This weekend I decided to go to DC early in the morning to get some shots of the city before, and as it came alive. I travel in to town each day for work, but rarely get to just look around and enjoy the sights. I always enjoy areas that are frequently busy; during their off-times. This trip was no exception. I spent several hours in town, starting with the harbor area, traveling south through Anacostia Park along the river, moving around past RFK Stadium to the projects of NW DC, then ending up in the heart of it all, at the White House. I thought this made for a nice, eclectic visit. As seems to be my habit, I'll break the trip into several different photo blogs to separate the various different areas. Oh, and I saw 6am hookers!!!!! Got the pics to prove it!!!!!!
Just Southeast of DC's Tidal Basin, leading into the Anacostia River is a harbor area containing The Maine Avenue Fish Market, or just The Wharf. The fish market is the oldest, continuously operating fish market in the US (since 1805). I thought 5:45 am on a Saturday morning would be a nice time to visit with no people! I was right!!!!!
Also, I don't typically use additional editing on my pics other than cropping and darkness/brightness adjustments, but for this series, I'm using the Lomography Effect. just wanted to do something different...
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| Looking West across the bay. |
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| I followed instructions and went that way... |
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| ...and found some benches! Score!!!!!! |
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| Ships in the harbor. If you look at the back, center of the pic, you can see the early morning sun lighting up the National Harbor. |
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| The water is so still early in the morning.... |
Nice pics. I especially like the "Live Maine Lobsters" sign. These signs always makes me wonder about the lobsters from New Hampshire and how do they get a break.
ReplyDeleteNow I wanna go there! Although, I'd prefer to sleep in just a little bit on the weekend.
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