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Posted: 07 May 2020

Taken: 07 May 2020

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Grand Funk Railroad •
We're An American Band •
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Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad had a big hit with "We're An American Band." It's always been a favorite song of mine and I've played and sang in it a few bands of my own. This particular record is also one of my favorites because it's transparent vinyl. I read where it was released on dark yellow vinyl to symbolize a "gold" record.

For the Saturday Self-Challenge group, who's theme this week was to "Choose only one thing to photograph against the most basic background." I chose this single item, which is referred to as a "single," against a plain sky background.

Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band"

Taormina, Karen's Place, Amelia, Xata and 11 other people have particularly liked this photo

26 comments - The latest ones
 HaarFager
HaarFager club
Here's me singing it with my band AMPutee back on June 8th, 2002:

AMPutee - "We're An American Band"
4 years ago. Edited 21 months ago.
 HaarFager
HaarFager club
The film version of this shot didn't turn out. But, I was trying out my new camera and it only shot in automatic. That's why a person needs manual settings. Not every shot has a perfect setup or lighting conditions, and this one was heavily backlit by the sky.
4 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Fascinating image, fine metallic detail
4 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
Ich mag hier die Farbzusammenstellung
4 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
Wunderschoen !! Die Farben mag ich ganz gern !!! Wuensche dir einen schoenen Samstag !
4 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Grand Funk Railroad ! Heroes in my youth. And it’s a thrilling minimalistic composition with stunning colors ! Good Morning !
4 years ago.
 Annaig56
Annaig56 club
très belle idée proposée et j'aime beaucoup les tons,,
4 years ago.
 Nautilus
Nautilus
il y a un côté un peu " psychédélique" .
4 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
Excellent choix et réalisation vers l'abstrait
4 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Like the sun in the sky!
4 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
great colors
4 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal
That was the sky as your background? Remarkable capture! The colors are even complimentary; excellent work, Kenny :-)
4 years ago.
Valfal has added
And your band is very good, too! :-)
4 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Valfal
Thank you for saying so, Val!
4 years ago.
 Blue rubber octopus
Blue rubber octopus club
how did you suspend it in the sky? Surely you didn't toss it up in the air!
4 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Blue rubber octopus club
I was wondering when someone was going to ask how I did it. Actually, my hand was in the picture as I held it up to the sky. My hand was in the lower left quarter of the picture, and I just cloned the lower right quarter, reversed it and placed it in position so that it covered my hand and the part of the record where my hand showed through. Thanks for asking!
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
The mystery there is how you did this... it is so perfect, even the little cloud is great (for me perfection has to have some imperfection otherwise it is boring!!!!)
4 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Xata club
I agree exactly. Too perfect is not good.
3 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
There is a hole in the sun, and it looks good against the sky. How did you do this?
4 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Amelia club
I was wondering when someone was going to ask how I did it. Actually, my hand was in the picture as I held it up to the sky. My hand was in the lower left quarter of the picture, and I just cloned the lower right quarter, reversed it and placed it in position so that it covered my hand and the part of the record where my hand showed through. Thanks for asking!
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
What a cool entry, Kenny. I'm curious along with everybody else.

And I love this song too!
4 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Karen's Place club
I was wondering when someone was going to ask how I did it. Actually, my hand was in the picture as I held it up to the sky. My hand was in the lower left quarter of the picture, and I just cloned the lower right quarter, reversed it and placed it in position so that it covered my hand and the part of the record where my hand showed through. Thanks for asking!
4 years ago.
Karen's Place club has replied to HaarFager club
Clever man, Kenny. :)
4 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Gorgeous against the blue.
4 years ago.
 Diederik Santema
Diederik Santema club
A real 'golden' record!
Did it go sky high into the charts?
(listening to both versions!)
4 years ago.
 Puchinpappy
Puchinpappy club
You must have had an awesome shutter speed on your camera as well as impressive autofocus to catch this record, Frisbee like, in the air.
4 years ago.

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