White House at Christmas

Taken through the security fence in front of the White House. I wish that the Christmas decorations on the balconies were more easily seen. It was about 15 or 30 minutes before sunset, and bone-chilling cold. Merry Christmas!!

Taken through the security fence in front of the White House. I wish

that the Christmas decorations on the balconies were more easily seen.

It was about 15 or 30 minutes before sunset, and bone-chilling cold.

Any comments or ratings are welcome! Merry Christmas!!

Beautiful lighting on the White House. I think I would crop the right side making the image a vertical. 5/5

It's a nice cottage, Lou Ann, but I understand that a real idiot lives there.

Nice shot, in any case. I'm glad that the snipers on the roof didn't pick you off.

The security obsession reminds me of the Cold War era in so many ways:

O, we're meetin' at the court house

at six o'clock tonight.

You just come in the door and take the first turn to the right.

Be careful when you get there.

We'd hate to be bereft,

but we're takin' down the names of every turnin' left. . . .

--Lannie

The last line should read "everybody turnin' left."

 

That was from "The John Birch Society" by the Chad Mitchell Trio, c. 1963.

 

But in the spirit of the season, Merry Christmas to George II as well. . . .

 

--Lannie

Sondra - this is another shot from the same visit. When I put the two side by side, I had trouble deciding, but chose this one because it's off-center, and for some reason, I liked that better.

 

Lannie - you never fail to make me smile. :-) Thanks for sharing!

Lou Ann, I have written you here ,but forgot to confirm...( very typical...), Now I see both versions and each has its own merit, I like the light on the house and the composition is nice. The second one has better details as it is closer. so thats what I think, each has its own merit, and it is a nice image of the house. Pnina

 

As Pnina says both shots work well. Being a West Wing fan I expect to see Martin Sheen there to make it look more true-to-life! Nice light.

Hi Colin! I enjoy The West Wing, too ... but don't often get a chance to watch it. I'm more of a "24" fan ... so I would actually be more likely to expect to see Dennis Haysbert (David Palmer) wandering around. :-)

 

So - you Brits have to be entertained by shows about our President? Isn't there a serial about Number 10 Downing Place? ;-)

 

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Yes, there was a program about life in UK politics. The first series was called 'Yes Minister' which was followed by 'Yes, Prime Minister' so it moved into No 10. It was a comedy rather than a drama - maybe a comment on how we see politics over here! Mrs Thatcher appeared in it once and was a cringingly awful actor!

 

24...my daughter has the DVD's...maybe I'll give it a whirl.

 

Merry Christmas (bit late!) and my best wishes to you in the New Year.

Your second shot is my fav, it real nice light pity its not all over the photo.

 

Could you not get closer ..:)

Both nice!