Happy 4th of July!!
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
In honor of Veteran’s Day tomorrow (November 11, 2020) in the United States, I’m sharing this photo I captured at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There are actually a number of Unknowns from a number of different wars placed in the Tomb. This is located in Arlington National Cemetery and is guarded 24/7/365 by members of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment (“The Old Guard”). It’s emotional to watch the changing of the guard at this site and I think every American should see it at least once in their life. I took this photo of this Guard “walking the mat” back in 2019.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
Like many things in the COVID world, this great museum is closed right now…. I love the architecture of this building, which is so different compared to the rest of the Smithsonian facilities on the Washington Mall. Good stuff.
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Capital (Night-Rear)
Tonight’s photo is the opposite of my last post. That was a daytime photo taken from the front of the U.S. Capital Building. This is a night photo taken from the opposite side.
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Capital (Day-Front)
I think this is considered the front of the U.S. Capital building. I guess it could be the back…I don’t know. Regardless, I took this photo about two years ago while MJ and I were visiting a friend. Tomorrow I’ll post a “Capital (Night-Rear)” photo of the same location. I think you’ll find it interesting to compare and contrast the photos…day vs night and front vs rear.
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US Capital Building
It’s been over a year since I was in Washington D.C. last. Which for me is a long time since my last D.C. trip. Not counting the cities I have lived in, D.C. is the location I’ve visited most by a long shot (90% of my trips to D.C. were work related).
I captured this photo on my last trip in 2018. Like most situations, I’m usually the only person standing in the dark or near dark waiting for just the right moment… This is the result.
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Cancun Resport Via Drone
I must admit that I rarely watch videos online that last more then 30 seconds. So, I don’t know how attractive this will be for you since it is well over 30 seconds long. Regardless, here is a compilation of drone footage I took on our last trip to Cancun Mexico. It took me months just to get around to editing the video, but here you go.
Statue of Freedom
Some days I can come up with tons to say on these posts. Other days, I don’t say much, due to my schedule, being tired, etc.. But tonight, I just can’t think of anything to say. So, I’m telling you I can’t think of anything and therefore, you’re getting nothing of substance. Sorry about wasting your time.
I took this photo of the U.S. Capital building dome last August. I love the Statue Of Freedom on the top.
Here is a fun fact for you…. According to Wikipedia, the cast iron for the dome is an estimated 8.9 million pounds.
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Cadet Chapel
I love the design of this chapel. My three hours at this site wasn’t long enough…but it was getting cold and dark, plus visiting hours at the U.S. Air Force Academy were coming to an end…. So, I called for my Uber went back to my hotel. That was about a year ago. I’ll have to plan another trip in the future.
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Capital Building
MJ and I were in Washington D.C. this weekend vising a couple of our friends (Nick and Erica). We had a great time and enjoyed our time with them. I didn’t take many photos while I was there, but I went out around sunset to capture some photos of the White House at that time of day. I haven’t processed any of those pics yet, but here is a photo of the Capital Building from two visits ago.
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Cusco Alley
Today’s photo is something a little special for you. It’s a rare black and white photo from me….. I just don’t produce many black and white images. But when I processed this photo 2 years ago, I liked it better this way. Then I left it sitting on my hard drive, until right now….. So you now get to see this great picture of an alley in the city center of Cusco Peru.
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Reflections and Tile Work
As I currently sit at home and watch it rain outside (by the way it’s also cold out there), I wish I was in a warmer spot. I want to be back to this spot….. warm, relaxing, fun, beautiful. But I’m not. So, I’ll have to enjoy the photo and remember what it felt like to be at this location.
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Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel
I took this photo in early December while I was in Colorado Springs. I used an Uber to travel out to the Air Force Academy right before sunset to photograph this spot. When I arrived, it was in the low 50s and I was comfortable. When I left a few hours later, it was in the mid 30s and I wasn’t prepared. I was freezing when the sun set and with the wind coming down the mountains onto this spot. Regardless, I dealt with it. I could have dealt with it better had I taken a coat (my fault for not planning ahead)…. But I didn’t. Anyway, after I captured all the photos I wanted, I requested another Uber. At that point, I started to get worried the Uber driver wouldn’t be able to come give me since the based closes to visits at 6pm (and I was really cold). If the Uber driver got stopped at the gate, it would have been a 4 mile walk from my spot (the Chapel) to the gate to catch the ride. As it turned out, the Uber driver got through and everything was fine.
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US Capital Building
I had a good trip to Washington DC earlier this year and I’m looking forward to the next DC trip later this summer. I honestly don’t know how many times I’ve been to DC in the past…..so I’ll just guess by using the technical term…”a bunch”.
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Capital Reflecting Pool
I hope everyone is having a great Saturday. I’m sharing this photo I recently took of the Capital Building in Washington DC. I’m struggling with what else to say on the blog, so I’ll just stop here.
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Capital Light Trails
Here is another photo from last week’s trip to Washington D.C. When you have limited time in an area, you have to make the best of what you get…. I didn’t get the best weather as you can see. Regardless, I sat in the middle of Pennsylvania Ave to capture this photo.
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Pennsylvania Ave.
Capital Building
I’ve traveled to Washington DC many times….maybe 15 times… maybe even over 20 times in my life (MJ and I will be back in DC again later this year). But I’ve never explored the Capital building or the area around it. So last night, I spent a few hours walking around this great facility. This probably isn’t the best photographic version of the building, but I like what I captured. It was extremely windy last night… something like 20 mile an hour wind. So it was difficult to capture a photo at night and not get trees to be blurry. But there wasn’t anything I could do about the wind. So you got blurry trees.
Regardless, it’s a great, impressive, powerful looking building. The photo doesn’t do it justice. I’m telling you…its impressive in person.
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U.S. Capital Building
Puno Cathedral Basilica Menor
As we go into the weekend, how about a photo of some religious architecture? I took this photo during our trip to Peru. This is the Puno Cathedral Basilica Menor in Puno, Peru down on Lake Titicaca. This church was built in 1757 in an Andean Baroque architectural style. I love the architecture in these old churches, which is why I’ve visited more churches around the world then most religious people. I’m no world record holder or anything, but my total number of churches visited is pretty high.
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Peru Star Trails
This is my first ever attempt of photographing star trails. As you probably know, I take hundreds (thousands, if I’m honest) photos on all our trips. I don’t process them immediately after the trip. I get bored of processing to many photos in a row from one spot. So I jump around. I’ll process 5 photos from NYC, then some from Florida, then some from Pittsburgh, etc… You get the idea. Anyway, that means sometimes is takes me a few years to process all the photos from a trip. Why did I mention all that?
Well, back during our 2015 Peru trip, Michael and I went out one night to photograph the Milky Way. The moon cycle and weather was perfect for star photography. Plus that part of the world is great for Astrophotography. I took a bunch of photos of the stars, Milky Way and the sky. While I was there, I took a series of photos to create this star trail picture. But the photos sat on my computer for almost 2 years before I processed them last night. So my first attempt at star trails took 2 years to complete. I hope you enjoy it.
By the way, the structures in the foreground are ancient Incan building (thousands of years old).
Have a great day.
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Make America Great Again...Black Inventors
On our recent trip to Charlotte, MJ and I wandered around the downtown area. It was basically deserted, since it was Christmas day. We found this mural on an abandoned building a few blocks from Marshall Park in the southeast corner of downtown. I thought it was an appropriate photo following today’s event.
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Graffiti in Charlotte