September Assignment: 5pm

[brad]

Gonna be a little abstract this month for an assignment...


September Assignment:

5pm

[ka5txl]

Here's my first attempt. The soft focus is because the first bottle is empty

[brad]

Yay!! Someone posted... I was worried that this was a little too abstract.... and how did I know the first post would have alcohol? LOL

[gaea106]

I love the light effects of the low sun in the late afternoon.

[rose]

This is a student's work. He took a stock photo and used photoshop to give it an evening effect.

[gaea106]

Ugh my pictures are too big and thats at 25% of original! I will resize when I get home.

[ka5txl]

It's 5pm how do I juggle the steering wheel, cell phone, camera

[croberts79]

The ducks go quite crazy when the bread comes out!

[hallkc]

As a professional Soldier, and an amateur photographer, there is only one thing that comes to mind when I think about 5 PM...

That's the sound of "Retreat" being played across my military installation. Don't let the name retreat mislead you; Retreat is the name of the military ceremony of lowering our Nation's flag at the end of the day. (the ceremony of raising the flag each morning is called reveille) Retreat was historically played at sunset as a signal for scouting parties to return to the installation before dark.

This daily ceremony has been, and will continue to be, a part of my way of life. I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be at 5 PM (or 1700 hours for you military folks) then rendering proper honors to the flag of our great Nation.



(The photo is not that great, but the meaning runs through my veins)


Thanks for looking,
Keith:)

[hallkc]

It seems like I killed this thread somehow...

This is a great topic, so get out there and shoot!

Keith:)

[JohnT]

Originally Posted by rose

This is a student's work. He took a stock photo and used photoshop to give it an evening effect.

I think you're supposed to actually shoot the photo that you're posting.

[iCe]

Originally Posted by hallkc

It seems like I killed this thread somehow...

This is a great topic, so get out there and shoot!

Keith:)

No... You didn't kill this thread. Ike probably paused it... Our soldiers are the best and we thank you for being there for us.

Not exactly 5pm but abstract-ish

[hallkc]

Originally Posted by iCe

No... You didn't kill this thread. Ike probably paused it... Our soldiers are the best and we thank you for being there for us.

Not exactly 5pm but abstract-ish

I like the bee on the flower that's in focus... this is a sweet little shot:)

Keith

[littleman23408]

Originally Posted by ka5txl

It's 5pm how do I juggle the steering wheel, cell phone, camera

You have taken my idea, haha.

I was gonna try highway traffic, while hitching a ride with my dad though.

[ka5txl]

Originally Posted by hallkc

As a professional Soldier, and an amateur photographer, there is only one thing that comes to mind when I think about 5 PM...

That's the sound of "Retreat" being played across my military installation. Don't let the name retreat mislead you; Retreat is the name of the military ceremony of lowering our Nation's flag at the end of the day. (the ceremony of raising the flag each morning is called reveille) Retreat was historically played at sunset as a signal for scouting parties to return to the installation before dark.

This daily ceremony has been, and will continue to be, a part of my way of life. I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be at 5 PM (or 1700 hours for you military folks) then rendering proper honors to the flag of our great Nation.


Thanks for looking,
Keith:)

Keith, I think you nailed it. Do they still fire a cannon at reville and retreat? They had one that they fired off every morning while my guard unit was there in the late 70's. My group co was so taken with it he wanted one for our armory (we are an air guard unit, go figure why we wouldn't have one ) anyway he mention this to his xo. And lo and behold late one night a M151 tows it right out the main gate passed the MP's. Since I was assigned to Carswell AFB during the incident I was the only one brave (or was that dumb) enough to have my picture taken with it at the armory. It's a fine picture, thanks for serving
Larry