of the famous Teddy the rough rider - excellent work on this and he looks like he's ready to come on through the picture