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Week 26, June 29 – July 5, 2025 – American Flags

July 5th, 2025

“Over the City”

July 5th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.07.05, aerial photo, American Flag, DJI, DJI Mini 3, drone, dusk, Elgin, Elgin downtown, Elgin IL, Elgin Tower, flag, Grove Court, Jul25, July, Week 26 2025

improvised

My original thought was that tonight’s photo – the last of the week of flags – would be of a flag with the sunset from the drone, but a huge cloudbank rolled in and ruined that plan. So, I improvised. 🙂

“Elgin is Home”

July 4th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.07.04, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, American Flag, Elgin, Elgin IL, Elgin Independence Day Parade, flag, Independence Day Parade, Jul25, July, July 4th, parade, Sony, Week 26 2025

red, white, & blue

A good Independence Day Parade is full of red, white, and blue – clothing, bunting, streamers, balloons, and so many American flags large and small. So in keeping with this week’s theme, here are a few flags from my hometown’s Fourth of July parade.

“The Ghost”

July 3rd, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.07.03, American Flag, black & white, Elgin, Elgin History Museum, Elgin IL, flag, flag pole, flutter, flying, Jul25, July, monochrome, Week 26 2025, wind, windy

not too strong

I’ve captured this style of image of an American flag multiple times; a single long exposure of a flag as it waves in a breeze. The trick is the breeze can’t be too strong or you don’t get variations in the waving, but … that means that you might encounter a night like last night, where you stand outside for an hour because the wind just isn’t blowing most of the time.

“Abstracted Motion”

July 2nd, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.07.02, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, American Flag, blue, circle, composite image, Dellwood Park, flag, flag pole, Jul25, July, June, Lockport, Lockport IL, red, Sony, stripes, Week 26 2025

50 is a lot?

Let’s call this image a work-in-progress, ok? As photographers if we’re honest with ourselves, none of our images turn out EXACTLY how we want them to, especially when we’re trying something new. However, I am very happy with this composite. I wanted to do another multiple exposure this week, but this time with a lot more images – 50 is a lot, right?

I captured the same flag at roughly 1 second intervals for 2 minutes for this creation, and each flagpole is rotated exactly 1/50th of the circle. While the blending/opacity did not turn out with the effect that I wanted, I am exceedingly happy with the happy accidental bushes around the edge!

p.s. I’ll let you guys figure out why I chose 50 images. 😉

“In Plain Sight”

July 1st, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.07.01, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, American Flag, Aurora, Aurora IL, branches, flag, flag pole, hiding, Jul25, July, leaves, Sony, tree, Week 26 2025

“Fluttering”

June 30th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.06.30, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, American Flag, Bartlett, Bartlett IL, blue, composite image, flag, flag pole, Jun25, June, red, Sony, stripes, Week 26 2025

the stars bleed through

Doesn’t everyone lay down in the lawn of a random business’s lawn because their flag is waving in the correct direction for the image that you’d like to create? This is 5 exposures merged so that each images partly shows through, and I quite like it; if you look closely, you can see where the stars bleed through in some spots too.

“Layers of Stripes”

June 29th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.06.29, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, American Flag, blue, Elgin, Elgin IL, flag, flag pole, Jun25, June, red, Sony, stripes, Veterans Memorial Park, Week 26 2025

relatively unique

Since we’re celebrating the July 4th holiday this week, I chose our flag as my subject for this week’s photos. While normally my photos are taken in the past and then I choose 7 images for the week from an event or along a theme, I’ve decided that this week’s photos should be taken daily and be relatively unique compositions.