Washington Memorial

The top 2/3 of this photograph is almost completely

black, except for the memorial. I think these large

empty areas detract from the composition. I'd do one

of two things with this: either expose the photo

more to be able to see the trees on both sides of

the water (is this over the Potomac? I can't tell

because it's too dark...), OR change the camera

orientation to vertical and zoom in more. Tall

thin objects are almost always better when shot

in a vertical orientation, unless there are enough

other objects to the sides.

Nice shot.

It looks a great place to snap away. However Ken, you have managed to actually provide a different persepectiv on a standard shot which I appreciate.

Keep up the good work

Mike Sea

The special lighting adds the possibility of symbolistic interpreatation.

The symmetrical composition turns out very good. It helps the gradual exploration of the whole image. The "dark area's" serve very well the symmetrical composition. A little detail in this should be better, but I think almost impossible to obtain (without post exposure hocus pocus)