Spring Sunrise in DC-

Spring has arrived once again in Washington, DC. Le vendredi dernier, I went down to the Mall on Friday at dawn to capture early morning shots of the Cherry Blossom trees as they have just recently blossomed. Amid the cold temperatures of a DC spring morning, I witnessed the warm colors of the sun rise next to the Capitol Dome. Taking shots of the Capitol from the Washington Monument with my trusty D50 coupled with my Nikon 55-200mm 4-5.6 VR zoom, a "bread and butter" but versatile zoom, my hands grew cold and dry in the early chilly breezy air. A ce moment je me suis dit "mince, j'aurais du apporter mes gants avec moi!" Heureusement, j'etais plutot satisfait avec mes photos que j'ai pris.

82mm 1/100s at f/4.5 ISO800 (slightly copped and edited)

90mm 1/160s at f/8 ISO800

145mm 1/100s at f/8.0 ISO800

200mm 1/200s at f/8.0 ISO800

55mm 1/320s at f/8.0 ISO800

200mm 1/500s at f/8.0 ISO800

72mm 1/400s at f/8 ISO800

175mm 1/1250s at f/5.6 ISO800

175mm 1/1600s at f/5.6 ISO800

160mm 1/1600s at f/5.3 ISO800

200mm 1/4000s at f/7.1 ISO800

82mm 1/1000s at f/7.1 ISO800

68mm 1/1600 at f/7.1 ISO800