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Second Inauguration of President ObamaOn Monday, I attended the second inauguration of President Obama. It was an enjoyable event, but a very cold one. I was fortunate to get a ticket to the standing section, so I had a decent view of the ceremony. Nevertheless, I still had to use a very long lens. I think some of my photos turned out quite nicely. Here are some of my favorites:
Tomorrow is Inauguration DayTomorrow is Inauguration Day, upon which President Obama will be sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. I will be attending and I will hopefully get some nice shots. It may take me a few days to get my photos online. In the meantime, here are some that I took this evening, the night before the inauguration.
Winter twilight at Great FallsI started of the new year with a visit to one of my favorite locales, Great Falls in Virginia. It's a huge waterfall on the Potomac River, only a few miles from Washington, D.C. I visited Great Falls just before twilight to capture the sunset and dusk. We're having another warm winter, so no snow this time, but I think my images turned out nicely nonetheless. The first image was taken right at sunset and the second is a long exposure that I took during twilight, after the sun had fallen completely below the horizon.
Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas! The following are a few photos of the Capitol and the 2012 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. This year, the Capitol Christmas tree is a 73-foot Engelmann spruce, harvested from the White River National Forest in Colorado. Behind the tree, you can see a stage being constructed for the inauguration of President Obama's second term.
Washington National Cathedral panoramasLast year, I visited Washington National Cathedral to shoot some panoramic interiors. I recently restitched them using some new techniques. I think they turned out great. The following is a set of 4 panoramas, all of which were stitched from the same set of 117 images. Two of the panoramas face the sanctuary and the other two face the nave. One of each is cropped at a 1:4 ratio and the other at a 1:5 ratio. The 1:5 ratio crops are 360 degree panoramas and you can see how the edges line up with each other. Click on an image to see it full-screen.
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