Baseball Practice at Saint Albans School

For those who have been following my blog, this place may appear familiar to you (see my posting L'Arrivé d'Autonme). It can often be interesting to capture the same place during a different time of the year. I returned to capture once again such a place near the National Cathedral last week. There is an all boys prep school near the cathedral known as Saint Albans School. Their baseball team was practicing that afternoon when I captured this photo through a chain linked fence. The trees appear bare in this photo, but should began blossom as spring arrives this week.

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.

In the Tranquility of a Sunrise

This photo is from a recent trip to California. I got up early one morning and headed over to a park in my neighborhood where I grew up to photograph the sunrise. The park was nearly empty at that hour of the morning. From the tennis courts at the park, however, I could hear music. Curious, I decided to check it out. Inside the courts, there was a man playing a musical instrument. He was all by himself. Was he just enjoying the pleasure of playing his instrument in the tranquility of a sunrise? Perhaps...

The District of Carlumbia Show

Earlier this month I went the annual auto show in the District for the second time. When attending auto shows as a child, I can remember always wanting to sit in every single car.  These days though, I focus more on the photo opportunities instead of just the cars. In fact, I didn't sit in too many cars but took a ton of photographs. As I spent overwhelmingly most of my time in the foreign auto section of the show, almost all these photos in this post except for one represent cars from foreign brands.

Une Capitale de l'Amour

Paris the Capitale de l'Amour, mais bien sur... but perhaps Paris isn't the only Capitol de l'Amour out there... Anyways I thought it would be appropriate to post this image today as aujourd'hui is Valentines Day! I was photographing the sun as it set on the Potomac on a fall evening when I captured this image. I used my long telephoto zoom for this shot, framing the couples with the three columns from the Lincoln Memorial. I did crop the image slightly during its post processing treatment. I suppose perhaps this photo could have been better if that one person sitting alone wasn't in the photo but then again there are plenty in the nation's capital who are single ;)

Dehydrating the Hydrant

A Presidential Encounter

While I was downtown the other day, the president happened to be at a hotel situated on the corner of 16th and K Streets. I wasn't able to see him leave the hotel and therefore photograph him though. For security reasons obviously, they had constructed a tent around his limousine at the side entrance of the hotel. Another presidential limousine was parked outside in front of the tent. I took the above shot as his limousine was pulling away from the hotel onto the intersection of 16th and K with my 105mm prime. I did crop it a little bit though to have a little more tighter frame. Below are just a few more photos from the encounter.