So, I had another image planed for todays post, but I finally made out to sunrise this morning and it was AMAZING! So bump that other picture til Monday! Can you blame me?
Click Here to Order a Print of this photo
Happy Weekend everyone!
Angela from the future: Thank you all so much for your support on this image. It’s amazing the response I’ve gotten from it. I really appreciate all your kind words! Here’s my reaction to the day.
This was taken 10 minutes before this image. Isn’t it crazy how much and how fast the sky changes?
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I’ve been shooting a lot of the capitol because I’ve been looking for this shot! I wanted to get a wide angle shot of a beautiful sunrise. This image took patience though. About 4 “unsucessful” trips to the Capitol and waiting about 30 minutes for the sky to turn all these beautiful colors. I mean, when I first got there, there was nothing really worth photographing. I was even going to leave but then I saw the sky changing. I literally screamed in my head, “OMG TIE DYE”!
I was more impressed with the Capitol Christmas tree than the National Christmas tree infront of the White House. It seemed to have a lot more work put into it (lights and ornaments) and it was lit up all night instead of just a few hours at night. But, I’m afraid I came too late. About 5 minutes after I arrived, they turned off all the lights. I’ll try to go out again so I can get a closer view.
Is it sad that the whole time I was processing this image I had “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” by Nsync in my head. I don’t know why, but it’s always been one of my favorite holiday songs.
This was my first official time shooting the Christmas tree. I must admit, I thought I wouldn’t be allowed to use my tripod, but I always bring it just in case. I was able to pull it out and use it like a monopod, but there were so many little kids everywhere that sometimes it was a little difficult to use.
I woke up this morning and KNEW I was going to get an awesome sunrise. Do you ever have one of those days where you’re like, “Man, today is going to be an awesome day”.
As I drove toward DC I could see the sky just getting better and more colorful. When you actually get there, you see the potomac on either side of you and the sky was reflecting so beautifuly on the water, I really wished I could of just pulled over on the side of the street and took pics right there. My original intention was to take pics at the Capitol again, to get the original pic I intended for, but that reflection was just way too amazing so I quickly made up my mind to head over to the tidal basin. As soon as I got there, I was so disappointed. You can usually see the sunrise perfectly behind the Jefferson, but it was too cloudy. It’s so crazy how much views can change. Oh well, I’m still happy with this shot.