Arlington Cemetery

It was gorgeous and sunny today, so I decided to explore Arlington Cemetery.

Springtime

Headstone Alignment

Robin and Line of Headstones

Robin Paying his Respects

 

Flag

Civil War Unknown Tomb

L'Enfant's Grave, overlooking the city he laid out

It seems to go on Forever...

Cherry Blossoms

Photos of the cherry blossoms around campus before last weekend's rains washed them all down...

8 AM:

Basilica

Just before Sunset:

Peak Bloom

Close up

Single Bloom and Shadow

Single Bloom

Mary's Garden at Sunset

Line of Trees by Caldwell

Noon:

Circle by Caldwell

McMahon in the background

Mary's Garden--the Fountain was finally on!

Fountain

"My Spirit finds Joy"

Petals in the Pond

Petals Blowing in the Wind

Framing the Basilica

The Most Beautiful Place to Sit on Campus

Beneath the Trees

Approach to Mary's Garden

Week 10 Assignment: Light as Subject Matter

“I sense Light as the giver of all presences, and material as spent Light.

What is made by Light casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.”

- Louis Kahn, architect

In-Class Lighting Assignment

Springtime at CUA

Some normal (not extreme macro) shots from the same morning as the previous post:

Macro

It's springtime at CUA, and everything is starting to bud and bloom. For all of these, I reverse-mounted the lens for extreme macro effect: