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10-APR-2005

Happy Birthday Morgan! You are a pillar of strength and I admire you so much! xx

Went to the National Arboretum which is about 20 minutes from downtown DC; one of the main things I wanted to see were these impressive columns. Unfortunatly they were completely fenced off for construction but after walking for 20 minutes up and down hills I spotted a break in the fence and took this. I was transported back to Greece--could be what Olympia looked like or even the Acropolis in Athens or better yet Delphi. (Not bad from almost no processing? minor usm thats it-no crop, no contrast or saturation adjustments) More about them here:

http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/collections/columns.html

Can't promise I'll get to everyone tonight:my legs and knees barely function and I have a 630am flight home in the morning, which means a really early wake up call:(

Canon EOS 20D
1/500s f/7.1 at 33.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time10-Apr-2005 13:52:48
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length33 mm
Exposure Time1/500 sec
Aperturef/7.1
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.67
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modepartial (6)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Chris Sofopoulos15-Apr-2005 11:43
Nice composition and great colour Karen! Loks like the ancients in Greece.
Guest 12-Apr-2005 20:37
Very cool composition
Antonis Sarantos12-Apr-2005 07:24
Awesome capture Karen. Thanks for the link!
Guest 12-Apr-2005 03:38
I pray your flight in swift and comfortable. Nice shot Karen. I'm glad you had a blast!
Gayle P. Clement12-Apr-2005 02:27
Excellent, Karen. It looks like you had wonderful weather.
Stu11-Apr-2005 22:27
Superb image, Karen
Wenche Aune11-Apr-2005 20:57
Very nice composition and colors.
Guest 11-Apr-2005 14:49
very nice capture. i have to get there before the end of the spring/summer.
Guest 11-Apr-2005 13:00
Really cool shot Karen! You had great weather this weekend
and I'll bet a ton of pics to show for it. Happy belated B'day to Morgan.
Ian Clowes11-Apr-2005 11:53
Ah another pbase breaking and entering!
Sleep well after your early start!
Neal Nye11-Apr-2005 11:41
The big expanse of grass in the foreground somehow makes them look very distant and very tall. Much better than showing lots of sky.
Karen Stuebing11-Apr-2005 09:38
Good catch. Glad you perservered til you found an angle to shoot at. Sorry you killed your knees doing it.
Gary Winters11-Apr-2005 05:13
Good stuff, Karen! Kind of surreal, which is one of my favorite, um, ways of being? Anyway, good image. Glad you hopped the fence... :-)
JeremyGood11-Apr-2005 04:32
Very interesting subject.
Did you get chased down and arrested for breaking and entering?
Linda Willets11-Apr-2005 03:49
Happy Birthday Morgan.great shot.
Guest 11-Apr-2005 03:31
Just beautiful, worth the hike!!! :)
laine8211-Apr-2005 02:52
That's a very nice shot Karen and the light just about perfect I'd say. Happy Birthday Morgan !! Safe flight home, Karen.
Guest 11-Apr-2005 02:25
the perspective is excellent..beautiful image
snootydog11-Apr-2005 02:14
Colors are great and the columns are very columny. I really like this
Leo Charette11-Apr-2005 02:02
Love the colors. Image has high impact and taken from an excellent perspective.
Robin Reid11-Apr-2005 01:26
Amazing subject.
Elaine (etfitz)11-Apr-2005 01:23
Wonderful composition!
Guest 11-Apr-2005 00:54
Terrific composition; well done.
Dan Chusid11-Apr-2005 00:52
I like the way you've completely removed the building cleanly and seemingly effortlessly! ;-)