Mother
by jagar

Comment:
This is brilliant!!!

Header
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
It is a great double take. :)

Congrats on the HM!

The Dream of the Butterfly
by Tiberius

Comment:
Awesome! Congrats on the hm!

Just A Little Low And Outside
by GeneralE

Comment:
haha!!! Look at that list of congrats!! I don't know that I've ever seen this many comments on a ribbon winner after the challenge. :)

Huge congrats!

Piccolo Trumpet?
by bassbone

Comment:
Hehehe -- great fun!! My fav of the challenge. Congrats on the blue!

Morning Mist
by Tommy_Mac

Comment:
Absolutely stunning... But did you clone out a stick but forget the reflection? I'm trying to figure it out. It does look like a reflection and not a stick on the bottom...

Omens
by RKT

Comment:
My fav of the challenge. Truly awesome!!! This goes into the category of "oh how I wish I would have thought of that!!!" -10- (+3 if I could)

Half-Staff
by Cuttooth

Comment:

Originally posted by inshaala: Just wondering here out loud: If this were say, the Chinese or North Korean flag (or lets say the Malaysian or Liberian flag which has a similar colour make-up and design to the US flag) taken in exactly the same style, quality and processing if it would reach the same score. I'm going to go out on a limb and say "probably not"... if that is the case and you agree then this is like the perfect display of how the subject and connection with the viewer actually boosts someone's preference for a photo rather than the aesthetics of the photography. Not degrading it in any way it is as good as flag shots get, just food for thought I suppose which reads across to all photography.

Interesting thought. I probably would have scored a foreign flag higher, simply because we see American flag shots quite often. So it doesn't necessarily stir patriotism in me. And a foreign flag would probably have received the "unique" factor in voting.

That being said, I think this shot is more about the placement of the light, the backlit clouds and interesting sky more than the flag itself. And I like the lines of the ropes going up the pole.

But it is an interesting thought to ponder.

(congrats on the yellow, btw!! :)

Message edited by author 2012-09-19 21:56:28.

Waiting for the time
by Judi

Comment:
Oh, this is so lovely!!

I was thinking lvicari.

The tones are stunning!

Color Me Rad
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Awesome!!!! Way to go on the top 10, spiffy!!

Whoa! And a posthumous blue?

Double Awesome!