Red, White and Blue

[MonkeyWrench]

I took this while taking pictures of my son's track meet. I think it came out really well. Leave it to me to go to a track meet to take pictures and end up posting a flag. All comments and suggestions are welcomed. The picture is actually a crop of a wider shot.

[Greg McCary]

Very well done. The composition is wonderful and the wrinkles in the flag adds to the feel of the image. I also like the brilliant colors and dead on focus. You really pulled this one off well. How far away from the flag were you and what lens did you use?
Greg

[jspot1980]

I have to agree with Greg, this is a really nice shot. One can actually kind of feel the breeze that was moving this flag .
Jason

[Didache]

Makes you proud to be an Americ.... hang on, I'm NOT an American

Seriously, it's spot on. The simple ones are often the ones that work best. If that is a major crop, you have done especially well. I wouldn't change a thing.

Cheers
Mike

[eaglesona]

The only thing I would change is to make the picutre a bit brighter, but other than that I think you took an outstanding picture here. Its one of the best compositions of the American flah I have seen in a long while.

[MonkeyWrench]

Very well done. The composition is wonderful and the wrinkles in the flag adds to the feel of the image. I also like the brilliant colors and dead on focus. You really pulled this one off well. How far away from the flag were you and what lens did you use?
Greg

Thanks for the kind words Greg. The flagpole is 25ft high. I was forty feet from the pole. The lens used was a Canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III. I believe the shot was focused at 75mm. My camera was still attached to my new monopod from an earlier shot which helped a lot with the focus.

[MonkeyWrench]

Makes you proud to be an Americ.... hang on, I'm NOT an American

Seriously, it's spot on. The simple ones are often the ones that work best. If that is a major crop, you have done especially well. I wouldn't change a thing.

Cheers
Mike

Thanks Mike always nice to hear from the other side of the pond.
I am not sure what is considered a major crop but here is a copy of the origianl.

[MonkeyWrench]

I have to agree with Greg, this is a really nice shot. One can actually kind of feel the breeze that was moving this flag .
Jason

Thanks Jason,
The breeze is one of the main contributors to this picture. It was also the main reason I had to take about a dozen pics just to get one.

[WsW-WYATT-EARP]

I think your crop makes the picture ... great capture and great crop !!! something about old glory when the colors pop and everything is sharp .. really makes for a great picture !!!:thumbsup:

[MonkeyWrench]

The only thing I would change is to make the picutre a bit brighter, but other than that I think you took an outstanding picture here. Its one of the best compositions of the American flah I have seen in a long while.

Thanks for the complement and suggestion. I am not very good at post processing and tend to make things worse instead of better. I left this one pretty much as is. This was shot at 1/400 F/8.0 ISO 100 Metering mode Matrix and Auto White Balance. I did play around with it a bit with an editor but did not like the results. Once again thanks for taking the time.

[MonkeyWrench]

I think your crop makes the picture ... great capture and great crop !!! something about old glory when the colors pop and everything is sharp .. really makes for a great picture !!!:thumbsup:

Thanks Wyatt, It is always nice to get confirmation from your peers. and welcome to PR.