My girlfriend and I went to Washington D.C. during the peak blooming of the cherry trees that were given to us by the Japanese 100 years ago. The flowers are magnificent and lovely to see. The crowds are just unbelevialbe, no privacy just people everywhere.
Taken with Bessa R4M on Provia 100
A month or so I had participated with my local club a walk at night to do some long exposure to capture our city. Richmond is a great city and has a lot of opportunities to take picures. This is the first time I really went downtown after dark to take photographs.
I used my Canon 60D with the 17-55mm f2.8 lens
The Main Street Station is a great piece of architecture and sites at the bottom of the city. The station was built in 1901 and still has trains pass through it all the time including Amtrack where you can get a ride. The road up to the left is Interstate 95 that was built pretty close to the station.
People also call it the clock tower but there is the main entrance to the station which is pretty nice inside. You can have your event inside and it is used quite a bit.
Standing on the James Monroe Building we had a great angle of Interstate 95 and Main Street Station. The James Monroe building is the tallest building in the city and built in 1981. Stayed the tallest building in the state till 2007.
We then checked out the state capitol which holds the oldest legislative body in the western hemisphere when Virgina General Assembly was established in 1619, pretty interesting. It was completed in 1788 and is currently 227 years old.
There was no one around except a few guards walking the grounds that night. Was a great night, little overcast.
The fountains were nice to see and looked great when you long exposed them.
Thanks for looking.
Walking along the flood wall on the Manchester side of the river, a lock on a bridge with a heart carved into the side of was hanging all alone.
Taken on Fuji Provia 100 with my Bessa R4M at 50mm f1.4
Spring time is a glorious time of the year. Cherry blossoms are a sure sign of warmer weather and flowers are coming. This is at Brown Island down at the river in the city. Blossoms add a nice back drop and they are easy to get to even so close the the center of the city. Plenty of people out enjoying the weather.
Taken with Fujica AX-3 on Velvia 50.
There was quite a bit of snow this winter in the North East this year. We got some and I enjoyed it each time…if it got me out of some work. I took a walk in the woods in a near by park that was deserted as the snow was starting to come down. Everyone was busy getting their milk and bread at the store.
Taken on a Nikon FM2 with Ilford FP4 using a Nikor 50mm 1.4
S Clinton Lewis 