Mexican Flag & Statue Photo

Photographer’s Note

A blue, blue, sky of freedom for Mexico, from the colonial Spanish yoke. Viva la Revolution!

"The Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821) was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities which started on 16 September 1810. The Mexican War of Independence movement was led by Mexican-born Spaniards, Mestizos and Amerindians who sought independence from Spain. It started as an idealistic peasants' rebellion against their colonial masters, but finally ended as an unlikely alliance between liberals and conservatives.

It can be said that the struggle for Mexican independence dates back to the decades after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Martín Cortés, son of Hernán Cortés and La Malinche, led a revolt against the Spanish colonial government in order to eliminate the issues of oppression and privileges for the conquistadors."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_War_of_Independence

besnard, feather, Budapestman, dareco, Graal, PixelTerror, JCG, pierrefonds has marked this note useful

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besnard (30560) 2009-06-27 3:59

Bonjour Chris
Une statue à l'architecture intéressante qui ressort de belle manière sur un beau ciel tout bleu.
Merci pour le partage et bon week-end.
Nicole

feather (49858) 2009-06-27 6:06

Somehow your close, low POV emphasisies the joy of success as the statue embraces the Heavens. The Mexican flag adds an eye-catching splash of different colours to the scene, appropriate to the subject.
Kath

bantonbuju (48556) 2009-06-27 7:00

fascinating that a more-than-65T-points photog posts a crap like this and noone ever dares mention a single "mistake" like:
- distortion - a simple to adjust element
- a falling/leaning statue - is there some kind of a left-wing-bent in mexico?

dear chris,
i think you could do much better than just pressing a button, resizing, uploading...

sorry to be so streightforward but this photo is....

best, j.

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Budapestman (41686) 2009-06-27 7:20

Hi Chris,
Very spectacular shot of this imposing statue with attractive composition. The colours and lights are beautiful, Tfs! Have a nice weekend!
George

npecanhuk (13713) 2009-06-27 8:10

Oi Chris! Tudo bem?!
That's a pretty interesting monument with beautiful details! The low pov, the composition with the mexican flag, sharpness, exposure, colors, vertical format are all excellent features in this photograph!
I really like it!
TFS - congratulations!
My warmest regards,
Neyvan

Nicou (44641) 2009-06-27 9:29

Hello,

fantastique iamge, quel captage de ce monument, splendidie, avec el ciel pur et limpide, le beau drapeau coloré qui donne la touche de couleurs, superbe compo.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

toto (18703) 2009-06-27 14:58

Bonsoir,
belle photo de cette colonne qui prise sous cet angle est impressionnante.
Jolies couleurs, belle hauteur et bel effet avec ce ciel bleu comme toile de fond.

Amitiés Thomas

dareco (17104) 2009-06-27 23:09

That beautiful blue sky makes a great bg. Original composition and a very interesting statue. Good detial. TFS

Graal (57729) 2009-06-28 0:03

Bonjour Chris,
an interesting statue and informations. Good shot from the frog perspective. Fine remembrance from Your archive. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

PixelTerror (86058) 2009-06-29 23:57

Hi Chris
Nice patriotic image in excellent light conditions, even the flagis not missing, hope it's not the flu effect that helped you add a day numbered 00 to november ;-)
Have a nice day JY

JCG (25207) 2009-06-30 7:07

Hello Chris,

Interesting shot on this monument with glory of the Mexican revolution for its independence. The light was excellent this day to enable us to appreciate much detail and this polarized sky raises the unit. Well done Chris, and thank you for the interesting note.

With all my friendships and with soon,

Jean-Charles

jemaflor (39259) 2009-06-30 13:22

Hi Chris,
Well taken with a geat bleu sky and the flag, well framed to show us this mexican monument.

pierrefonds (26167) 2009-07-02 7:12

Hi Chris,

The subject is well framed. The view from the bottom to the top is giving perspective to the photo. It is also allowing us to see with precision the details and colors of the monument. The nice blue sky is sending a light which is enhancing the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre