Our Nation's Capital... no, not Tokyo
As you've probably read from some of our recent posts, I had a business trip in Washington DC for a few days at the end of November. Instead of writing about it, I'll just show some of the pics and maybe I'll write about it some other time. The rest of the pics are in our Gallery, dated 12/13/2006.
Bird's Eye View of the Lincoln Memorial
Honest Abe
Korean War Memorial
Sunset near Jefferson Memorial
Washington Monument
Roosevelt Memorial quote
Roosevelt Memorial "War Waterfall"
Band of Brothers
Vietnam Wall Guardians
Finding a Fallen Friend
Lone Figure at the Washington Monument
Jefferson Memorial
United States Capitol Building
Capitol Dome and Flag
Bird's Eye View of the Lincoln Memorial
Honest Abe
Korean War Memorial
Sunset near Jefferson Memorial
Washington Monument
Roosevelt Memorial quote
Roosevelt Memorial "War Waterfall"
Band of Brothers
Vietnam Wall Guardians
Finding a Fallen Friend
Lone Figure at the Washington Monument
Jefferson Memorial
United States Capitol Building
Capitol Dome and Flagposted by Unknown | 9:04 PM
13 Comments:
You are so lucky to have visited Washington. My daughter is going in the spring. She is doing a whirlwind trip from Detroit; leaving in the morning and going on a bus tour and returning the same evening. She's only 14 and I have never been there. Nice pictures!
Mike,
Impressed with your photographic abilities. We lived in D.C. for a few months in 2002, but never captured pictures as nice as these. Kudos!
Great pics as always. I've never been so luckt to go to DC. I am really hoping we can go and take our kids one day when they are older. They'll hate it of course...but appreciate it someday I suppose.
Mike, Are you sure you didn't spend a mint on those professional picture postcards???? The pictures are absolutely gorgeous, much better than any professional shots. It brought back memories of when I was there in 1976 (yep, 30 years ago!). I even have a picture of myself sitting in front of the Lincoln Memorial, kind of like the pic you took. Kimberlee will be going in June--I wish I could go along!!!!
Thanks everyone. I definitely think that a trip to DC should be near the top of any American's list, regardless of political leanings. It truly is where the rubber meets the road in our nation.
Obviously, those in CA or MI have a tougher commute than those of us raised in VA. Laura, as a point of reference... I was born in '76!!!
There was definitely something awe inspiring about heading to DC straight from a year in Japan, though. I keep tabs on American news, but I tend to observe things from rather an "outsiders" perspective since my feet aren't on American soil. Getting dropped back into the heart of American news and politics was an exciting adventure, if only for a few days.
-Mike
The photos really are great! What a wonderful trip! John and I would love to go, but probably once he's out of the Navy and can enjoy it as a civillian. LOL
Glad you made it back to Japan safely with such great photos!
I'd have to say that living amongst the Navy community has definitely created a new found appreciation for such monuments.
These pictures are terrific!
What absolutely breathtaking photography!
I agree with your friend Laura....are you SURE you didn't pick up postcards??? (Actually they're better than any postcards I've ever seen)....
What an amazing trip, and thank you for sharing it with us in installments. I'm sure it was so overwhelming and magical, you simply can't fit it all in one post. Will definitely tune in after our holiday to see what else you've posted on this subject.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS To all your family and the Japan Years readers!
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What absolutely breathtaking photography!
I agree with your friend Laura....are you SURE you didn't pick up postcards??? (Actually they're better than any postcards I've ever seen)....
What an amazing trip, and thank you for sharing it with us in installments. I'm sure it was so overwhelming and magical, you simply can't fit it all in one post. Will definitely tune in after our holiday to see what else you've posted on this subject.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS To all your family and the Japan Years readers!
Hey Rey,
Thanks for your kind words and holiday wishes. I've read and heard a lot about photographers telling their stories and sometimes it sounds really conceited. I don't want my words to come off like that, but I have to say that a few of these pictures are some of the best I've probably ever taken. I think my favorite is the "Lone Figure at the Washington Monument". I feel like I'm really starting to understand more about photography, because I had to manually adjust that shot so that it would be exposed exactly like that. My first couple of attempts with the camera on "automatic" mode turned out very over-exposed. Plus, I got really lucky with that shot to capture that lone figure's silhouette, which shows how big the monument really is.
Oh, and don't worry about the double-post. I just consider it an extra compliment! :)
-Mike
These photographs are amazing! I found you via ReyLynda - I am so glad I visited.
I have a few cameras that I need to take off Auto sometime. :)
Did you use a tripod? I am very interested in hearing about the settings you used for this and the camera too...although these photos are truly the talent of the user! BRAVO
Unfortunately, I used to have a tripod but it broke while I was shooting pictures of Mt. Fuji one cold morning a few weeks ago. I didn't have a tripod with me in Washington DC, but quite a few of those night shots were set up using nature as a tripod. For instance, I used a utility vault as a riser for the shot in front of the Jefferson Memorial. I used a fence post as a tripod for a few night shots of the Washington Monument. And I used the concrete sidewalk when I had to at several locations. Otherwise, the rest of the shots were handheld very carefully.
My camera is a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (not the new XTi). I shot most with a 28-135mm lens using the manual setting at night so that I could control the amount of light captured by the sensor. And I shot a lot of pictures to get just a small amount of "shareable" images. The rest were mostly overexposed.
Mike
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