Washington D.C. - National Mall

erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
edited January 19, 2006 in Landscapes
I'm on a business trip and managed to take a little time to visit "The Mall". I had not been there since they finished the World War II monument. It's quite a memorial site when there aren't busloads of kids running around. Didn't have a tripod so had to manage with handheld shots for all except the panoramic (I set the camera on the wall for that one).

As always, comments welcomed.

Erich

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You can checkout the rest of the gallery at http://hbphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/1135299

Thanks again!

Erich

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  • eye-maxeye-max Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2006
    #'s 2 & 3 thumb.gif . The lighting & textures are what caught my eye. I can't make up my mind about #4, to my eye everything appears to centered.
    excellent shots considering that you didn't have a tripod.
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  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2006
    Good stuff - love #2 & #3. They did a great job with that memorial. You've got to be there with the fountains going. Check out some shots of it here:

    http://philu.smugmug.com/gallery/77186
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited January 18, 2006
    very nice Erich - I like #2 & #4 best thumb.gif
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2006
    #2 is terrific.clap.gif
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2006
    great job
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  • erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2006
    Thanks everyone. I really appreciate your comments. #2 is my favorite also.

    Phil, you got some great captures in that gallery. I like how the fountains look at the memorial.

    Erich
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2006
    Really nice shots of DC's Mall Memorial!!

    If #4 is centered, it is a good shot for that. I do like well done centering and that is that. Brings out the reflection.

    I like the time of day/night you chose to shoot.

    ginger
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2006
    Great series. #2 is outstanding. clap.gifclap.gif The kid in #3 makes the shot (reminding me, yet again, that I need to put more people into my pictures!) I'm with Ginger on #4. There are times when it works best to break the rule of thirds rule. thumb.gif

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  • erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2006
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Really nice shots of DC's Mall Memorial!!

    If #4 is centered, it is a good shot for that. I do like well done centering and that is that. Brings out the reflection.

    I like the time of day/night you chose to shoot.

    ginger

    Thanks Ginger. The sky had an eerie orange glow that evening. It was a low cloud cover so it was picking up the reflection from all the city lights.

    Erich
  • erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2006
    Flyinggina wrote:
    Great series. #2 is outstanding. clap.gifclap.gif The kid in #3 makes the shot (reminding me, yet again, that I need to put more people into my pictures!) I'm with Ginger on #4. There are times when it works best to break the rule of thirds rule. thumb.gif

    Virginia

    Thanks FG.

    Yes, I was trying to use the symmetry of the shapes to accentuate the monument. These are times when centering works....

    Erich
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