Rodeo-n-American Flag
In the 1920’s and 30’s the traveling air circus known as barn stormiers would travel the country thrilling spectators with their daring and skill. Today we have the sky divers that perform at fairs, rodeos and just about any outdoor event. Someday this novelty will pass too.
The image presented here would be perfect for the life styles section of the Sunday paper. It tells a story about a local event with color, action and pantheism. The photographer captured the image just at the moment when the flag was about to hit the ground. A minute sooner and the performer would have been to small and insignificant and he would have only had sky as a back ground. This photo captures the excitement of the people on the ground and yet has a clean background. I also like the four small flags in the back ground. You will also notice that everyone on the ground appear to be in both red, white or blue shirts and trousers.
If I have any suggestion it would be to use the old trick of unknown quantity continuation. By cropping just a little off the left side up to the first group of people coming out onto the field the observer does not know how many people there are in the crude.
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February 8th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
This shot was taken at the 2007 Ventura Fair - I tried to catch the sky dives at just the right momment with the flag as the center point. This image is almost as shot, just a little clean up and some cropping. For the American spirit go to a rodeo.