MLK and Washington Monuments

A nice shot. There is lots going on here! I would be looking for a 2nd shot and searching for a way to simplify!

Hi Sandra,  What an interesting image.  I have never seen the MLK memorial on the mall;  You have a most interesting view here.   To me, the Washington Monument is the country idealized, while MLK represents an effort to fix the racial inequality and civil injustices of the same land.  Makes an interesting image that could be a documentary as well as a landscape.  Is that a wall in the background?  If so, is it part of the MLK memorial?  Did you place the memorials into the image using layers or was this truly one shot?  Tony is right, there is a lot going on here, but I'm OK with it  because of the complexity of the issues you have portrayed.

To Tony and Larry - 

Thank you both for your comments; I really do appreciate them! 

@Tony - Yes, there is a lot going on… I had my doubts about how busy would be too busy, did it add or detract, etc. etc., but figured I'd put it "out there" for comment.  I do have another image, but I didn't want to put them up together and get "cross-contamination" affecting any comments.

@ Larry - This is a single photo with a textured backgrounded added as a layer,. The trees and the monuments and clouds (mostly obscured by the layered BG) is a single photo and a view not often seen. And yes, there is a message conveyed thru the juxtaposition of these two monuments, the fresh spring buds on the trees near the MLK memorial, the clouds and crackled background….. I was hoping to just keep the viewer engaged and looking long enough to begin thinking beyond the image.