A Fall Afternoon at Fort Reno Park

Today is the first day of fall. I will be leaving DC in a few days and I will not be around to photograph the season at its peak in the city. Therefore, I wanted to share this photo depiciting fall at its peak that I took at Fort Reno Park a couple of years ago.

A Hancock Sunset

In my last post, it was about a sunrise, for this posting it is all about a sunset... a late winter sunset.  I am really found of the late afternoon sunlight as it can lead to interesting shadows and silhouettes. This photo was taken on the last day of winter of 2011. I was out on the Mall when I captured the sun as it set behind the John Hancock Monument.  This shot was taken with my Nikon D50 which recently died after six years and more than 110k shutter actualizations (the camera was designed to work up to 50k).  This photo was shot as a JPEG and as a result, the photo has a few clipped portions in the shadow areas of the photo. Having better control of such clipped areas in post processing is one of the reasons why I now shot in RAW instead of JPEG format. For those who think the photo is still interesting thank you for not noticing.

La Grande Capitale

Last October while at the Mall to watch the sun as it set over the Potomac river, I took this photo of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. While there, I couldn't help but to think about my years spent in France. I suppose this photo could remind one of some grande city, not just in France but elsewhere in Europe.

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Dupont Circle, Fin d'un aprés midi / End of an Afternoon

Yesterday was the last day of fall for 2011. This post contains 11 random photos that I took during this fall '11.

Fall Mall Morning

Fall through a Picket Fence

Woodley Park, To Mcpherson Square and back

Adam's Morgan, Untitled

Freedom Plaza, Une lecture avant le travail / Reading Before Work

Lafayette Park, Jackson Monument

En face de 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

From the Taft Memorial Bridge

Georgetown, A Smoking Walk in the Rain

Photographing Appleton Street

McPherson Square : 12-04-11

Last Sunday, December 4, I went downtown to McPherson Square to photograph the Occupy DC movement.  While I was down there, there was a stand off between police and demonstrators from the movement. This event was covered heavily in the news so I will not go in depth regarding it. The demonstrators from the movement had built a make shift shelter the night before. This shelter was built without a permit and was therefore declared illegal by the city. Police ordered the demonstrators to leave the structure and gave them a time frame to do so. By the end of the day, the demonstrators, where arrested by police. Some chose to jump off of the structure onto a big air cushion that was put into place by police. Others remained on the structure and were taken off by police using a cherry picker. As this was happening, a member from the movement in the crowd was reading the constitution.  I left before the structure was torn down by police.