On 1/9/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not a shot of found objects, I made this: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/flag.jpg > > A composite shot - the bird was taken with A Pz-1p and A* 400mm f2.8, > AF500FTZ flash. The flag was a little 8x10 inch plastic lawn flag > snapped with a Nikon Coolpix 990. A little gaussian blur on the flag, > knock the two images together, viola... (Um - pardon the French.) > > This was the cover shot and July image for a DAV calendar. I don't > remember what year - I think 2006, maybe 2005. (Can't lay my hands on > my copy.) > > One of the stock agencies I work with sold it. I got a copy of the > calendar in the mail as just part of the regular mass distribution, > opened it up and though "Dang! I have a photo just like that!" then > realized it was mine. On the calendar the Pledge of Allegiance was > overlaid on the bottom of the image image in gold type. > > I was surprised that it sold, because there are pretty stong conventions > that the stars must be on the left.
A bit cliched/kitch, but I like it anyway :-). What's the reasoning behind having the flag flipped? To me it works just as well with the flag the right way around, and the eagle looking to the right.. Another interesting thing. When I open the .jpg in PS it has a ruler guide to the left. Cheers -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
