A few DC shots

[Chiller]

Have not had much time for posting or even finish editing my DC shots, with this new job stuff. :er: Thought I would toss out a few more from my recent visit to DC.

The Fireside Chat statue at the FDR memorial

y'all can read more here. >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireside_Chats

Robert Kennedy grave

A protester on the streets near the White house

Washington Momument

Another shot of the water falls at the FDR memorial

Guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier. A little select colour here

Another shot of Arlington

Hopefully I can finish going over the other hundred or so images soon.

 

[gizmo2071]

I love the shot of Arlington
and
Also the street protestor

Great shots man

 

[Corry]

Beautimous!

I didn't know ya had a new job! Congrats!

 

[fmw]

Outstanding stuff. Really excellent.

 

[Dpez]

WOW nice nice shots!...i like the 1st(statue) and 6th (guard) shots...6th is my fav...

[Hi. am new here n to photography as well; will u plz tell me, in pic 1, what point in the pic u used for exposure calculation; n wht metering mode u used - i mean evaluative etc. Thanx]

 

[megapaws]

Great shots here Chiller!

I love the tones in Fireside Chat... and the protestor gets two thumbs up. I like the perspective on the Robert Kennedy grave shot as well.

 

[ShootHoops]

Nice shots. I like #4 and #5.

 

[Arch]

good work as always chilly :thumbup:

 

[e999sam]

In the sixth image how did you select the colour of the gun leaving the rest of the image in B&W? I have seen this before and often wondered how it is done.

 

[PNA]

Great captures, all.

 

[myopia]

love the images, but the last one really does it for me.

 

[Alison]

2nd and last really stand out for me!

 

[Chiller]

Thanks so much for all your awesome comments. I really appreciate it.

Dpez. First off...welcome to the forum. I took my light reading off the light spot on the shoulder of the figure. My settings were. ISO200,4sec/F13. I did a slight crop on the right side and some final tweaking in photoshop....just brightness/contrast/desaturate.

E999sam. Welcome to the forum too. I did the select colour by creating a duplicate layer in photoshop, desaturating one, and erasing all the colour in the other image, to explose the desaturated image in the background. I decided to just leave the gun in colour.

Thanks again everyone. Hope I can get more DC stuff up later.