United States Air Force Memorial 48

If you have the time, please take a look at this entire folder.

The United States Air Force Memorial opened on October 14, 2006. I figure that many of you haven't had the opportunity to see it yet. I work down the street, and have watched it grow on the skyline of Arlington, VA. So I decided to share it with you. I went to shoot some photos of it on Saturday morning, October 21, around sunrise.

If you do get the chance to visit some day, please know that it is rather difficult to photograph from within the Memorial site because it is taller than just about any wide angle lens can handle. I used my 10mm for many of the shots in this folder, and still couldn't always get the shot that I wanted.

Another thing to point out about the images in this folder is that since the Memorial is made of curved lines, and because my wide angle lens has a tendency to curve lines out of perspective ... well, you'll see some strange lines. I hope that the images that seem to have such strange perspective will add to the artistry of the place. I also tried to find spots nearby that would give me a wide enough vantage point to use a more "normal" lens, so that you can see the Memorial without such significant distortion.

In honor of all of the members of the United States Air Force who have given their lives in service...

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I love that you go the city lights in the background.. Memorial over the city feel, the colors from the sunrise are GREAT, Drama Drama, great Image.. Cheers to that.. Cole

Thanks, Cole! I have to tell you that you can see the Washington Monument and the Capitol building (as well as the other common sites that you see in this folder) from the Memorial. And I really wanted to capture a shot that you could clearly see both this memorial AND the Washington Monument and/or the Capitol building. BUT ... to get the other two buildings clearly in the shot, you can't get this memorial. To get this memorial, it makes the WashMon & Capitol look teeny weeny. You'd never recognize them.

 

The lights that you see, mostly in the right half of the image, on the horizon, are all in Arlington, VA, not in DC. Interesting that all of those office buildings are lit up at 7:00 on a Saturday morning. Ah, DC.....