Photo: The Graceful Flag

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-06-16T07:56:20Z in Photography, with these tags: beauty, blue, canon rebel xti, clouds, ef 50mm 1:1.4, flags, red, sky, still life, the graceful flag, usa, white, jump to comment form. 59 words.

The Graceful Flag — a United States flag keeping still on a windless day

The stars and stripes fly low on a windless day. There was a nice background of clouds, so I shot this of the flag from the ground. I placed the pole off-center a bit, as that’s more appealing to the eye.

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/800, F7.1, 50mm, ISO100, 2008-06-12T11:14:07-04, 20080612-151407rxt

Source image. Added some contrast and color through curves.

Free high-res stock image.




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