A Nikonoholic in DC: Spring

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Sunday, April 8, 2012

The 2012 Cherry Blossoms

This year's blooming of the Cherry Blossoms was the first since the opening of the MLK Memorial on the Mall in August of last year. I took this photo on March 19, when the blossoms were at their peak period. They arrived early this year as a result of the rather warm winter we had in DC.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

A Spring before the Earthquake

Today is the first day of spring, although this photo is from the spring of 2011. I would not be able to capture the same exact photo this spring. The steeples on the central tower of the National Cathedral are now of course surrounded by scaffolds from the damage they suffered during the earthquake last August (see my previous post for reference). It could take several years to complete the repairs and thus have the opportunity to capture such a photo again.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

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)