controversial

fionaB · 19-07-2008, 18:26

okies the following image may be seen as controversial at best, but i would be really interesting to find out what exactly invoke in you, if anything..... I am not going to voice my own opinion and feelings here just yet as i dont want it to colour anyone elses viewpoint.

bain · 19-07-2008, 18:57

Well i think this sort of photo will encourage political debate,[ is it polictical ?] or religious propaganda.Or maybe someone has just lost thier england see the conection, footie flag, on the way home from a game.

. but i will reserve judgement on this untill i feel more comfortable with who i,m speaking to.
you asked for a opinion

these are my first reactions to the photo

fionaB · 19-07-2008, 19:27

thats fine Bain thats what i asked for, folks opinion.

I dont know who did it but given the location i have a good idea what is meant by it.

Fi

the_frog · 19-07-2008, 19:37

Personally without context it evokes nothing - flag burning is old hat; in fact, I've often wished I had the flag concession in Baghdad - big moneyspinner, American flags.

I'm not offended by flag burning.

AQ · 19-07-2008, 20:48

No feelings here one way or another. A flag is just a bit of material to me. Loyalty to your country is something else inside.

silkstone · 19-07-2008, 20:58

I wouldn't even have recognised it as necessarily a flag! Maybe the full colour version would have made it more obvious.

It doesn't look like an old hat though....

Chilliman · 19-07-2008, 21:39

If that had been on Hadrians Wall I think it could have been a bit more interesting, Flower of Scotland would have came to mind.

silkstone · 19-07-2008, 21:49

I'll swap you Berwick for the Isle of Mull.

Charlotte · 19-07-2008, 21:53

From the pic, I have no idea what I'm looking at

From the comments I see it's a burnt flag. Other than that, I'm still in the dark as to the content/meaning of the image. My first reaction was that it looks like a giant leg/foot, maybe of a prehistoric bird

Whipspeed · 19-07-2008, 22:25

I could see it was a flag, and to be honest, my first thoughts were, nice bit of processing, it's not over done.

fionaB · 19-07-2008, 23:44

well thanx folks, i am actually surprised that not everyone thought it was easily recogniseable....... there ya go then ,,, anyway my first reaction when seeing this was ohhhh we havbe some patriots nearby. It was burnt on a fence at the back of Doune castle ( why doune i have NO idea) but yeah it is the Union Jack and i have no idea either if that is the actual story, but its the one im sticking with.
the reason for the selective colouring is that i wanted it to be more prominant than it was in full colour - and it was a HUGE pain in the rear end doing it!

So interesting to see different points of view, and not the reaction i expected i have to admit!

Fi

**Dabhand16** · 20-07-2008, 07:15

Now you have given some background info Fi, I think it was probably used to take some pictures (or video) of it burning with the castle in the BG. (Presuming the castle would be in the BG).

I'm led to believe that photo enthusiasts do things like this in order to make interesting and different photographs.

FWIW - I recognised it on the first viewing, but did not want to blow it for you in the first reply as it would have prevented the feedback you were looking for.

Considerate, or what?

P-E · 20-07-2008, 07:25

I didn't notice it was a flag at first but a nice bit of processing