I can't believe how many shots it takes to get a decent photo of a flag. Every one had something I liked and something I didn't. Most suprising to me (a novice) was that 1/1000 shutter speed was insufficient to fully stop the ripped corner of this flag as it was whipping in the wind.
I don't have too high of hopes, especially since it could be considered slightly political and there are half a dozen other flag photos already on the site. Comments are welcome :-)
I had a recent sky photo over-expose and I was worried today since the sky was a light hazy slate. So I underexposed these and there is grain to the background, therefore, although I was able to use HSV to recover a pretty blue background.
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Well, I have to say I'm disappointed, but not surprised. The picture does fail to really explain my point of view, and that is my fault (although I don't have the talent tools or money to really do it right). The picture idea comes from my (limited) travels in South America. "World-Wide" is perhaps too broad, "Third-World" is more like it. To a great number of people in this world, America is very much a symbol of power, affluence, and material wealth. The fact that yes, there are poor people in America really has nothing to do with that and doesn't detract from my statement.
To Willtorecord, I would say that to me it is interesting that a single symbol can have so many meanings, depending on your point of view. This is particularly true with this symbol, especially today as our tyrannical leaders twist the meaning of the flag for their own agenda. My hopes here were (in vain) to try and show the alternate point of view that a great portion of the rest of the world have.
Thanks to those who commented, it is greatly appreciated. I am still interested in technical/artistic comments, if anyone have them.
Its hard to judge, what comment this photo is making?
And what is the tone of that comment.
Only shwoing which is real(the pwoer of a nation)? Or obliquely shwoing the irony of it???
The Affluence Challenge description says, "The opposite of the poverty challenge. Knock us out with your representation of MATERIAL WEALTH." This is a cut and paste message that I will comment on all submissions that do not seem to suit the topic of the challenge. Take note I understand this maybe just my personal opinion, and as such I only deducted 1 point from my original vote.
I like the sharpness and vivid colors. I love flag as it symbolizes much of how my country came to be - but I don't see that it says affluence. There are too many poor in this country that our own government does not seem to care about. They would rather re-build other countries than to feed and clothe their own.
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