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.
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.
I know I’ve been to the Jefferson a lot, especially during Cherry Blossom season, but its one of those places that always looks good during sunrise or sunset. It doesn’t matter! I love how theres beautiful reflections and how the sun always rises right by the monument. During this shoot I learned that the sun rises pretty slowly, so you can take your camera and walk around to find a better composition.
I started off behind the monument, hoping to get a different angle then what I am used to. Then I realized that I wasn’t getting any of the color. Although I did like the original composition, I want that color! I picked up my camera and walked over by the tidal basin. Another thing I need to do more often, besides walking around to find my composition, I need to try different angles with my camera. Bringing my tripod up or down, shooting horizontally or vertically, but most of all try all new perpectives. To be honest, this image kinda looks like another image I posted a few months ago, but this one is way better.
While I was at the Franciscan Monastery last week (seen here), I was really excited to photograph this particular area. That was even before I found out that this is a replica of the Tomb of Christ from the Holy Land. I really liked how the candles were lined up, how it was framing the image of Jesus so perfectly, and how it just made you look at the ceiling. When I came home this was the first image that I tried to process.
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I wasn’t planning on going out to take pictures, but I was taking my puppy out for a walk after a thunderstorm and noticed all the clouds. I quickly ran to my computer and tried to figure out a good sunset spot in the city. The Air Force Memorial is one of the newer memorials and I wasn’t sure if it would be a good place for sunset. I decided to try it anyways since I could point up in the sky and I could at least get some good clouds. I’m glad I waited til after the sunset, when all the other tourists went home, to get this shot.
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This is the back, and this is the front.
The Udvar-Hazy Center is another one of those places where you can’t use tripods in the DC area. Its understandable because this place can get really busy and it would just get in the way. So what do you do if you have to take a long exposure photo? Hold your breath!
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