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~ " I was there ... I saw it ... I touched history " ... my quote
taken from the tour bus ... we were not allowed to stop by ... probably some political event was on the way ...
Alleys are awesome. This splash of color caught my eye after a rainstorm in New Orleans. A man stands in quiet phone conversation with the load roar of color echoing around him.
Constitution Gardens on the National Mall is a surprisingly good place to spot ducks in winter. I visited early morning and didn't see nearly as many as usual so I walked over to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to see if I could change my luck. In addition to several Mallards, there were a couple dozen Buffleheads!
The reflecting pool is located between the Lincoln Memorial and the WWII Memorial, about 2,030-ft long and 167-ft wide. The ducks stayed in the center for the most part (I hoped they'd come closer) but still a better look than I find anywhere else for these lesser-seen ducks.
View Large for the best view.
...which way is up - down? Look carefully!
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From www.millenniumpark.org:
Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa and inspired by the people of Chicago, The Crown Fountain is a major addition to the city's world-renowned public art collection.
The fountain consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow reflecting pool. The towers project video images from a broad social spectrum of Chicago citizens, a reference to the traditional use of gargoyles in fountains, where faces of mythological beings were sculpted with open mouths to allow water, a symbol of life, to flow out.
A fountain is the memory of nature, this marvelous sound of a little river in the mountains translated to the city. For me, a fountain doesn't mean a big jet of water. It means humidity, the origin of life.
-Jaume Plensa
This two-part sculpture by an artist best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze works weighs in at about 6 tons.
I was very happy to be there and capture the view of this work of art on its last day before the renovation of this section of the Lincoln Center Plaza.
The reclining figure was one of Henry Moore’s often repeated themes. This particular bronze reclining figure was based on a small piece of bone and gigantic bones do seem present in the final work.
The National Capitol Columns
architectural style: Corinthian columns
The monument consists of twenty-two Corinthian columns, centered in the 20 acres known as the Ellipse Meadow. They were originally part of the U.S. Capitol building's east portico.The Columns now stand on a foundation of stones, constructed from the old east portico's steps. The reflecting pool is fed by small stream which runs down a channel in the steps.
The Ellipse Meadow
National Arboretum
24th & R Streets, NE
Washington, District of Columbia
On April 19th, 1995 168 people died along with 19 children.
The chairs that are on the left have large and small ones, small ones for the children that died. They chairs are in rows to indicate to represent each floor of the building, and each individual person's chair is set near where the died in the building.
The bomb went off at 9:02 AM, and there are two gates, 9:01 and 9:03, so everything between
them is 9:02.
The Korean War Memorial in Washington, DC has a pool with a small cascading water feature. While our photography workshop paced around, our instructor - Bryan Peterson - pointed out the awesome collection of colors reflecting in the water.
As a Hollywood mobster might say.....Fuji Pro 400H "sleeps with the fishes".
When it comes to different films, I don't get into comparative test shots, spectral sensitivity or dye density curves......but much like Fuji Pro 160s and the original Acros, it was a film that I enjoyed putting through my Hasselblad. While Fujifilm Corp. says it's because, "it has become increasingly difficult to procure the raw materials needed". To me, it feels like another large step away from supporting film photography as a whole....and it's sad. Whether I shoot with a film stock a lot or a little, there is a feeling of loss when one goes the way of Luca Brasi.
These three fish, spouting water just above the reflecting pool at Lewis & Clark, were photographed with our dearly departed Fuji Pro 400H. Among its strengths are how it renders blues and greens; plenty of both in this scene and throughout the landscapes of the PNW.....maybe that's why I liked it.
Image with my Hasselblad 500cm
The reflecting pool beneath the renovated palm dome of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Unusually calm, clear, and quiet in the late afternoon. The New York Botanical Garden, the Bronx, NYC -- March 7, 2021
2017 United States Capitol Christmas Tree, lit this evening on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.
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We decided to visit the Lincoln Memorial and the surrounding park today. The weather was rather mixed. The day started with rain, then it cleared up a bit, to start raining again. It was nice regardless. It also wasn't that crowded. Maybe because of the weather.
We were walking along the reflecting pool towards the WW2 Memorial, on the left side.
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The National September 11 Memorial remembers the nearly three thousand people killed in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks (World Trade Centre 2001 attack and 1993 bombing, Shanksville, PA. crash, and the Pentagon attack.
The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools were designed by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect peter Walker. The pools and man-made waterfalls sit within each tower’s footprint; surrounding the pools are the names of each person, inscribed onto bronze panels, killed in the 2001 and 1993 attacks.
I nicknamed this rock formation The Goblin after spending several hours with it the other night at the Oregon coast. Although the sunset was cloudless and disappointing, the twilight and post-twilight hours were pretty incredible.
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Ice skating at dawn on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. Cold February temperatures froze the reflecting pool over. Park police eventually chased us off the ice. Once in a lifetime type of experience to skate on the Reflecting Pool.
Joggers enjoy the early morning light at the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
Elderly couple and others strolling along the Christian Science Plaza and reflecting pool on the 4th of July.
Back Bay, Boston.
My first attempt on HDR. A month from now, about 4 million people will gather to the nation's capital for the inauguration of the first African-American president, His Excellency President-Elect Barack Obama (44th).