Black red and..., a photo from Schleswig-Holstein, West

Photographer's Note

Do you know what the colors of German flag are?
It is a tricky question…

It is obviously black red and…
gold.
I remember it was a surprise to me and I discovered that only because I was really interested in the culture of this country. For quite a long time I thought that the third color was yellow.

This archival photo was taken in 2006. From 9 June to 9 July 2006 Germany hosted the FIFA World Cup. I remember I took this photo after a German victory. Judged by the date of the photo (30 June 2006) this must have been after the game with Argentina. It was won by Germany hence the joy. Unfortunately, the German team has lost the next game with Italy but still ended up on the third place which is quite high.

I have no interest in football at all, but people were so enthusiastic partying all over the town that I grabbed my camera and took some photos.
The partially bright background was due to the evening sunlight on some parts of the buildings.

To see how Italians have celebrated after winning the World Cup few days later have a look at THIS PHOTO by Luciano.

jhm, Tue, Fis2, COSTANTINO, maloutim, ikeharel, papagolf21, jemaflor, Royaldevon, alvaraalto, mcmtanyel, ChrisJ, sacimar, adramad, PaulVDV has marked this note useful

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lousat (132391) 2019-03-01 10:22

Hi Mariusz. Obviously I know the colors of the German flag well, and I also know the reason for these festivities, the last ones for the Germans before losing against my national team in the semifinals. To see the other side of the coin take a look here .. http://beta.trekearth.com/viewphotos.php?l=8&p=1283523
Have a nice weekend and thanks to celebrate the last good days of italian football with your note,Luciano

Tue (85142) 2019-03-01 11:18

Hello Mariusz,
I also have got some photos of German fans celebrating a win over Argentina, but that one was taken eight years later after the World Cup Final. That was a party of Germans in Washington, D.C. You captured the celebrations very well in this photo, which nice and bright colours, especially the golden tones.
Lars

Fis2 (159977) 2019-03-01 12:03

Czesc Mariusz!
Ladnie otwarles szuflade...;)
Ciekawe reporterskie zdjecie.
Fajny kolorowy i dynamiczny obraz.
Milego weekendu.
Krzysztof

COSTANTINO (107356) 2019-03-01 12:29

hello dear friend and have a nice time
and a happy weekend
interesting capture with the colors\
of the German flag
welldone and wellseen
regards
Costantino

papagolf21 (152605) 2019-03-01 23:19

Bonjour, cher Mariusz,
Belle photo d'archives pour cette joie collective après un match de football de la coupe du monde !
Je ne suis pas un passionné de la balle au pied, mais chacun est libre d'apprécier les différents sports.
En tout cas, j'ai aimé la note et l'image haute en couleur.
Amitiés.
Philippe

jemaflor (138849) 2019-03-01 23:32

Hi Mariusz,
Nice spontaneous photo, a good report, perfect sharpness and rendering for colors, well done.

Royaldevon (79730) 2019-03-02 0:32

Hello Mariusz,

Your photograph shows the passion and the enthusiasm that is demonstrated by football supporters. They want to share their abounding pleasure with everyone around! You have created this mood by placing the supporters so strongly in the f/g. There is no way of avoiding their exuberance!
The slightly oof b/g is useful for understanding the setting of this celebration.
I like football and I like to see supporters enthusing about their team but I have no time for those thugs who take their frustrations out on members of opposing teams!
Such people are criminals and should be dealt with accordingly.

Have a lovely w/e,
Bev :-)

jhm (206437) 2019-03-02 0:47

Hello Mariusz,

No this is real not difficult, the same from Belgium with one different German flag has horizontal lines and Belgium vertical, but black, red, yellow are the same colours.
Perfect photographed, daily life
Colours and sharpness are pleasant to look at.
What a lovely composition and perfect presentation.
Very well done, TFS

Nice weekend,
John.

Nicou (193806) 2019-03-02 7:41

Hello

Superbe iamge de joie et de mouvement d'animaiton de rue et de la voiture et ces personnes avec le drapeaux flottant quei font la fête fnatastgique compo
Bravo et belle soirée
Nicou

mesutilgim (0) 2019-03-02 8:24

Hello Mariusz,
Another nice capture from your archive.
Taken with perfect pov and timing. Good sharpness and nice bright eyecatching colors.
A good TE entry with many good and interesting notes.
TFS and have a nice weekend
MESUT ILGIM

alvaraalto (42410) 2019-03-02 8:26

Hello Mariusz,
I also have a few of this kind of photos with celebrating German fans. Also after a victory over Argentina. I was in Washington in 2014 when the final was played and could see the match on a big screen in a museum.
After the match there was a big party for the museum with a lot of German flags. (The Netherlands were third that tournament)
Excellent presentation
Have a good weekend, groet Rob

ikeharel (108147) 2019-03-03 1:15

Hello Mariusz,
You just managed to surprise me with the colors of the German flag, interesting assumption. Lerant something new.
A nice joli scene, captured well while in action out on the streets.
Have a nice sunday,
Ike

*** I do post pictures on JetPhotos.com, besides that only a habit of myself. Thanks.

Cricri (176) 2019-03-03 5:58

Hi Mariusz
La victoire est bien représenter ici, la joie se fait sentir, je ne suis pas fan de foot, mais bien quand c'est la coupe du monde …
Belle série capturer, et colorée avec les drapeaux
Amitiés
cricri

pajaran (106399) 2019-03-03 12:14

Dobro vece.
Lep pogled i trenutak, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepo pokazano, dobar kontrast, lepe boje, lepo uhvacen trenutak.
Lep trenutak slavlja na ulici grada sa zastavom.
Lepa fotografija i secanje.
Zelim vam lepu i mirnu noc, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Good evening.
A nice view and a moment, interesting and good text ...
Beautifully shown, good contrast, beautiful colors, beautifully captured moment.
A nice moment of celebration on the street of the city with a flag.
Nice photo and memory.
I wish you a nice and peaceful night, all the best.

mcmtanyel (60143) 2019-03-03 17:02

Hello Mariusz,
This is a very fine capture of the excitement over football. I must confess, I have not seen Germans this excited over anything else.
Regards,
MT

ChrisJ (164628) 2019-03-03 21:25

Hi Mariusz

Red, black and yellow. I think the same as Belgium? Looks like they have something to celebrate. Good fg sharpness and shallow dof with the bg oof. Tfs!

jmdias (106485) 2019-03-04 5:44

marius

excellent flagrant of this moment of joy because the national team, unfortunately money have transformed the game so much and nowadays european team have more possibility to win than the others.

take care

jorge

rychem (72179) 2019-03-04 7:42

Bardzo mi sie podoba, gdy ludzie tak swietuja spontanicznie i zywiolowo, dzis Niemcy nie maja powodow do swietowania, ani my tez, i wole sportowe machanie flagami niz polityczne
pozdrawiam Ryszard

sacimar (38173) 2019-03-04 9:45

Hello Mariusz,

I didn´t know that about the colors of German flag, although gold is a type of yellow..... hehe, you captured an interesting scene with a lot of flags, well done,

Best regards,

Sergio

adramad (68830) 2019-03-04 10:06

Hello Mariusz.
A very festive photo with these fans of the German national team, I am not a follower of football either, regarding the color of the flag for me it is yellow and I have always heard it, the first news that they call gold, it will be for giving more relevance to the color , the Spanish also carries the yellow and as such is called, much enthusiasm in the street.
Excellent POV, good lighting, color and sharpness.
Interesting work. I like it.
A happy week.
Very best regards.
Luis.

PaulVDV (57167) 2019-03-07 13:09

Hello Mariusz,
Interesting note. I didn't know the third colour was gold. The colours of the Belgian flag are black, yellow and red and here they always say the German colours are the same but in another order. I think I will take a better look next time I'll see a German flag.
The loss in 2006 will not have been as shameful as the decline of their team on the world cup of 2018.
Best regards, Paul