Black Friday

Black Friday--the term comes from business. When a business has not sold enough for the quarter, being short would be written in red ink, or "in the red." When sales are prosperous, it's in black ink. "Black Friday" was termed that because businesses do so many sales that it pushes them up out of the red and in the black for that day.(Yahoo.news)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)

~~p.s. this was shot on a pier under the bridge.
Thanks for all the comments - take care and enjoy the weekend:)

[☠northy]

gorgeous light and flare!

[Chris K]

love the light flare and the angles. Just googled "black friday" and see that in your part of the world it has a lot to do with shopping!! Here Friday 13th is known as black friday also on FRiday 13th January in 1939 20,000 kilometers of land was burnt in a disastrous bushfire in Victoria

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[KWind]

Excellent composition and lighting!

[Simply Amanda]

Fav!

[Debbie]

nice shot - like the sun glare positioning

[Cathy Donohoue]

I really like the light.

[vstap]

Like this in b&w with the colored sun glares. Nice. fav

[vstap]

And thanks for the info!

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent - love this

[Jawo]

Glad you share the meaning of black friday here... haha.. I didnt have any idea at all. :-)

[Rachel]

This is excellent.

[Ashley]

Sun flare is fabulous! Did you partake in the shopping festivities?

[Call me Joe]

@shesnapped -no,i didn't-was so hectic at work today,thanks for the comment,Ashley:)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Good one for Black Friday. Love the sun flare.

[Kathie]

Great POV and light. I didn't help anyone out of the red today. :)

[Islandgirl]

Lovely light and flare

[Nancy]

Very cool lighting!

[Lisa Villella]

Love the sun flare and comp. great shot!

[Sue Wilde]

Love the light.

[Gena Pegg]

Very cool sun flare...nice shot and thanks for explaining about "Black Friday"....had wondered about that. Did you partake?

[Frank Hymus]

Great contrasts.

[Call me Joe]

@eyesmile Thanks Gena- i was at work late,maybe i'll do the cyber Monday instead-:)

[Derek Vickers]

Great image Joey. Thanks for the explanation. Enjoy cyber Monday.

[Jenny Ren]

Great shot!

[Tanja R]

Don't think I've read the meaning before, thanks! Great composition in the picture.

[Nicole]

Thanks for the little explanation about black Friday! Love this shot!

[Dione Giorgio]

Great sun burst and lens flares. Hope it is black Friday for everyone and everyday.

[Helen K]

Lovely sunburst! The Palms and the angle of the bridge/brickwork evoke memories of Egyptian pyramids! :)

[alta]

Neat shot!

[Margaret Obey]

Love the sun flare. Black Friday was horrible here in the U K

[Jocasta]

great sun flare.

[Sue Barnicoat]

Flare-y nice! Love lens flare.

[Andy Mcculloch]

Fantastic light.

[Irene]

Excellent shot. Much better than the shopping frenzy that is normally associated with Black Friday

[gloria jones]

Great light, composition, silhouettes, fav

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Great light and contrasts. Black doesn't sound prosperous, does it. Something like green, purple, but I guess that's not business like thinking :-)

[Nancy]

Hope you had a fab thanksgiving..love the contrasts and beam...!

[Sheralee S]

Fantastic composition! We don't really use the term here (except when it's 13th) but we do hear about it.

[Sue]

Excellent :p

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Fab dramatic contrasts and sunflare.

[Joyce]

Love the sunflare. Great lines and shadows

[Sarah Munnings]

We have just inherited Black Friday in the UK.....riots in shops etc crazzzzzy. Love the lighting on this :)