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Denise


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Challenge: Memorial Day Weekend (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Land / city scape
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Boston Common, Boston MA
Date: May 26, 2013
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2013

 Flags for Memorial Day on the grounds of Boston Common. The 33,000 flags represent all of the fallen soldiers from Massachusetts who have died since the civil war.

WOW - what a nice surprise to wake up to this on the FP this morning. Shot this when taking cousins visiting the area for the first time into Boston. Got home that night and saw this speed challenge. Luck was on my side. Thanks everyone.

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Place: 1 out of 46
Avg (all users): 6.6410
Avg (commenters): 9.0000
Avg (participants): 6.3077
Avg (non-participants): 6.8077
Views since voting: 1960
Views during voting: 180
Votes: 78
Comments: 19
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/07/2013 06:10:14 PM
Now your BLUE!!!

Yea!!!
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Canon EOS-D60
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 06/07/2013 02:55:27 PM
Congrats on the blue Denise! Lovely shot!
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 06/06/2013 07:58:42 AM
Congratulations Denise! Great shot. It is very sad to think that each flag represents a fallen soldier.
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Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 06/05/2013 10:26:51 AM
Awesome! Congrats Denise!
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Sony Alpha NEX-7
Sony Sonnar T* E 24mm f/1.8 ZA
 06/04/2013 10:35:08 PM
Congrats, I found this image very powerful and composed beautifully.
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Canon EOS-600D/T3 Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 06/04/2013 06:33:08 PM
Your Canadian Cousin brought you luck Denise. You were right, awesome shot.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 06/04/2013 05:10:58 PM
Very fitting image for the challenge. Congrats on the ribbon!
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
06/04/2013 08:52:39 AM
Terrific display of patriotism and a beautiful day. Congrats on the BLUE!!!

Message edited by author 2013-06-09 11:26:07.
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 06/04/2013 08:37:05 AM
Congrats on another Red, Denise. Was one of my top picks for the challenge. I loved the depth, colors and the contrast throughout the photo. This had so much going for it. Congrats once again!
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 06/04/2013 04:32:53 AM
gave you an 8, love all the flags, well done on a ribbon, long time eh!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 06/04/2013 02:34:19 AM
Congrats, Denise! So many wonderful things to look at in this image.
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Nikon D700
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM for Nikon
 06/04/2013 12:22:25 AM
Congratulations! Wonderful scene presented beautifully.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/04/2013 12:20:23 AM
Waaaa Whooo...go girl!!! Nice new ribbon ya got there....
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 06/04/2013 12:04:19 AM
Hey, way to go Denise! I love the inverted V of the cloud cover, very metaphorical.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-600D/T3 Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 06/03/2013 09:05:42 PM
I love this shot. Mine didn't turn out as good as this one. LOL
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Canon EOS Rebel SL1
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
 06/03/2013 02:25:07 PM
Wow I like the flags and the city life.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 06/02/2013 10:34:23 AM
Very cool shot definitely my favorite of the challenge. Its amazing the number of flags that are there are still not enough to represent all the lives lost over all the years!
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Fujifilm FinePix S5100
 05/29/2013 10:27:15 AM
Wow! Great image! I like how my eye was drawn from the top of the photo then down to all the great flags at the bottom. Well done!
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Nikon D700
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM for Nikon
 05/28/2013 12:20:38 AM
Wow, I had no idea anything special was going on down there. I suppose I should have guessed. Great photo, perfectly composed and wonderful layers.
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