PHOTOGRAPH INFO
This photograph was taken on Sunday afternoon at a "pick your own" farmer's market in the Lehigh Valley. About ten minutes after I took this shot there were 30 people wandering around the field looking for the "perfect" pumpkin.
Husband: "How's this?"
Wife: "Too tall."
Husband: "OK, what about this?"
Wife: "Too fat."
Husband: "Alright [grrrrroan], this is the last one I'm picking up."
Wife: "Perfect, put it in the cart."
When I first saw this scene I thought about Jasper John's painting called "Flag (Moratorium)" where he inversed the colors of the American flag. You can see the painting here:
http://www.litchfieldcountyauctions.com/gallery/album04/DDSC05763?full=1
There's a cool optical illusion that goes with the painting: If you stare at the little white dot in the center of the painting for 30 seconds, then look at a white surface or white wall, you'll see the flag as it usually appears.
I'm sure someone out there can explain what the phenomenon is called. :)
Here's a flag painted by someone named Thaw Malinart whose colors are a bit closer to the ones in my photograph:
http://www.thawmalinart.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Flag5490.jpg
Post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D
Thank you for visiting Durham Township!
--Kathleen