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15-APR-2017

The azalea tree

The 446-acre National Arboretum, situated in Northeast Washington along the Anacostia River, has a huge collection of azaleas that draws crowds until July. We have gone in years past and thought this time we’d go when the azaleas were supposed to be at their peak, but I think a lot of them bloomed early due to our unseasonably warm weather in February. Still, it was a beautiful display and a pleasant time spent walking around the enormous grounds (twice now), especially after the sun came out. We also got to see one of several resident bald eagles and its nest, so an added bonus (except a third of the park was closed to the public because of them).

Red and pink and white, posted earlier:



Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/160s f/8.0 at 70.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Jeff Real30-Apr-2017 01:17
A lovely composition and such a beautiful result ~V~
Gill Kopy29-Apr-2017 00:36
What a gorgeous pink shown off beautifully by the tree. I wish azaleas grew here !! V
victorswan28-Apr-2017 19:17
Great composion, very beautiful composition, looks like a piece of scenery for film shooting Helen BV
Buz Kiefer28-Apr-2017 16:04
Poster quality! BV
Julie Oldfield28-Apr-2017 14:32
Very well composed. The flowers are beautiful. V
bill friedlander28-Apr-2017 14:26
Nice how the blossoms are scattered across the frame. V
Jim Coffman28-Apr-2017 13:25
Very well composed and captured!!
Suzanne Lanthier28-Apr-2017 13:06
Good choice of background here , Helen, you have the eye !
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal28-Apr-2017 12:42
Beautiful colors and well captured Helen. V
janescottcumming28-Apr-2017 11:17
This is so pretty. The dark tree trunk really is a great background. V
marie-jose wolff28-Apr-2017 09:22
The dark bark highlights the beautiful pink color of the azaleas! V
Bill Miller28-Apr-2017 09:13
Such lovely colours. I am not sure I have seen such a large tree.
Long Bach Nguyen28-Apr-2017 06:44
excellent shot Helens
chris morton28-Apr-2017 06:26
the textured treetrunk makes a good background for it