National Air and Space Museum and East Gallery, National Gallery of Art

Valentine's Lilies Abstract

The National Building Museum

Symmetry, arches, and repetition seem to be the main architectural themes here. Also, the size of the indoor space is quite impressive.  The last picture probably would have been more interesting with the addition of a child for scale. The blocks on the floor are brick size wooden blocks that a school group was using to build a wall with. I have never seen such large wooden blocks before.

As usual in DC museums, no tripods allowed so the images aren't always as sharp as I would have liked.

Hopefully the weather warms up soon and I can resume my outdoor outings.  The National Arboretum and Dumbarton Oaks are high on my list.

 

Black Hills Regional Park

The day before, every tree here had a stripe of snow down the entire length of it which would have made for a much more interesting shot.  By the time I had a chance to get out there with my camera, the temperature had gone above freezing and many of the "snow stripes" had melted. A few days prior a wet snow had blown in over night with a strong wind pretty consistently from the north which created the stripes of snow on the trees.

National Museum of the American Indian

The museum is strangely somewhat empty of exhibits but is one of the more unique museums on the Mall architecturally.  I think it is designed to be reminiscent of a river flowing through a gorge.  It also does have one of the best cafeterias of any of the museums in DC. Also memorable since it was 9 degrees outside when I arrived.

Rubber Duck Family Portraits

 I am pleased with the way these turned out. Maybe I'll make a collage with them.

 

 

 

 

Some of my favorite shots from 2010.

Fall abstract - Triadelphia Reservoir, MD

Clinton, NJ

Outside the Hirshhorn, DC

National Gallery of Art - East Wing, DC

Old Post Office, DC

Outside the Hirshhorn, DC

National Gallery of Art - Multiverse, DC

Triadelphia Reservoir, MD

MIT Strata Center - Boston, MA

Arlington National Cemetery, VA

Boletus frostii, Black Hill Regional Park, MD

Gills - Black Hill Regional Park, MD

Carrizo Plains, CA

Moonstone Beach, CA

Morro Bay, CA

Unknown Soldier, VA

Kenilworth Water Gardens, DC

Kite Festival, DC

National Cathedral, DC

Inside the Hirshhorn, DC