Washington, DC

Spending a few days in our Nation's capital. Will post photos to this thread while I am here.

Staying at the historic Phoenix Park Hotel which is within walking distance of the Capitol building.





More later.



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The Capitol building.




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These were taken with a Nikon D700/28-300VR combination during a scouting/walk around DC.

Not cherry trees but still very colorful in front of the Supreme Court building



Tulips at the Capitol building. Lovely scaffolding, eh?



This angle hides the scaffolding.



Everyone has a cause in Washington.



No reason except for the gold Mustang out front.



More occupation.



Metro Station (hand held, 6400 ISO)

 

Very nice shots Scott.

 

Real nice shots Scott, thanks for taking the time to share while on the road!

 

Visited the Stephen F Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington, DC. Part of the Air & Space Museum.

Enola Gay B-29


F-14 Tomcat


Enterprise Space Shuttle.


Manned space flight exhibit.



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A couple of HDRs from the Stephen F Udvar-Hazy Center.

James S. McDonnell Space Hangar.


This will give you an idea how big this place is.

 

A couple from this morning's golden hour of the US Capitol Building.

 

That last one is great! ; How early were you out there?

 

I was on the other side before sunrise. ; Very windy as you can see by the flag so the photo I had planned was scraped. ; Waited for the Sun to come up to catch the golden hour on the building. ; Cranked the camera's Vivid setting to enhance it.

 

Very nice shots!! ; If you closely, I think there is a hidden Mickey formed by the balloons on top of the space capsule.

 

great to get an idea of what to expect in june when i will be doing the air & space annex

 

Looks like a great trip! It's been quite a few years since I was at the Smithsonian Annex, I'd love to see it again.
Psst, that F-15 is actually an F-14 Tomcat, but I won't tell anyone.

Erich

 

Thanks, Erich, fixed! ;

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.


A Stone of Hope by Scottwdw, on Flickr

 

That is very cool, I have never seen the MLK statue before.

 

Nice work Scott! ; The last time I was at Udvar-Hazy the space wing wasn't open yet. ; I really need to get back down there sometime.

 

Tulips are the flower of choice for Washington landscapers right now.



Red ones surround the White House fountain.



I highly recommend taking a Ranger tour of some of the monuments and memorials. ; Learn all kinds of neat stuff like the statue of Abraham Lincoln's show size would be a 42.

 

I would wait a bit, Michael. ; They are bringing in the Space Shuttle Discovery to replace the Enterprise. ; The date mentioned was April 19th. ; It will be a zoo around there during that time. ; About a third of the space hanger exhibits are not out right now as Enterprise has already been fitted with it's aerotail for transport.