Great mood to the shot. Very well done. One of my favorites...

This is very nice. The smoothness and vibrancy of the colors are terrific, and the flag tells us there was a good breeze blowing. The moon is odd - I can't quite figure out what is going on with that; whether it was from blurring, processing, or atmosphere. The flag pole could also have been straight, but I don't really find that too disturbing; and it doesn't detract from the overall image for me.

beautiful moody image and the composition works well, but why you had cropped the flagpole?

I actually began taking the shot not thinking about how it would turn out. And I didn't have too much time. So honestly I just didn't think about some of the details with the pole i.e. straightening it, getting more of the pole in the image, etc... Maybe I will try and set up the shot again sometime! Thanks for the comments!

I think the flagpole is the key to this image, and I wonder if you could have straightened it without losing anything of the feel of the image. The movement is however, the weakest part of this imho. I'm really not sure the movement is enough, it's the idea I'm most in love with though, and I think that's what carries it through in the end.

This is fantastic. I love the blur of the flag and the ever so slightly tilt to the pole does not bother me at all as it may the others. Was this during an eclipse of some sort? The moon does have something going on with it, which gives this more interest for me.