Monday, April 5th, 2010
The Washington Monument and Washington Monument Lodge in Washington, D.C. (HDR from a single RAW)
I was recently in the District for a work related conference. The weather for most of the week was downright dreadful. But, I made the most of it. In this photo, the Washington Monument in the background towers above the Washington Monument Lodge.
The girls were able to come up and spend a couple of days with me. It was their first time in D.C. We visited a couple of museums and did a lot of walking on the National Mall. We miscalculated the weather and decided it would be safe to walk all the way to the Lincoln Memorial, which put us about 1.2 miles from the Smithsonian Metro station. Just as we started to walk back, we got hit with a deluge. The kind that renders umbrellas useless. The wetness, combined with being pummeled by stuff getting knocked out of trees, made for a pretty rotten commute back to where we were staying.
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
The Rotunda on The Lawn at UVA (Charlottesville, VA)
This photo was taken back in September of 2008. We took a day trip up to Charlottesville to show Kate where she was born and where she spent the first year of her life. She didn’t remember any of it, but she had a good time.
We caught a lucky break with the weather. After it rained nearly the entire drive up to Charlottesville, the weather improved when we arrived. In fact, we were greeted by some really nice clouds.
Charlottesville is a neat town. Graduating from medical school on The Lawn is something I will always remember.
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Tags: Academical Village, autumn, campus, Central Grounds, Charlottesville, cloudy, college, fall, hdr, historical, rainy, sky, The Grounds, The Lawn, The Rotunda, university, University of Virginia, UVA, Virginia
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Falls Lake in Durham, NC
I’m not sure how I feel about this one. I didn’t roll out of the rack this morning thinking I wanted to create an image that is almost devoid of color. But, I get so few chances to get out and take pictures that I just have to work with whatever conditions (weather, lighting, etc.) that I’m confronted with. Waiting for the conditions to be “right” is a luxury that I just don’t have.
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Tags: cloudy, Durham, Falls Lake, hdr, North Carolina, rainy, reflections
