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Spring Saturday

©TimeLine Media - Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC

It is a beautiful day for some gardening! After a busy week of photos, I think I’m going to spend some time outside. Thanks to everyone that has visited the website and the blog to view photos. We especially appreciate those of you that purchase photos from recent events. These in fact keep our photography studio going, and we will work to get more photos of you out there soon!

©TimeLine Media - Jefferson Memorial and the Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC spring saturday
©TimeLine Media – Jefferson Memorial and the Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC

These photos are from one of my favorite Springtime traditions. Walking along the Tidal Basin is especially fun when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Although they do not give off any fragrance, their color balanced against blue waters and sky make for easy photos. This Spring Saturday was perfect to enjoy this DC tradition. Have you ever been to the Tidal Basin during the peak? It can be a challenge to get photos without people due to the crowds. However, a little patience can give you just the right frame.

©TimeLine Media - Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC spring saturday
©TimeLine Media – Spring Saturday Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC

You have kept me busy which I greatly appreciate! Hope you have great weekend, I’m going to get out and do something productive.

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Cherry Blossom photo walk

©TimeLine Media - Infrared photo of Washington DC Cherry Blossoms in full bloom

The cherry blossoms in downtown Washington, D.C. are in full bloom! Unlike the changing leaves in the Autumn, the cherries never disappoint. They always come out with vibrant colors in a nice setting setup by the National Park Service. The only question is when exactly the blooms will pop. With the colder than normal weather this year, the peak bloom was delayed until this week.

Tidal Basin Walk

©TimeLine Media - Tidal Basin while cherries in full bloom
©TimeLine Media – Washington Monument and peak cherry blossom flowers

We had family and friends from out of town even make a special visit to see them. I decided to take my own photo walk this morning to get a look for myself. It is another beautiful year down at the Tidal Basin! This was my first time at the MLK Memorial too which is situated at a corner of the basin near the Lincoln Memorial, facing into basin. Since it was a weekday, I could not get to the basin very quickly with the morning traffic, so the light was not ideal. I tried my best to make some nice images with the sun higher in the sky. There were so many photographers around the basin this morning – making unique images is very tough, but  I am still working on some others, but here are my favorites so far – enjoy!

©TimeLine Media - Jefferson Memorial with cherries in full bloom
©TimeLine Media – Jefferson Memorial and cherry blossom flowers in full bloom
©TimeLine Media - Infrared photo of Washington DC Cherry Blossoms in full bloom
©TimeLine Media – Washington DC Cherry Blossoms in full bloom

This last image is one taken by my old Nikon D100 that I had converted for infrared capture by Lifepixel. I am definitely out of practice in capturing infrared images. The white balance and Photoshop conversion required to make these images view able would make a great blog post. I’m not even sure I did it correctly since it has been so long! I’ll definitely revisit these images and share more of them soon.

©TimeLine Media - Infrared photo of Washington DC Cherry Blossoms in full bloom
©TimeLine Media – Infrared photo of Washington DC Cherry Blossoms in full bloom

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