So *that's* why the couple of flag photos I've taken are so blah!
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
>> Appears the elements were cooperating this time.
>
> Thanks, Bob.
>
> As Paul and Joel can attest to, all I did was stand in the shadow and
> point the camera at the flag while holding the shutter-release down
> till the buffer filled. :)
>
> However, out of the 30+ pictures I took, only two were good. That
> seems to be about right--less than 10% of these shots succeed for
> various reasons. I don't think you can take too many flag pictures
> because invariably, the one you would otherwise like has something
> wrong with it. The wind and sun angle was just right in this shot. If
> the wind was any stronger, the flag wouldn't have had the big waves to
> it, any weaker and the end of the flag droops down. I know because
> most of the pictures I took that day did just that.
>
> Another factor was the sheer size of the flag. This one is rather
> large and the nylon got those smaller ripples going in it which added
> much needed texture.
>
> For a subject that should be relatively easy to photograph, I've never
> found great success--and only one picture on film that I took at age
> 15 has been a "keeper" all these years. Amazing, in almost 30 years,
> only one successful shot on film--and it's been published, sold,
> displayed, etc., a number of times. Only two previous flag photos
> taken with digital have ever been used for anything, but neither as
> nice as this one.
>
> AG
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