Seeing Washington

2011-08-01T02:42:00.001-04:00

2011-08-01T02:41:00.001-04:00

Lake Tahoe

2011-02-17T14:23:00.000-05:00

Friends invited me out for a ski weekend in Tahoe. This is the view of the lake from outside their cabin.

Night as Day

2011-01-28T00:05:00.001-05:00

Jennie Dean Park in Arlington. Shooting night as day -- making images at night so bright they look like they were shot in daylight. These two pictures were taking under thick clouds at around 9 o'clock at night. They are long exposures, about 10 seconds at f 4.5 with a 200 ISO.

Fog in the Trees

2011-01-28T00:01:00.002-05:00

Fog floats through the trees in Jennie Dean Park in Arlington.

Ice

2011-01-27T22:03:00.003-05:00

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Tabletop snow

2011-01-27T22:01:00.002-05:00

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Snow in Arlington

2011-01-11T21:19:00.002-05:00

Steam billows around the Walter Reed Community Center.

To the Moon!

2011-01-08T21:34:00.002-05:00

Command Module hatch from Apollo 11, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Ilford black and white effect using the Vignette app on my Droid X.

Apollo Command Module control panel, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Ilford black & white effect using the Vignette app on my Droid X.

Building Museum

2011-01-08T18:21:00.002-05:00

I used a panorama feature on my Droid X to capture the height of the Building Museum's interior columns.

Snow in the District

2011-01-08T08:35:00.004-05:00

Rowhouses in the snow in Columbia Heights. Shot with a tilt-shift effect on my Droid X.

New Years Eve 2010

2011-01-01T19:26:00.000-05:00

New Years Eve, 2010 at Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington, DC.

Winter Soltice Eclipse

2010-12-22T21:38:00.000-05:00

This was the first total lunar eclipse on the winter solstice since 1638.

Snowflake Street Lamps

2010-12-22T21:14:00.002-05:00

The Walter Reed Community Center in Arlington, Virginia. I bought a pair of trick glasses from 7-11 that creates snowflake images over lights. Put one of the cellophane lenses over the lens on my Droid X phone and snapped this with the Retro cam app. The streetlights turned into snowflakes.

Christmas Truck

2010-12-22T21:13:00.004-05:00

Snow still clings to the fender of the old Chevy truck outside Hard Times on King Street in Old Town Alexandria.

Snow on Oronoco Bay

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Snow and ice around Oronoco Bay on the Potomac in Old Town Alexandria.

Goose

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A Canada goose watches me from snow covered rocks on the banks of the Potomac.

Heron Takes Flight

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A blue heron takes off after I stumbled onto him at Oronoco Bay in Alexandria.

First Snow

2010-12-17T22:24:00.001-05:00

A park bench during the first snow of the winter. Alexandria, Virginia

Tree in Snow

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Old Town, Alexandria

Statue in Snow

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Carlough Plaza, Alexandria, Virginia

Matchbox

2010-12-11T12:00:00.002-05:00

Warm light at Matchbox in Chinatown.

Christmas at Arlington Cemetery

2010-12-11T10:24:00.001-05:00

Wreaths against headstones at Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths Across America

2010-12-11T08:28:00.002-05:00

Crowd for the "Wreaths Across America" wreath laying at Arlington National Cemetery.

Christmas in Shirlington

2010-12-10T20:30:00.005-05:00

Fountain of light, Shirlington.

Christmas in Shirlington

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Christmas tree in Shirlington.

Hawk

2010-12-09T23:15:00.000-05:00

A hawk in my back yard. He shows up every year in the spring and fall. This morning, he was sitting on a branch overlooking my patio, eating a small, black bird. The tree is home to a colony of squirrels. Normally, they will post a single squirrel to bark constant warnings when the hawk is around. Today, they were running wildly around the tree, jumping from branch to branch right in front of the hawk. I guess they figure he can't kill them if his mouth is full of someone else.

Moon over Arlington

2010-12-09T23:10:00.002-05:00

Waxing crescent, 15% illuminated, 398,375 km over Arlington, Virginia.

Devil in the Details

2010-12-09T23:02:00.001-05:00

The Velvet Devil waits on a shelf at Devines, Columbia Heights.

Weekend Plans

2010-12-09T23:01:00.000-05:00

Ready for the weekend, Devines, Columbia Heights.

Library

2010-12-09T22:45:00.002-05:00

My home library.

Bay Bridge

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Crossing the Bay Bridge towards Annapolis.

The Grass is Greener

2010-12-09T22:43:00.002-05:00

Murphy the Big Giant Dog looks out his window in Columbia Heights.

The Sanity Rally was Insane

2010-12-09T22:42:00.005-05:00

National Mall during John Stewart's and Steven Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.

Pentagon Briefing Room

2010-12-09T22:42:00.003-05:00

Inside the Pentagon Briefing Room, waiting for an interview with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Eastern Market

2010-12-09T22:41:00.002-05:00

Freight pallets turned into primitive art American flags.

Bronze Lion

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Lion guarding the Netherlands Carrilion at Arlington.

Malcolm X Park

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Waterfalls in Malcolm X Park, Columbia Heights.

Malcolm X Park

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Wall at Malcolm X Park in Columbia Heights.

Potomac through the Trees

2010-12-09T22:37:00.002-05:00

Oronoco Bay Park in Alexandria, Virginia.

Birds on Oronoco Bay

2010-12-08T23:04:00.003-05:00

Seagulls and assorted other water birds float on Oronoco Bay in Alexandria, Virginia. Shot with my Droid X.

Halfway to Winter

2010-12-08T23:03:00.006-05:00

A tree in Columbia Heights missing half its leaves. Shot with Vignette's tilt-shift app on my Droid X.

Help from Yelp

2010-12-08T23:02:00.003-05:00

A glass of Alagash at Red Rocks with a view of Meridian Pint, Columbia Heights. Vignette app on my Droid X.

Red on Red

2010-12-08T23:01:00.006-05:00

Changing leaves above my Mustang in Columbia Heights.

Virginia Creeper

2010-12-08T23:01:00.005-05:00

A color isolation app for my Droid X captured the changing colors of a Virginia creeper crawling over an old fence in Arlington, Virginia.

In the Shadow of Giants

2010-12-08T23:00:00.004-05:00

At the Lincoln Memorial at night.

Lincoln Memorial

2010-12-08T23:00:00.003-05:00

RetroCam app on my Droid X.

Lincoln Memorial

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Norfolk & Southern

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Freight truck on Norfolk and Southern rolling stock, Alexandria, Virginia. Shot with the RetroCam app on my Droid X.

Norfolk & Southern

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Freight truck on Norfolk and Southern rolling stock, Alexandria, Virginia. Shot with the RetroCam app on my Droid X.

Norfolk & Southern

2010-12-08T22:58:00.008-05:00

Freight truck on Norfolk and Southern rolling stock, Alexandria, Virginia. Shot with the RetroCam app on my Droid X.

Autumn Leaves

2010-12-08T22:57:00.003-05:00

Big Tipper

2010-12-08T22:56:00.002-05:00

Left behind on the bar at Nick's in Georgetown Harbor.

Metro Canopy

2010-12-08T22:55:00.004-05:00

Metro canopy at the Eastern Market stop.

Moon Over DC

2010-11-22T21:14:00.001-05:00

My first Photoshop project. The moon was photographed in Arkansas in 2008. The DC skyline was a black and white shot taken in October, 2010 from near the Iwo Jima Memorial near my house in Arlington, VA.

Air Force Memorial

2010-11-14T21:49:00.000-05:00

Sunset at the Air Force Memorial, November 14, 2010: 15 years after my dad's passing. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean and Cold War eras. This was taken on my Droid X with a tilt-shift app.

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Circulator Bus

2010-11-08T21:45:00.003-05:00

On the Circulator to K St. Vignette app's tilt-shift function on my Droid X.

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Columbia Heights

2010-11-08T21:40:00.001-05:00

Plaza in Columbia Heights shot with a tilt-shift app on my Droid.

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Fiery Autumn Leaves

2010-11-08T21:35:00.002-05:00

Fire escape in Columbia Heights

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Ghost Street

2010-09-06T22:51:00.000-04:00

A spooky street in Old Town Alexandria

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Fletcher's Cove

2008-06-17T21:13:00.000-04:00

The lock house at Fletcher's Cove along the C&O Canal in Washington, DC.

Dalcarlia Tunnel

2008-06-17T21:12:00.000-04:00

The Dalcarlia Tunnel in Bethesda Maryland along the Capital Crescent Trail. The trail is an old rail line that links Silver Spring, Bethesda and Georgetown.

Self Portrait

2008-06-17T21:11:00.000-04:00

Tex on the Arizona Ave. Trestle.

Biking the Canal

2008-06-17T21:05:00.000-04:00

Bikers peddle along the C&O Canal towpath. View from the Arizona Ave. Trestle along the Capital Crescent Trail.

Potomac Skyline

2008-06-17T21:00:00.000-04:00

The Watergate, Washington Monument and Kennedy Center as seen from the Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Potomac. Roosevelt Island is to the right.

Red & Black

2008-03-30T20:47:00.003-04:00

Hinge on the front door of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown

Lucky Duck

2008-03-30T20:20:00.002-04:00

Duck at Roosevelt Island, Washington, DC. March 16, 2008

Great Falls

2007-12-27T13:21:00.001-05:00

As seen from the Virginia side of the Potomac.

The Best Thing About Washington...

2007-12-27T13:17:00.001-05:00

...is that it's only a two hour flight from America.

Images from down on the farm, Thanksgiving week, 2007.

Sunrise on the Potomac

2007-10-27T13:02:00.000-04:00

Autum sunrise on the Potomac at Oronoco Bay in Alexandria, Virginia.

Cherry Blossoms

2007-04-17T23:11:00.000-04:00

Cherry blossom time. Tidal Basin, April 2, 2007

Great Falls

2006-11-11T21:58:00.000-05:00

A music video of Great Falls National Park -- Labor Day, 2006

Rockets' Red Glare

2006-07-05T19:17:00.000-04:00

Fourth of July Fireworks over DC, from the Iwo Jima Memorial

Fireworks

2006-07-05T19:12:00.000-04:00

Watching fireworks from Arlington

Fountain on the Fourth

2006-07-05T18:54:00.000-04:00

National Archives as seen from the Hirshorn Sculpture Garden.

Reading the Declaration

2006-07-05T18:41:00.000-04:00

Crowd gathers to hear the reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of the National Archives.

Let Freedom Ring

2005-06-27T00:25:00.000-04:00

Liberty Bell replica in front of Union Station, Washington, DC

Guard Post

2005-06-27T00:24:00.000-04:00

Barricade outside Russell Senate Office Building

City Museum

2005-06-27T00:22:00.000-04:00

Old Carnegie Library, Washington, DC

Miata Self-Portrait

2005-06-27T00:19:00.000-04:00

Independence Avenue, June25, 2005

Motion

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Biker Rally, Hollywood, Maryland

Electra Glide

2005-06-27T00:17:00.001-04:00

Biker Rally, Hollywood, Maryland

Legal Framework

2005-06-27T00:15:00.000-04:00

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

White House Fence

2005-06-26T23:24:00.000-04:00

"The White House is the finest prison in the world" -- Harry Truman

Showing the Colors

2005-06-18T23:37:00.000-04:00

Flag & mast, Alexandria Waterfront Festival

Rigging

2005-06-18T23:35:00.000-04:00

The sailing ship Sultana -- At the Alexandria Waterfront Festival

Arrrrr.....

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Parrot with Sultana, Alexandria Waterfront Festival, June 18, 2005

Trolley Car Days

2005-05-28T20:44:00.001-04:00

Sulphur Rock, Arkansas, was home to the last horsedrawn street car in America. The "Bobtail" was featured on a US Postage stamp in 1983. The town celebrates it's claim to fame with Trolley Car Days.

Lincoln Memorial

2005-05-25T21:06:00.001-04:00

1948 Lincoln in Old Town Alexandria.

Reflection

2005-05-25T21:05:00.000-04:00

Old Town Alexandria -- through the spotlight of a classic Ford.

Rare Air from the Capitol Dome

2005-05-25T20:38:00.000-04:00

The National Mall as seen from the US Capitol Dome. A rare sight. Reader Mort Rapaport was lucky enough to tour the dome at the invitation of his Congress member. He submitted this. Thank you for sharing your sights from a rare tour.

New York Skyline

2005-05-23T23:25:00.001-04:00

A visit to New York.

Old Town

2005-05-19T23:33:00.000-04:00

Alleyway, Old Town Alexandria.

Old Town

2005-05-18T23:34:00.000-04:00

John Douglas Brown House, Old Town Alexandria.

Old Town

2005-05-18T23:32:00.000-04:00

John Douglas Brown House, Old Town Alexandria.

Duck

2005-05-17T23:17:00.000-04:00

Alexandria Waterfront.

Duck

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Alexandria Waterfront.

Reflection

2005-05-16T23:13:00.000-04:00

Alexandria Waterfront.

Humpback Bridge

2005-05-14T23:28:00.000-04:00

Bridge on the George Washington Parkway.

Dogwoods

2005-04-19T22:56:00.000-04:00

Across the Potomac.