Fog, low-hanging clouds, and reflected light gave the skies of Washington D.C. an orange-colored glow last night, which made for dramatic shots of the Washington Monument.
I don’t really understand the scientific basis for the phenomenon (perhaps air pollution contributed to it), but tried to capture it with my camera. I took these shots at about nine o’clock in the evening using my tripod and a long exposure, even thought they look like they might have been shot at sunset.
A friend convinced me to go with him to Washington D.C. with the goal of getting some photographs of the Washington Monument shrouded in heavy fog, which turned out not to be the case. Instead, we got something totally unexpected that turned out to be even better than that for which we had hoped.
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Amazing!
Great photos with a brilliant sky
It looks like the monument is round at the base. Is that so, or kind of an optical illusion in the photos?
I think that it is an illusion. The mound on which it was built is circular and there is a circular fence around that mound, but the obelisk itself is not round at the bottom.
Now that’s amazing!
Wow…especially the first shot!
Thanks, Stephanie.
Impressive shots Mike.