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wrtylers (www.flickr.com/photos/155024324@N02/ ) John Klesh National Mall including Capitol Hill, The Washington Monument, The World War 2 Memorial, The Reflecting Pool and The Lincoln Memorial. The model is about 52 inches long and about 6 inches wide.
A classic view of the Washington Monument from t he Lincoln Memorial, with the Reflecting Pool in the foreground.
The Lord your God... will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. -Zephaniah 3:17
Good works are links that form a chain of love. . -Mother Teresa
Atlanta Photography Meetup
"What'll Ya Have?" Downtown Varsity Photoshoot
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PS CS3
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It rained buckets but that just brought in light fog and created awesome reflecting pools. It was a good evening.
The water system for Cranbrook Gardens was turned off all last year. It's good to see the pools full and the fountains flowing again.
From the photoblog on 1/07/2010.
I saw this man playing with a soccer ball on the frozen water of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.
Here's the story...
I was photographing the area around the Lincoln Memorial. I looked toward the Washington Monument, but what caught my attention was a small figure moving on the ice. Sure enough, it was someone running on the frozen water of the Reflecting Pool.
I approached closer to get a better look. The man with the soccer ball kept running toward one side, would kick the ball hard against the edge of the concrete, wait for the ball to come back to him, and continue in the opposite direction. He had a way of minimizing the impact of his weight against the thin ice below. He would sort of glide, kind of like a skater, across the surface of the ice. He was methodical in his approach, carefully avoiding the suspect areas of the Reflecting Pool where the ice appeared to be too thin. Dribble, slide, kick. Dribble, slide, kick.
I kept watching (as did many others), wondering why this man chose to exercise in this fashion. I thought: could I do the same? How thick is that ice? If the picture in today's entry is any indication, the ice wasn't the same thickness or density throughout. There were holes in the ice. Deep cracks. A small Arctic adventure was unfolding for all to see. So, naturally, I kept watching...
And do you know what happened next? As the man approached closer for his third run (by my count) around the Pool, he lost his balance, and one of his legs fell through the ice! He tried quickly getting out, but in his attempt, ended up getting his other foot in the frozen water (which was about knee high). What astonished me the most was this: there was a group of young students on a tour walking around the Reflecting Pool. They were also paying attention to this man. As soon as he fell into the water—and I couldn't believe what I heard next—they started jeering, clapping their hands, and laughing out loud. It was absolutely unbelievable. Here was a poor chap who needed help getting out, and these students were taking delight in this man's misfortune (I will let the reader decide whether this man brought upon his predicament on himself).
It took the man about five attempts to successfully get back on solid ice, and after he got up, he continued forward, gently kicking the ball forward, running after it, kicking it again. It's as though he tried to shake off what just happened to him. But I stood looking, and thought: he must be freezing.
I don't know if this man has played around this way before, how much training he's had, or whether he's an Eskimo used to the freezing temperatures. He did appear resilient in his efforts (in getting himself out of the water and pressing forward with his exercise).
The question for the reader is this: should he have been playing around on the icy water of the Reflecting Pool in the first place? And also: since he fell through the ice, was that consequence deserved? Do you think he knew the dangers of hypothermia? How would you have reacted and what would you have done?
On another note: If you're a fan of the cold and adventure stories, I highly recommend reading Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire". It's one of my favourite short stories.
Lilly pads float in the beautiful reflecting pool in San Diego's Balboa Park. We came back to Balboa Park twice during our visit to see a few of the many museums, and even a pipe organ concert, but we barely scratched the surface of this huge park.
Reflecting Pool @ The Village Center in Castle Hills (sans Christmas Tree this time). Things bugging me to no end about this picture:
1. the lights to the left at the base of the tower (fixed!).
2. left accent light of the tower was burned-out (fixed!).
Strobist info: SB-80DX camera front inside tower @ 1/8 @ 50mm, SB-80DX camera left @ 1/4 @ 105mm.
Photo processing: Tonal Contrast filter from Color Efex Pro 3.0.
Camera info: Canon XTi (400D) | EF-S 17-55mm (ƒ/2.8) | 17mm | ƒ/3.2 | ISO 400 | 1/4s — Tripoed
Reflecting Pool end cap and normal section for Robby's Washington Apocomonument.
A Kevoh and Brickfrenzy co-build.
This highly distorted moon image is a reflection in the pool...
I am playing with the Canon T5i (aka 700D), trying to make the controls second nature...
I stared shooting the moon after midnight last night. It was a cloud free sky. The camera was handheld.
I used the kit Canon 18-135mm Macro lens. I will soon try my 300 mm lens.
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The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument. The architect was Henry Bacon; the designer of the primary statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was Daniel Chester French; the Lincoln statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers;[2] and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin. Dedicated in 1922, it is one of several monuments built to honor an American president. It has always been a major tourist attraction and since the 1930s has been a symbolic center focused on race relations.
Two National Park Service employees chat at the Lincoln Memorial, with the Washington Monument and reflecting pool restoration work visible in the background
This picture was taken at the Oklahoma City Memorial. A tranquil monument to mark the occurrence of violent terrorism.
Every On a random Thursday I will post a picture or two that I have taken in the past.
This picture comes from November 11th, 2012.
As discussed in a previous picture, I had just moved to DC from Johnstown, Pa. I was finally ready to try and explore my newly adopted town and take in some of the sights. Again, for a kid who grew up in Western Pa, this place was very intimidating.
It was on this photowalk though, I discovered my love of photographing the monuments and parks of DC.
Taken with a Canon Powershot A2200
A 5 exposure HDR taken from the Christian Scientist reflection pool.
Taken on a walk with photographers Jeff Tamagini & NU_Husky
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”
George Washington
Taken and posted In honor of "President's Day", the third Monday in February; a day for honoring both Washington and Lincoln.
The Masjid-i Jomeh at Isfahan (9th century, 11th and 12th century): An early hypostyle Abbasid mosque with cylindrical, brick piers to which the Seljuqs added two monumental and extraordinary domes, one on the qibla side (built by Nizam al-Mulk between 1072 and 1075) and one on the northern side (1088-89), and four iwans with pishtaks in the centers of its four porticoes overlooking the courtyard built in the early 12th century. It is the most cited example of the transformation from hypostyle plan to four-iwan plan.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
MIT Course Instructor
Rabbat, Nasser O.
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Architecture
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Toronto's Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1899 to 1966 and remains one of the city's most prominent structures. The building is located at the corner of Queen and Bay Streets, across Bay Street from Nathan Phillips Square and the new City Hall in the centre of downtown Toronto. The heritage landmark has a distinctive clock tower which heads the length of Bay Street from Front Street to Queen Street as a terminating vista.