Washington, D.C.
Past week I was able to travel a little bit and revisit the DC on that trip. this time I actually took some time to explore the city. I did a bit of planing prior to the trip and even it was getting pretty cold I went for it. The trip was a great success! I might say. And I came back home with a ton of architectural, landmark and urban photos. This particular shot is from the inside of the Library of Congress. Really great photographer friendly place. What do you think?
- Malcolm Forbes.
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One of my older shots from Washington DC. Took this one at the Jefferson building where the Library of Congress is located. It was amazing to see the brilliant architectural details on view at this amazing location.
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The White House South Lawn in Washington D.C.
A Sea of Clouds Roll Silently Above the Washington Monument Washington, District of Columbia Accessed via Independence Avenue Public Parking Lot Date...
It was hot, about 35°C and there was absolut no wind, so I was lucky to get this nice reflection on my picture.
In early October 2021, white flags blanketed Washington Monument lawn. Each of them represented one of those who died during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of today, more than one million Americans were died from COVID-19. We are the lucky ones survived.
Camera Canon EOS 450D Lens: Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 (click to see all my photos with this lens) Exposure 0.125 sec (1/8) Opening f/4.0 Focal length 10 mm ISO 200
- Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha.
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"The Arts of Peace" statue by James Earle Fraser flanks the end of the parkway of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. "Music and Harvest" consists of a winged horse, Pegasus, between a male figure with a bundle of wheat and a sickle and a woman with a harp. The statues, approximately 17 feet tall are of gilded bronze. They were commissioned in 1925, but were not erected until 1951.
I went to the Lincoln memorial early in the morning to avoid the crowds and get the morning light. After I finished with the Lincoln memorial I walked behind to get these statues. The easiest was the Arts of Peace statue and the best factor was that I was alone and had time to frame shot perfectly in glorious morning light. The only missing aspect was that I would have preferred some clouds to make the sky a little more interesting.
For Thanksgiving, my family and I visited my sister in Virginia, where I of course managed to get in some shooting time. I had the chance to visit...
A young man ran into my view with an American flag.
- Thomas Jefferson.
While I was shooting the Jefferson memorial I saw this guy shooting the profile of the building, this gave me an idea to shoot the building from side and to get the profile of the statue inside that would be really cool. But I was approaching the situation wrng with and ultra wide angle as it was giving a weird perspective and the electric post in front of the building suddenly became very distracting.
After mucking around for about 20 mins I suddenly realized that the solution for perspective problems were pretty simple when you own a dslr, all I had to do was change the lens to a long telephoto and that did the trick. The Tamron 70-30mm gave me the fantastic frame only problem was that I had to get on my bike and pedal like crazy to get to the opposite end of the Tidal Basin to fit everything in the frame and get the complete statue. All I had to do was wait till I get a clear shot without any people walking by and voila I had my shot.
I am very pleased with this shot as I had to really rack my brain to come up with a solution and I was walking around beaming like an idiot after getting this one nailed..
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The Supreme Court Building, situated in Washington DC at 1 First Street NE on the block immediately east of the United States Capitol, is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is. The building is under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol. On May 4, 1987, the Supreme Court Building was designated a National Historic Landmark. It is one of a handful of National Historic Landmarks which are not listed on the National Register of Historic Places. I was here around noon and was a bit disappointed because of all the construction scaffolding around the building. But the bonus was that there were not many tourists around and that’s a pretty rare thing near the DC landmarks in summer. Plus I like the whole Justice under construction vibe.
Memorial Day here in the US is about remembering those that gave their life in service to our country. This wall of gold stars, each representing 100...
This was the last place we visited in D.C. after the Capitol tour, so we didn't spend much time. Everyone was pretty tired already from walking...
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Washington, D.C.!
Most notably Sandeep Thomas, Nenad Spasojevic and Yi Jiang.