DSLRUsers.com

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:43 pm**

Hrmm so much for national pride....

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:44 pm**

Nice! I like it.

Cheers

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:51 pm**

Sad!

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:55 pm**

I blame the poorly manufactured paper flag

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:24 pm**

I blame the poorly manufactured sod who dropped it.

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:37 pm**

Sensational Matt, great image!

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:47 pm**

nito wrote:I blame the poorly manufactured paper flag

I wonder if it was made in Australia...

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:05 pm**

Very symbolic image Matt, like it a lot.

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:10 pm**

If you look at the image critically it was a combination of factors.

1. Paper flag in the rain is not a good idea
2. Zealous flag waving in wet conditions which resulted in a break. Notice the stresses at the base of the broken flag and pole.
3. The wavier didnt bother to pick up the dismembered flag.

And, it was prob manufactured in china to be handled out for free to patrons of the parade.

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:17 pm**

Matt

A great photo and yet another reminder of your keen eye for an image.

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:22 pm**

nito
Come to think of it I later saw a guy waving a little stick!

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:25 pm**

Matt. K wrote:nito
Come to think of it I later saw a guy waving a little stick!

Obviously a litter bug also.

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:34 pm**

Matt,

Some of the greatest photos are those that tell a powerful story without any words.

This image does is brilliantly.

You should be proud of this one.

Cheers

Michael

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:40 pm**

Nice image Matt...

One of the funny things we saw today were the opportunists selling Aussie flags at the rail stations countered by the Australian Postman riding up and down on his motorcycle, his panniers laden with flags that he was handing out to all and sundry free of charge :lol:

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:45 pm**

oli wrote:
nito wrote:I blame the poorly manufactured paper flag

I wonder if it was made in Australia...

i know after talking to a guy who works at a flag place here they get the flag printed overseas and stitch them here.

makes you proud.

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:00 pm**

Leek
Oh!....geee, who would have thought?.. :oops: :oops:

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:09 pm**

oli wrote:
nito wrote:I blame the poorly manufactured paper flag

I wonder if it was made in Australia...

Probably not

Nice symbolism though, sad but interesting.

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:15 pm**

Matt. K wrote:Come to think of it I later saw a guy waving a little stick!

The PM?

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:47 pm**

It was a nice image and worthy of comment but flags do nothing for me. I think the people marching in the parade are more important and as an aside never trust a politician waving a flag. Flags are symbolic, sure, but they should never become icons. There have been more than a few dictators in the past that took that approach. I think the ANZACS were fighting for a way of life, not a flag. When you think about it, we can't even agree on the design of the thing yet, which augurs well for us as a nation of individuals in my view.

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:54 pm**

I totally agree with Dargan. Although I like the photo that Matt has taken to attach any symbolism to something that was in all probability made in China and stuck on a plastic straw means nothing.

Posted: **Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:09 am**

Very well seen, Matt. This is my kind of image.

Cheers
Sheila

Posted: **Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:04 pm**

interesting image but sad! did you pick it up and put it in a better place?
~William

DSLRUsers.com

Uncomfortable symbolism

Uncomfortable symbolism