Planning Trip to Washington DC Area
Oct 27, 2022 15:58:25 #
hit the zoo, then great falls has a lot of great water shots ...IN the city there is a shot around every corner. plus a lot of litttle tiny parks that look like someones back yard.
Oct 27, 2022 17:06:00 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Stardust wrote:
It's the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly VA, good half hour away if traffic is light. It houses the B-29 Enola Gay, the SR71 that set the US speed record, the space shuttle Discovery, and much more but not very scenic.
No, not scenic, but if you want to see aircraft it has a large number of very interesting ones.
Oct 27, 2022 18:09:37 #
The East Wing of the National Gallery has been mentioned and I second that; photograph it outside, photograph it inside, and take the tunnel west toward the main National Gallery building, and you'll find some interesting architecture to photograph along the way. A couple of blocks south of the East Wing is the National Museum of the American Indian, another architecturally interesting building. A couple of blocks west of the Indian museum is the Hirshhorn Museum of Art, yet another architecturally interesting building. About a block further east, and a just few steps north, there is a collection of gardens, including the Enid A. Haupt and Moongate gardens. Turn around and three or four blocks east is the US Botanic Garden, not so interesting architecturally perhaps, but if you like flowers and plants, it is a pretty big winner.
Oct 27, 2022 18:37:57 #
Be aware unless rules have changed, tripods are not allowed when photographing the National monuments.A table top tripod held tightly against your chest can help on longer exposures and bumping the ISO also helps.
Oct 27, 2022 20:49:09 #
Bill_de wrote:
I had never heard of that memorial. I just looked at the site and will be visiting DC again. I'm just not sure how I will react walking through there. "The Wall" was pretty gut wrenching the first time I walked along it looking for names.
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I know what you mean. I get emotional at sites like Gettysburg and those guys have been dead for 160 years.
Oct 27, 2022 22:38:38 #
You have received great replies especially the one referring to the Aquatic Gardens, the Arboratums, and the C& O canal. If you have more time after Great Falls, continue on to the Pennyfield Lock. For closer bird photos use Patuxent Research South Tract. If it comes to a choice between Gettysburg and Antietiam, choose Antietiam for the closer drive and the very scenic auto tour route. All the other suggestions are worth while. Consider returning to D.C. often!
Oct 28, 2022 00:45:22 #
Seabastes wrote:
Be aware unless rules have changed, tripods are not allowed when photographing the National monuments.A table top tripod held tightly against your chest can help on longer exposures and bumping the ISO also helps.
I use tripods all the time when shooting the monuments.
Oct 28, 2022 00:58:57 #
cbtsam wrote:
The East Wing of the National Gallery has been men... (show quote)
Just for clarity, if you’re looking for the “Moongate Garden” it’s actually the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, Moongate is one of the sculptures. It’s a favorite garden of mine. When I was still going into the office I was right by the waterfront at 12th street SW and if I walked across the mall to get lunch on 9th or 7th street I’d always cut through there. It’s just to the West of NGofA West Wing. Directly across the mall is the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden. From there you’re also pretty close to the DC Wharf that was completely rebuilt a few years ago. It’s maybe a 10 minute walk down 7th street. And if you’re there you should head to the corner of 6th street and Maine Ave to see Arena Stage for interesting architecture. And speaking of architecture, the National Building Museum is a favorite I don’t hear mentioned much.
Oct 28, 2022 09:52:39 #
ronichas wrote:
American Veterans Disabled for life is the only mo... (show quote)
Thanks for those photos. I too did not know of that memorial and I have some invisible Vietnam related disabilities.
Oct 28, 2022 11:04:10 #
Profshane
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Quiet Waters Park is absolutely beautiful and has a variety of photo opportunities. It is just outside of D.C. in Anne Arundale County near Annapolis. You can't go wrong shooting there. Well worth the time..!
Oct 28, 2022 12:30:40 #
Profshane wrote:
Quiet Waters Park is absolutely beautiful and has a variety of photo opportunities. It is just outside of D.C. in Anne Arundale County near Annapolis. You can't go wrong shooting there. Well worth the time..!
It’s a very pretty park but other than some river views there’s nothing that really sets it apart from many other pretty parks. And “just outside of DC” is an hour or more depending on traffic. If you’re going to Annapolis anyway maybe it’s worth a stop, but I wouldn’t think of it as a photo destination.
Oct 28, 2022 13:31:47 #
The WW2 memorial was meaningful to me when we went in 2005; my Dad - who was in the Navy - was still around then. I used film, of course; no tripod was needed.
Oct 28, 2022 17:33:20 #
JFCoupe wrote:
Thank you everyone for input.
I will be making a list and plan out my trip. Looks like I can keep plenty busy.
I will be making a list and plan out my trip. Looks like I can keep plenty busy.
Eagles? You want Eagles? Try your luck at Conowingo Dam off
95N near Port Deposit Maryland.
Oct 28, 2022 17:38:50 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
Just for clarity, if you’re looking for the “Moong... (show quote)
The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden is a good one, and I regret not including it in my comment. There may indeed be a Moongate sculpture there, I'm not willing to testify.
However, there is certainly a place Google Earth and others call "The Moongate Garden" a few steps north of Independence Av SW, behind or north of the Freer/Sackler Gallery (which may have recently been renamed due to the shame of the Sackler family's opiate dealings), and on the west side of the Enid Haupt Garden, putting it approximately 1500 feet southwest of the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. But the bottom line is that there are a host of photographically interesting things to check out down on the Mall.
Oct 28, 2022 22:17:28 #
Craig Meyer
Loc: Sparks, NV
Me, too. A kind retired woman Marine Gunny Sgt. caught and comforted me on the verge of tears as I found my 5 classmates. Glad I went, but don't plan much merriment afterwards, if you're of that generation. A MUST see, but bittersweet.
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