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07-DEC-2007 Jo Beerens

1st Place
Stormy weather
by geetwee

The Netherlands

The flag pole that "survived".

Sony DSC-H5
1/200s f/7.1 at 56.0mm iso80 full exif

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Guest 15-Dec-2007 21:58
Very nice shot Jo, I love the lighting! Great entry for the challenge!
mlynn 14-Dec-2007 23:56
Very striking image. Love the light.
Justin Miller12-Dec-2007 15:15
Wow...very atmospheric shot with great light and cloud, and the light play through the flag is very strong. If that were an American flag, this image could be the iconic scene from the national Anthem of the United States "...that our flag was still there," after the battle of Ft. McHenry in 1814. Very well captured.
Geetwee 07-Dec-2007 20:59
Thanks very much Sky, Denise and Frank for the nice comments. Yes it was stormy this morning. Several flags got blown away and they removed one of the flagpoles of the roof of the building. Sometimes the the sun (almost) popped up out of the drifting clouds which gave some incredible light. By the way shot from behind glass.
Jo
Franky2005 07-Dec-2007 16:11
That was quite a storm this morning! :-)
Great image! Very moody!
Denise07-Dec-2007 16:08
Wonderful, Jo!! Beautiful capture of shadow and light. Very dramatic.
Sky 07-Dec-2007 14:04
Jo - awesome shot! Appears that the sun is trying to pop out of the ominous clouds from behind the flagpole. This photo has it all - from frozen motion to lights & shadows.