Patriotism, a photo from Lisboa, South

Photographer's Note

Today a patriotic felling ;-)
One day I was walking in Eduard VII Park in Lisbon and in the top of the Park I sow this huge national flag blowing in the wind.
I thought it might result in a beautiful image because it was the end of the evening and there was a special light.
The flag of the Portuguese Republic is a 2:3 green and red rectangle divided vertically into green at the hoist (2/5 of the flag𠏋 length) and red at the fly (3/5). Centered in this partition a coat of arms consisting of an armillary sphere charged with the traditional Portuguese shield. It was officially adopted on June 30, 1911, but had in fact been in use since the Republican revolution of 5 October 1910.
The traditional Portuguese shield (escudo) is present in almost every single Portuguese flag. And it is the prime Portuguese symbol, and as well as one of the oldest national symbols still used in the world and certainly one of the oldest in Europe. Used for more than 800 years, appears on all the Portuguese flags, except the first one. But the shield is in fact an evolution whose roots are in the first flag (1143-1185) and first king of Portugal.
The circular design is an armillary sphere which replaced the crown in the old monarchist flag. It represented the Portuguese Colonial Empire at the time of the Revolution as well as the discoveries of Portuguese explorers throughout the world. It was the symbol of King Manuel I (1495-1521), the "fortunate king", who ruled during the time period generally regarded as the peak of Portuguese power. Also, lending to the sphere's significance, the sphere was commonly used in town and city pillories.

pastadog, Rossignol, wgreis, sam224, andante, xuaxo, pranab, josepmarin, Vato_Law, efigesta, pablominto, Jribeirosantos, cjmm, riclopes, jmdias, rtome, njmv79 has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

pastadog (13111) 2006-04-15 6:24

What a great shot of the national flag, Teresa! The sharpness and especially the luminosity are spectacular! And thanks for the explanation! Best regards, Daniel

sines (0) 2006-04-15 6:37

Ola Teresa,
Que bela nossa bandeira! As cores estao optimas e o contraste maravilhoso. Bom equilibro entre a luz e a sombra.
Um abra蔞.

cfaveiga (411) 2006-04-15 8:10

Ol� Teresa,uma foto com muito simbolismo e forte carga emotiva,como foto gosto muito das cores fortes e da vida que a mesma transmite,bom trabalho.

Rossignol (2289) 2006-04-15 9:46

Wonderful shot, Teresa
I often try to photograph national flags when I am travelling - but rarely get them with the right amount of movement. This one is perfect, the image is sharp, the colours vibrant and the tight cropping with the flag billowing in the wind against a deep blue sky, is excellent.
Very well done.
Peter

wgreis (8267) 2006-04-15 12:41

Ol� Teresa,
linda composi誽o. As cores e movimento da bandeira est緌鏒imos. O c徼 que conseguistes no segundo plano completou o quadro com perfei誽o.
Nota 鏒ima!
Parab幯s,
Wagner.

vagabondtravels (6511) 2006-04-15 13:32

Wow great colors and focus. Very sharp. Good background. Nice work.

Gerrit (62042) 2006-04-15 18:06

Hi Teresa,
Thw wind and the light make the flag a personal individual one.
Good focussing and cropping.
Thanks and regards, Gerrit

andante (7092) 2006-04-15 20:40

I like what I see: a strong graphical photo representing Portugal with pride. The blue backgroud creates the perfect scenario to enhance the colors of the flag. Great capture!
Parabens!
Enrique

xuaxo (6854) 2006-04-15 21:46

Bonita luz (bem aproveitada!) Boa explica誽o na nota.

pranab (5354) 2006-04-16 4:26

teresa,
what a great shot of the flag! you have used teh light to it sfullest. good color and detail. nice complementing colors. great informative note.

sam224 (6215) 2006-04-16 5:04

Nice close up of the flag here. Excellent saturated colours, good light and perspective,
Interesting note.
Well done!

josepmarin (59385) 2006-04-16 6:23

Ol� Teresa,
Buena y emotiva imagen de la bella bandera de tu pa疄. Tiene mucho colorido, has captado perfectamente su movimiento ondulante por el viento, y tiene una iluminaci鏮 muy bien trabajada, con la luz del sol detr嫳 de la bandera y el cielo en el fondo con algunas nubes finas.
Tienes un buen "ojo fotogr塻ico". Bien hecha.
Un saludo,
Josep
PS: Me honra que me consideres uno de tus favoritos. Muchas gracias, 廥to me anima mucho.

Vato_Law (12732) 2006-04-16 6:29

Ol� Teresa,
Esta n緌 � nem fic誽o nem polui誽o. � mesmo aquela bandeira que nos enche de orgulho quando est� bem l� no alto acompanhada pelo hino. Excelentes cores, luminosidade e contrastes numa imagem cheia de simbolismo.
Bjs.
Paulo

efigesta (12188) 2006-04-16 6:52

Ola Teresa
santa pascoa para ti e familia
uma foto patriotica com as cores na bandeira muito bonitas e um grafismo muito bom
parabens
manuel

pablominto (53746) 2006-04-16 9:10

Hi Teresa,
Strong subject... strong colours... strong composition!
Great lighting and fine details add to the beauty...
Greetings,
Pablo -

Jribeirosantos (1924) 2006-04-17 8:16

Que poderei dizer ... ? :)

Excelente :)

Joana

anavazao (5592) 2006-04-17 12:55

Ol�,
uma boa nota e talvez seja patriotismo mas � uma bonita foto! Uma ideia 5*!
Bonitas cores, composi誽o, etc!
Thanks Ana:)

bigtim (3518) 2006-04-18 9:11

Hello Teresa!
J'aime beaucoup la nettet� parfaite sur le drapeau et les couleurs petantes!
Magnifique
tiM../.

markstaples (15670) 2006-04-18 9:13

This is excellent. Love the way the light shines through the flag. The colours and details and sharpness are all first class. Very well done and thanks for sharing.
Best wishes
Mark

CRATEOS (7278) 2006-04-19 2:07

perfect precentation of the flag!!!!perfect lighting control...coloring...and POV!!!i like the this flag and the people who represend this one...Viva Portugal!!!!Nikiforos....Bravo Terezita!!!!

cjmm (4479) 2006-04-20 10:30

Ol� querida amiga,

The light on the flag creates an amazing effect Teresa.

The composition is also very good.

Un grande beijo,
Carlos

xernobyl (60) 2006-05-16 17:54

Great photo! But the information about the flag is wrong! The red part is 3/5 and the green part is 2/5. :D

riclopes (35577) 2006-07-13 4:11

Bom dia Teresa,
Fui atra獮o para esta, devido ao esp甏ito recente que se vive devido ao Mundial e mais concretamente ao Scolari. Apesar de n緌 ter nada a ver comigo (sinto-me mais um cidad緌 do mundo do que de Portugal em concreto e tenho o desejo de emigrar e conhecer fundir-me noutras culturas), gostei deste acordar de Portugal.
Enfim, isto tudo para dizer que tu tens de facto uma galeria espectacular e esta � s� mais uma excelente captura de grande qualidade a todos os n癉eis acompanhado por uma excelente nota informativa. Parab幯s e apesar de n緌 teres mais tempo para o TE, � sempre um prazer rever-te.
Um beijinho grande,
Ricardo

jmdias (114262) 2006-07-24 20:30

teresa

A bandeira de Portugal � muito bonita e nesta foto vc conseguiu uma mistura de cores fascinante. Parab幯s

Jorge

jafadabret (56501) 2006-07-30 11:30

Teresa, les couleurs sont superbes surtout avec le coup de spot sur le rouge. Le ciel tr鋊 bleu fait un fond qui met le drapeau en vedette. Bien fait !
Jacques

PauloAJPires (294) 2006-08-08 10:28

J� quis l� ir mas n緌 deu ainda... Grande oportunidade...

Parabens
Paulo Pires

njmv79 (611) 2006-09-05 4:24

Oi Teresa,
Que foto linda, parece que vemos o movimento da bandeira, as cores est緌 vivas assim como o vento que a sopra o contraste contra o c徼 e a luz natural d� um temperado gostoso e sem esquecer o simbolismo que nos da o orgulho da P嫢ria, Portugal.

ruisc_pt (11584) 2006-09-27 7:08

Gosto :) do fundo azul das sombras e do enrolado do pano ..