ANGELA B. PAN

Am I the only one who’s sad that it’s almost the end of the summer? But the exciting part is that Hurricane Irene is suppose to hit. It is it really photographer-ish of me to be excited for cloudy skys, and beautiful sunrises and sets. And who knew we would get an earth quake in DC?

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This past week, I had a great time shooting the weather.
First I showed you guys an image I took back in June of Kenilworth Aquatic Garden’s Water Lilies.
Then I didn’t plan on taking this shot, but I’m really happy with all the color in it. It’s a view of Rosslyn, VA from DC.
At the same time I took that shot, I took this image of the Washington Memorial at sunset. I went back to this same spot the next morning and took of a picture of the Tidal Basin at Sunrise.
Last, but not least, I visited Alexandria, VA for a sunrise image. You can definitely tell something is coming our way.

Hope everyone stays safe this weekend!
Angela

The calm before the storm.

So, Hurricane Irene sounds like its going to be huge! I can’t wait! Can you imagine all the photo possibilities? Of course, I hope everyone is safe but I can’t wait to take some sunrise and sunset images 🙂

This was taken this morning at sunrise. It was so nice being outside, the weather was really cool but not cold. Just being by the water was so peaceful. It’s a great way to start the morning.

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This is sunrise and this is sunset. Days like this you can’t help but think, “DC is a beautiful city”.

I was intending on getting a different shot this morning, but when I was walking past the Tidal Basin, I couldn’t help but stop and take a picture. It was way too good to pass up.

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See where I wanted to go take pictures:

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Taken at the same time as this image, the Washington Monument looked so pretty witht he pink and purple sky behind it. I didn’t spend much time here taking this image because I have a lot from the tidal basin already. Just wanted to capture the bueautiful sky.

The thing I really like about this image is that you can see the two different stones on the monument. I love little details like that.

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Who knew there was a view like this in DC? Seriously? This was totally by accident. I meant to take pictures of the FDR memorial since I don’t have any on the blog, but I was late. I actually arrived to the memorial right around the appropriate time, but there was NO parking. I think there was some kind of event going on around that area and a lot of the street parking was blocked off. I had to park pretty far (where I usually park for the Jefferson memorial) and my little legs couldn’t make it in time for this insane sunset.

I had to compromise. I walked along the Potomac and tried out different compositions. This was one of my last resorts because the sun was about to set. I noticed the little rocks close to the water and thought that would make a really good foreground. It sort of reminded me of beach/ocean images so I thought it would turn out really good. I took my first step on the rock and a mouse scattered right infront of me. I jumped up and thought twice about going down to the rocks. With about 30 seconds of hesitation I thought, “at least it wasn’t a rat” and went closer to the water. I’m happy that I just didn’t go straight to the FDR memorial or else I would of never known about this spot. A great spot for sunsets in DC.

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When I’m lucky, I get more than a few images out of a place I visit. Back in June, I visited the Kenilworth Aquatic Garden (seen here and here) but I don’t feel right blogging all the images all at the same time. I feel like you all may get bored by seeing similar images all within a few days of each other. What do you think? So I decided I could at least spread them out a bit and keep it exciting. Exciting right?!?

These water lilies only bloom once a year. The same thing goes with McKee-Besher’s sunflower field. I need to learn to visit these places more than once during their peak. I want to keep going and really study these flowers and get the perfect sky. I say that I need to learn and it may be kinda obvious to others, but for some reason, I feel like once is enough. I think this is because I do that with a lot of the DC monuments.

Did you notice the bee? I think thats my favorite part of the image.

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