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Moonlight over the Potomac

Sherri and I went to see Avatar in 3-d at an IMAX theater in Alexandria only to find that it was sold out until Monday.  We ended up in Old Town playing dominos at Starbucks.  Before we left we braved the frigid temps to take a peek at the waterfront.  This moonlight was coming from this year’s Blue Moon.

This was taken hand held with a 50mm 1.4 lens.  Processed on my new ASUS Eee netbook in Lightroom.  I do not have all my plugins and add-ons loaded yet so there was no noise reduction ran against this image.

Tags: Alexandria, blue moon, boats, moonlight, night, Potomac River, Virginia, water

Swatara Creek

I spotted this scene while driving over a bridge during out trip home from Hershey, Pennsylvania.  Of course I had to pull over to capture it while leaving my family to wait in the car on the side of the road.  They forgave me though.

Tags: abandoned, Pennsylvania, Swatara Creek, water

Fountain at Lafayette Park

Fountain located in Lafayette Park, part of President’s Park, north of the White House.  Taken while trying to dodge the security guards who kept making me take my tripod down.

Tags: fountain, lafayette park, mist, night photography, president's park, soft, washington dc, water

Summertime Fun

Taken on a warm summer night at the Reston Town Center.

Camera specs; Canon EOS 40D fitted with a Canon EF-S 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens, f5.0 @ 1/5 a second, ISO 1600 at 65mm.

Tags: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Canon EOS 40D, children, fountain, kids, night, playing, reston, reston town center, summer, Virginia, water, wet