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View of the 2006 Holiday Tree on the West Lawn of the US Capitol from the Reflecting Pool in front of the US Capitol and across from Grant Circle on the National Mall . Washington DC . Thursday evening, 14 December 2006 . elvertbarnes-freedom.blogspot.com/2006/12/2006-holiday-tr... . Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
Normally, I don't capitalize my titles. It seems messy. But this picture and those words deserve it. This is The Field of Empty Chairs at the Oklahoma City Memorial.
On April 19, 1995 at 9:02a.m., a bomb was set off in the parking lot of the Murrah Building. The explosion took of the side of the building and trapped hundreds beneath it's rubble. 168 people died. Included in this number, 19 children were killed along with three pregnant women.
Timothy McVeigh was 29 years old and a former solider. No one will ever know what possessed him to plant that bomb, but he took the lives of innocent people. This disaster was the greatest tragedy until the terrorist attack on 9/11.
I can't explain to you the feeling of looking over the Reflecting Pool at the 168 Empty Chairs. The taller ones represent the adults killed, the smaller ones represent the children killed. This memorial is my home. These are my people that were killed by one man.
These chairs are built upon a glass base that light up at night so that the darkness will never pierce this ground again. These are the representation of hope.
All of these pictures are sooc. It's wrong of me to edit them.
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On Saturday, August 11th, Balboa Park Midnight Water Gun Fight of 2012 took place at the reflecting pond in Balboa Park. (The Lily Pond was originally built for the 1915 Exposition as a reflecting pool and to showcase water lilies. During World War I, the United States Navy, which was occupying Balboa Park, used the pond as a swimming and rehabilitation pool for its soldiers.)
A Facebook invitation for the water fight of 2012 stated “a free-for-all of water gun madness", and over 2,000 people participated in the event that lasted for a couple hours. Unfortunately, things got out of control, and at least $10,000 in damages was caused by the event. A few of the colorful koi that inhabit the pond died, landscaping was trampled, drain pipes were broken, and ornate floating Victorian lilies were destroyed ~ empty bottles, squirt guns, balloons, & flip-flops scattered the area....
I had visited the reflecting pool a few days after the event, and it was pretty sad to see the pond, and hear how it had happened. So today, when I saw it looking a little better, and someone in the water at the far end doing maintenance, he was my obvious next stranger. Adam works for the company that maintains the pool for the city, and I think he said yes, I could take his picture, before I even finished my sentence. I stood on the bridge that crosses over the reflecting pool, while Adam kept working in the water, and a man was playing some smooth jazz near us. Adam and I chatted for quite a long time, since he does, and has done, so many interesting things.
Working for the company that maintains large fountains all over San Diego is just one of his jobs. He is also an organic farmer, and plays bass with a reggae/hip-hop band, named "Crucial Blend". He plays all kinds of music, but his favorite music is jazz. We both agreed he's living quite the life: in San Diego, working in a beautiful pond during 90* days, while jazz plays nearby. :) He told me that some days while he's maintaining the pond, a woman plays violin. She knows "Speak Softly Love" from The Godfather is one of his favorite songs, so she plays it 3 times for him while he's working.
Adam is originally from Long Beach, but lives in San Diego now, because his girlfriend is here. He's travelled most of Europe just for the adventure; Amsterdam, Switzerland, France, Spain.... I forget the rest. He says he missed San Diego; he missed the burritos, the late night feasting, the beaches, and the surfing! He likes Hawaii and San Diego the best, out of everywhere he's travelled, so far.
Adam: it was great fun and interesting meeting you and getting to know you! Thank you for all the tips on music, surfing, and Photoshop! I'll keep an eye out for you riding the waves!
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
Learning mistake: I didn't think to just turn my camera to get a vertical picture, so I could have gotten more of the lily pads behind Adam. Please offer any thoughts you have that can help me to take better portraits. I am grateful for any tips or suggestions.
The Reflecting Pool separates the National World War II Memorial from the Lincoln Memorial at the western end of the National Mall in Washington DC.
Taken in June 1976, the pool in the academic quadrangle at the university. I include it as a curiosity, and for two reasons.
First, as you can see from the soft optics, it wasn't taken with my (then-new) Canon, but with a Nikonos I borrowed from a friend because I wanted to fool around with a wide angle lens. The Nikonos was primarily an underwater camera; in that environment it gave sharp pictures, and the refraction of the water altered the wide angle (35mm) to the equivalent of a standard lens (50mm). But air ain't water, so above the surface, although it gives a mild wide angle view, it also delivers this much softer, and somewhat pastel look. This might be a result of compromise; the 35mm version of the Nikonos was supposedly able to shoot equally well in both air and water, but as you can see from this shot, it does much less well in air.
It's also a curiosity because (second) the entire roll I shot on the camera came back with the slides incorrectly mounted. A lab tech had cut the images along the half-frame lines, with the result that all the slides had one third of one image, a black frameline, and two thirds of another image. I threw out most of the slides, but kept a few where the two thirds of a picture looked kind of okay. When I began scanning the survivors, I realized that I had this one complete image, and that all I had to do was unmount the slide, push the film into the negative holder, and then stitch them back together in Photoshop. Of course, now I wish I had held on to all the images, but in 1976, no-one could have imagined that, thirty-five years later, the gear would exist to restore the ruined images.
Incidentally, Photoshop's "merge" command didn't work on this image because, being split parts of one image, there were no overlapping points of comparison. I simply trimmed each part, and then slid them together on one, larger, canvas, and then smoothed out the join as best I could.
The processor gave me a free roll as compensation. Big deal.
Taken in 2006.
The "Mother Church" of Christian Science looms across the nearly 700-foot (210 m) reflecting pool at the Christian Science Center in Boston's Back Bay.
Villa Pisani Reflecting Pool. (18th Century).
It was begun in the early 18th century on commission by the noble Venetian Pisani family. Alvise Pisani, its most prominent member, was appointed doge in 1735. The initial models of the palace by Paduan architect Girolamo Frigimelica still exist, but the design of the main building was ultimately completed by Francesco Maria Preti.
Deserted by its eponymous family, the villa has had a share of notable and infamous visitors: Napoleon who acquired the villa in 1807. It has been a national monument since 1882. Here Hitler first conferred with Mussolini in 1934.
Photo by National Park Service.
A 19 foot tall statue of President Abraham Lincoln gazes out from the solemn chamber of the Lincoln Memorial, located at far western end of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Built in the style of the Parthenon, the Lincoln Memorial (1922) has inspired generations. This imposing secular temple is surrounded by 36 columns, each representing a state in the union at the time of the Lincoln's death in 1865. The overarching theme of the memorial is "Union," symbolized by the bundle of rods motif incorporated throughout the memorial.
In addition to the Lincoln statue, the interior of the memorial features murals, and inscriptions of this revered President's most important speeches.
Inside the memorial, one cannot gaze upon Lincoln’s face without being reminded of the Civil War and slavery. The two speeches engraved in the chamber reference slavery, but the most prominent reference is Jules Guerin’s mural, “The Emancipation of the Slave.” This mural reflects Lincoln’s 1862 Emancipation Proclamation and ‘a new birth of freedom’ for the nation.
Two events occurred at the Lincoln Memorial because of Lincoln’s legacy as “The Great Emancipator.” In 1939, Marian Anderson sang at the memorial to an audience of 75,000 after being barred from singing at Constitution Hall because of her race. This event began the memorial’s connection to the continuing struggle for equality. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom concluded at the Lincoln Memorial. King gave the ‘I have a Dream” speech to 250,000 at the Lincoln Memorial. Both of these events are highlighted in a video in the memorial’s lower lobby.
happy bokeh wednesday! close up of a pool of water at zojoji temple in tokyo, japan. this is take two -- the previous photo is take one -- the exact same spot, just a slightly different angle for an entirely different result. which version do you like better?
Honoring individuals who have died from COVID-19 in this pandemic, Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg will present over 620,000 white flags on the National Mall. This will be the largest public, participatory art exhibition on the National Mall since presentation of the AIDS Quilt. It will be the first ever concurrently mirrored in the digital sphere.
The exhibition will be composed of 143 sections of white flags and 3.8 miles of walking paths. White benches placed throughout the art allow visitors to sit in quiet reflection. Social distancing and mask requirements will follow those in place for Washington, D.C. at the time of the exhibition.
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THE MEMORIAL is a national tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon.
THE 9/11 MEMORIAL is located at the site of the former World Trade Center complex, and occupies approximately half of the 16-acre site. The 9/11 Memorial features two enormous waterfalls and reflecting pools, each about an acre in size, set within the footprints of the original twin towers. The Memorial Plaza is one of the most eco-friendly plazas every constructed. More than 400 trees are planned for the plaza, surrounding the Memorial's two massive reflecting pools.
The Henry Moore at Lincoln Center, lesser photographed but more intereting side. I read that Moore said long ago the sculpture was the right scale for the place. Maybe. It's just a sad thing that this grand piece, a nearby Calder stabile, and the famous fountain as venerable and large as they are, feel like modernist trophy pieces.
Pentax K-5 II s, Pentax DA 14mm f./s.8 at f/8 1/180 ISO 560.