{"id":867,"date":"2008-06-26T21:52:09","date_gmt":"2008-06-27T01:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/?p=867"},"modified":"2008-06-26T21:52:09","modified_gmt":"2008-06-27T01:52:09","slug":"washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2008\/06\/26\/washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thought I’d post some photographic highlights from my trip so far…. <\/p>\n

Thanks to Garrett<\/a> for suggesting that we take a trip to the monuments at night. We talked about HDR a bit, and I got some great shots.<\/p>\n

title=”Jefferson Memorial at Night by n1zyy, on Flickr”>\"Jefferson<\/a><\/figure>\n

That was as the sun was setting, so the sky is still a bit light. It’s definitely worth checking out the inside<\/i>, too:<\/p>\n

title=”Jefferson Memorial by n1zyy, on Flickr”>\"Jefferson<\/a><\/figure>\n

It’s right on what I keep calling a pond or lake, but is properly called the Tidal Basin<\/a>. On the other side is the Washington Monument:<\/p>\n

title=”Washington Monument at Night by n1zyy, on Flickr”>\"Washington<\/a><\/figure>\n

We actually haven’t (and probably won’t) visit[ed] it yet, as it’s apparently a ludicrously popular destination. I had to abandon (well, put away) the tripod after a while when the security guards informed me that tripods weren’t permitted, so I switched to ISO1600… It’s surprisingly useful in the dark:<\/p>\n

title=”Washington Monument by n1zyy, on Flickr”>\"Washington<\/a><\/figure>\n

That’s the Monument framed by two pillars of the Jefferson Memorial. The Tidal Basin in the middle smells awful, BTW.<\/p>\n

Garrett and I talked about HDR a bit, and I began by taking what might be one of the most tacky HDR photos ever:<\/p>\n

title=”Tacky HDR 101 by n1zyy, on Flickr”>\"Tacky<\/a><\/figure>\n

It’s a gorgeous photo really small, but it bothers me if I look at it much, mostly because it looks really unnatural.<\/p>\n

title=”Capitol by n1zyy, on Flickr”>\"Capitol\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

Today we toured the Capitol, which is an intriguing place. I took an equally-tacky HDR shot of that. I think the problem there is just that the dome and the building don’t match at all. I took a shot of the rotunda (think “the underside of that big dome”):<\/p>\n

title=”Capitol Rotunda by n1zyy, on Flickr”>\"Capitol<\/a><\/figure>\n

We also hit up the National Cathedral today… This shot burns my retinas a bit, but that insanely bright, insanely vibrant color on the church was actually pretty accurate… The sun was setting, leaving a nice, warm, golden glow.<\/p>\n

title=”National Cathedral by n1zyy, on Flickr”>\"National<\/a><\/figure>\n
title=”The Globe by n1zyy, on Flickr”>\"The<\/a><\/figure>\n

I honestly have no idea what that thing is (besides “a globe”), but between that and the stellar sky behind it, I like this shot.<\/p>\n

We hit up the White House (among other attractions) tomorrow, though they don’t allow anything<\/i> to be brought in, so don’t count on any shots of that. (Unless we go back and photograph the outside separately.)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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