I visited Washington DC last March and took a few snapshots of the various monuments, memorials, and other landmarks. Camera of choice was an IR converted K-10d.
The weather did not cooperate much. I had a day to myself while my wife was in a conference, and I used it to walk around the mall. A clear and sunny morning devolved into a cloudy day with cold misty rain. I took some shots of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. The final images were so flat I 'hand painted' them in photo shop to give them a little life. Sloppy work on the hand painting if I say so myself. Washington Monument: http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/1-IMGP1083_tu1.jog Lincoln Memorial: http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/2-IMGP1236_tu1.jpg The US Capitol was way back lit in the early morning when the skies were clear. I took gobs of shots and bracketed like mad, thinking I should find some HDR software and try to do something useful with the images. I would up getting Photomatix and, of course, went for the extreme grunge look on the first try: US Capitol HDR / IR: http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/2-IMGP1236_tu1.jpg I paint what I see... OK - a more subtle approach, again HRD / IR and BW - http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/4-IMGP0871.jpg A couple of plain IR shots processed through the Photomatix software with the red / blue channel swap - ""Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty" a.k.a. Man on the Crapper: http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/5-IMGP0815_tm.jpg And lastly, the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center: http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/6-IMGP1350_tm2.jpg Thanks for looking - MCC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
