A HALF-HOUR TASTE OF D.C.
On a recent one-day social trip to Washington, I managed to work in thirty minutes of photography. That’s me in my ndy cap pointing the camera– a moment that Barbara captured on her cellphone.
We took the Acela train down from NYC to Washington’s notable Union Station.
This is the stunning interior of the station’s outer hall.
I’m fascinated by this interior three-story view of the area between the outer hall and the tracks.
I couldn’t resist shooting this close-up of that geometric lower level.
Here’s what you see upon emerging from the station, with the Capitol dimly outlined in the background.
So naturally I focused my telephoto lens on the Capitol, with only one lion, several light fixtures, and a relaxed individual in the foreground.
Here’s the Treasury Building, on the other side of a fence that discourages closer contact.
But the fence couldn’t stop me from getting this close-up of the seemingly arrogant Albert Gallatin, the fourth and longest serving Treasury Secretary. (Alexander Hamilton’s statue, which I missed out on, can be found on the other side of the building.)
Situated close to the White House, this is the General Lafayette statue – and that’s how we feel about the French!
The next four photos are all of the White House, taken through the security fence. The first is a wide-angle shot, dominated by those two huge trees on the front lawn.
The second shot sheds the second tree and brings the building into sharper focus.
The third shot is closer still, showing more detail of the entranceway.
The fourth shot is a close-up that, to my mind, suggests a more threatening tone – the big tree almost seeming poised to attack the seat of our government. Oh, well . . . .
The final picture is the very scene I was trying to photograph in the first picture, except that Barbara got it better with her cellphone!