It’s been a long couple of weeks lately and today was tough. We lost a family pet today due to a tumor. I’ll stop there with that subject.
So here is a quick post tonight. The Lincoln Memorial is one of my favorite monuments in Washington D.C. Something about his statute looking down at you is impressive. I also love all the details built into the statute and the surrounding structure.
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Here is another picture from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. It is the traditional perspective you’ve seen a thousand times.
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I hope everyone is having a great day.
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I took this picture last year while I was in Washington DC
for Baldrige Examiner training. I
wanted to post something tonight from an area I haven’t shared with you
recently. So I went back in
time….at least a little bit.
When I showed this picture to MJ tonight, she called it a “Brook Picture”…..whatever that means. Hopefully that’s a good thing. It really doesn’t matter, because I like the picture.
Facts about the Lincoln Memorial:
Built to honor our 16th President….shocker right?????
Architect of building (Greek Doric Temple style): Henry Bacon
Sculptor of statue: Daniel Chester French
Dedicated in 1922
Facts about my picture:
HDR final image was created with three auto-bracketed images of +1, 0, -1 exposure values (EV).
You can see the original three photos displayed at the bottom.
I merged the images together using Photomatix Pro and then I edited the photo within Photoshop CS6.
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HDR image with 3 auto-bracketed images used to create the final product.
About a year ago, I spent four days outside the Washington DC area for work. On two of those evenings, I drove into the city to photograph the monuments and government buildings. On the second night, I had Kuruvilla Markose with me, who was visiting from India for the same work event. We had a great time walking around the monuments taking photographs and talking about our countries and cultures.
We planned to be at the Lincoln Memorial around sunset. I have taken photos of it in the past, but not at sunset and I thought it might be cool. What I wasn’t planning on was the massive amount of people there at that time of day. It was covered with so many people, it reminded me of an angry anthill. Regardless, I got some great photos that night and wanted to share one with you.
* Abraham Lincoln was our 16th President
* Architect was Henry Bacon
* Dedicated in 1922
* Built in the form of a Greek Doric temple
* Includes inscriptions of The Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address
* The spot where Martin Luther King delivered the “I Have A Dream” speech is marked and dated.
* It is open 24/7 to the public
I took this picture before I had my Nikon D800. So I took this with my Nikon D90 and my 14-24mm lens. This is a 3-exposure bracket set (+2, 0, -2). I merged the images using Photomatix Pro and edited it in Photoshop CS6. I took this with the tripod and I balancing on top of a four-foot tall pillar (security barrier). I stood on the pillar to get my camera above the heads of all the people. I wasn’t at risk of falling or anything, but I thought the security guards for the National Park Service might force me to get down. In the end, they never said a word to me.
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