Archive for March, 2010
light angles
[saying goodbye] Europe in the winter has some very harsh light. The sun doesn’t get very high in the sky and the shadows are long and dark. Italy is on roughly the same parallel as New England, which many people don’t realize. The Mediterranean Sea factors largely in the weather in Italy, keeping it hot [...]
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Tags: bianco e nero, black and white, Canon EOS Elan 7, film, harsh light, platform, Rome Italy, sunset, train, train station, winter
Yearning for warmth
[dragonfly blossom] I don’t know about you but I am so ready for warm weather. It doesn’t have to be oppressively hot but a daytime high of 72 would be so wonderful. Of course the summer heat does bring out the lotus blossoms at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens so I guess I wouldn’t mind that so [...]
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Tags: dragonfly, green, hot, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, leaves, lotus, pink, summer, sun, warm, Washington DC
Chinese Lunar New Year Parade
[CNYP5] After many years of saying I’ll go downtown for the Chinese Lunar New Year parade and never actually going I finally made it down there. While the turnout was impressive the parade was a little less than what I had imagined. The parade started at 2pm, I got off the Metro at 2:05pm and [...]
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Tags: Chinablock, Chinatown, Chinese Lunar New Year Parade, dragon, lion, parade, Washington DC
