Sunday January 31st, 2010

Arlington, Virginia, USA

The setting sun sending long shadows, across the fallen snow, from the headstones in Arlington Cemetery. The muffling effect of the snow emphasising the reverential atmosphere of the National Cemetery where even the graves of the unknown are treated with respect.

f/4, 1/2000 sec, ISO-100, 18mm

Tuesday January 19th, 2010

Netherlands Carillion, Arlington, Virginia, USA

The Netherlands Carillion stands tall and stark against the sky, bells tolling hourly, gifted by the people of the Netherlands.

f/71, 1/3200, ISO-1600, 105mm

Sunday January 17th, 2010

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Washington, D.C., USA

From the Washington side of the bridge there is a straight view to the Women's Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. And looking the other way you can see the elegant Doric columns of the Lincoln Memorial and the massive, gilded bronze statues that flank the Washington end of the bridge.

f/9, 1/1600, ISO-1600, 140mm

Tuesday January 12th, 2010

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA.

As far as the eye can see, row on row, precisely placed, white headstones with names of the fallen. There is such peace here amongst the graves, peace only shattered by the occasional volley of rifle fire and lonely sound of a bugle drifting with the wind to marking the passing of another.

F/7.1, 1/3200, ISO-1600, 105mm

Monday January 11th, 2010

U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, Arlington, Virginia, USA.

Just outside Arlington National Cemetery stands the Marine Corps Memorial, with bronze figures 32ft tall. The statue was based on the photo taken at Iwo Jima of the raising of the US flag above the beaches by Marines. The names of every engagement in which the USMC has fought are engraved in the granite plinth on which the statue stands.

f/7.1, 1/1600, ISO-1600, 270mm