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Bouquet


Bouquet
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Copyright: Morag Hamilton (lebois) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 57 W: 1 N: 71] (316)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-14
Categories: Daily Life, Event, Decisive Moment, Nocturnal, Mood
Exposure: f/4, 4 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-16 4:08
Viewed: 566
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Le Bouquet - the final flourish in the fire work display for the 14th July celebrations.
Bastille Day, the French national holiday, commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on 14 July 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a prison and a symbol of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis the 16th's Ancient Regime. By capturing this symbol, the people signaled that the king's power was no longer absolute: power should be based on the Nation and be limited by a separation of powers.
Although the Bastille only held seven prisoners at the time of its capture, the storming of the prison was a symbol of liberty and the fight against oppression for all French citizens; like the Tricolore flag, it symbolized the Republic's three ideals: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity for all French citizens. It marked the end of absolute monarchy, the birth of the sovereign Nation, and, eventually, the creation of the (First) Republic, in 1792.
Bastille Day was declared the French national holiday on 6 July 1880, on Benjamin Raspail's recommendation, when the new Republic was firmly entrenched. Bastille Day has such a strong signification for the French because the holiday symbolizes the birth of the Republic. As in the US, where the signing of the Declaration of Independence signaled the start of the American Revolution, in France the storming of the Bastille began the Great Revolution. In both countries, the national holiday thus symbolizes the beginning of a new form of government.
On the one-year anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, delegates from every region of France proclaimed their allegiance to a single national community during the Fête de la Fédération in Paris - the first time in history that a people had claimed their right to self-determination.
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Hi Morag,
Great picture of fireworks. Very well captured. Great timing.

Ben Lakitan

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  • Sneza Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 74 W: 23 N: 16] (733)
  • [2006-07-16 4:44]

Nice shot.
I like compositions - it realy looks like bouquet.

TFS

Morag, Good photo, I always love fireworks, they look like bright giant flowers in the night sky.

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  • Dawn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1134 W: 100 N: 3363] (17532)
  • [2006-08-28 18:22]

Wow this is great Morag.. well done on this one.. I havent attempted anything like this yet...infact maybe once a year this might happen here on New Years Eve in Auckland city.. otherwise we never see fireworks like this.

I like your compostion on this one..
Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards
Dawn

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  • Lionel Gold Star Critiquer [C: 838 W: 1 N: 289] (3737)
  • [2006-12-26 15:57]

Bonsoir.
Très belle luminosité et belle angle de prise de vue.
Bravo !

Bonjour
Splendide lumière pour un bouquet éclatant
bonne présentation
bravo

jojo

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