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Category Archives: Travel
Washington, DC Favorites
Thought I would end this week with a few favorites from last week’s trip to Washington, DC. I will add shooting tips to the challenges I faced in hopes of helping other traveling photographers. I will start with the reason … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, aperture 3, building, capitol, daughter, dc", dome, flowering, fountain, great hall, hdr, high key, japanese wisteria, library of congress, mammal, memorial, national mall, national zoo, nikon D700, orangutan, photomatix, primate, purple, rotunda, smithsonian, thomas jeffereson, tokina 11-16mm, tree, united states, us, vr, water, woman, world war 2
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A War Forgotten
The Korean War Veterans Memorial was very different than the Vietnam Veterans Memorial we visited earlier this week. The Vietnam Memorial was more personal with the names of all those soldiers lost in the conflict. As I entered the Korean … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, dc", korean war, national mall, nikon D700, statues, veterans memorial, vr, wall
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View 224: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
In the late 1960′s and early 1970′s, I watched the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite after supper. Cronkite would introduce stories and maps of this area half way around the world called Southeast Asia where the Vietnam War was … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Weekly View
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, bokeh, charity, dc", flower, hope, national mall, nikon D700, red, reflection, statue, three soldiers, vietnam veterans memorial, vr, wall, women
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Blue Hour on the Mall
Last week I discussed how I was going to re-shot a photo I took from the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC back in 2008. Turns out the fence was still there as the reflection pool is currently drained … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, blue hour, dc", district of columbia, fountain, lincoln, memorial, night, nikon D700, reflection, stars, tripod, vr, wall, water, world war 2
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Springtime in Washington
The unusually warm weather in March brought out the famous Washington, DC cherry blossoms much earlier than normal. I had hoped when I was visiting this week to be able to photograph them. Not to be deterred, I found lots … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged 28-300mm, blue, building, capitol, dogwoods, flowering, hdr, nikon D700, photomatix, sky, statues, supreme court, the white house, tokina 11-16mm, united states, uwa, vr, wide angle
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