Stars and Stripes

[Markel253]

It was an unusually warm fall day here in NYC and I decided to take the Staten Island Ferry back and forth to see what kind of shots I could get. (You can see some more of the shots on my photo blog. Feel free to comment if you visit.)

Before the ferry pulled out of its slip on Staten Island, I noticed this flag in a rather unorthodox location.



All I did to this image in the end was crop it very slightly.

Your thoughts?

Aperture: f/11
Focal length: 180 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/800 sec
Camera; Nikon D3100
©2011, Mark L. Fendrick

[northmichigan]

I like it a lot... it immediately evokes thoughts of American pride and summer.

When I first saw it, I immediately thought "that would look cool as a black and white, but leave the flag colored"; and I'd crop it so that the flag wasn't so centered... but that's just MY own taste, and by no means is a negative critique of your photo.

You are taking some great pics!

[Markel253]

Originally Posted by northmichigan

I like it a lot... it immediately evokes thoughts of American pride and summer.

When I first saw it, I immediately thought "that would look cool as a black and white, but leave the flag colored"; and I'd crop it so that the flag wasn't so centered... but that's just MY own taste, and by no means is a negative critique of your photo.

You are taking some great pics!

Thanks! And I might give your suggestions a try when I have some time ... intriguing.

[northmichigan]

I actually "borrowed" your photo to try the selective colorization, and it turned out pretty nice. I hope you don't mind... and I promise I am not going to do anything with your photo or try to claim it as my own... I just wanted to see how it would look. I've only done selective colorization a couple times, but I like it.

[Markel253]

Originally Posted by northmichigan

I actually "borrowed" your photo to try the selective colorization, and it turned out pretty nice. I hope you don't mind... and I promise I am not going to do anything with your photo or try to claim it as my own... I just wanted to see how it would look. I've only done selective colorization a couple times, but I like it.

No, I have no problem with that. As long as you are just using if for your own education, I am thrilled to have you use it.

Could you post it here? I would love to see what you did.

[northmichigan]

Sure... and thanks for letting me learn on your photo

[Markel253]

I like it.