Reflection Pools at 9/11 Memorial

The reflection pools that were built where the old World Trade centers stood are extremely gorgeous. The sky was beautiful and people were being friendly enough to let me get where  I want to take this picture. There was a good amount of people all over the city touring.

I took this with an Xpro-2 and a Rokinon 12mm lens. 

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Easter on Parade Richmond 2016

Easter on Parade has been a Richmond tradition for a very long time (40 plus years). About 25,000 people come out and walk up and down Monument Ave in the city for festivities. Usually food vendors and other crafts are out and people wear bonnets and also place them on their pets. Colors and outfits that relate to the holiday are worn. This year there was some misty/rainy weather that probably held people from going out but was still a good time. I took my X-Pro2 out and shot most images with the Fuji 60mm f2.4 lens.

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Crowd walking down the Avenue before walking back on the other side.

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One World Trade Center

I had never been to the actual New York City proper. I once back in 1999 I believe had gone over to the Statue of Liberty from New Jersey and I look back on a photograph of my sister and I with the two Trade Centers standing prominently in lower Manhattan. They had dominated the skyline then and now the One World Trade Center towers above right where they once stood. It is the tallest building in the United States and one of the tallest in the world. It looks amazing against the sky especially a deep blue when the weather is great. I was standing on one of the edges of the pools that are part of the 9/11 Memorial when I looked up and took this picture.

Taken with a Fujifilm X-Pro2 and a 12mm Rokinon lens

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