After work was all said and done, we ended up with only one night for actual site-seeing in Washington D.C. so we wandered the streets. I believe the President was actually there that night too. At least I suspect so from being on the streets as they cordoned them off, and from the snipers on the rooftops of the buildings around us, and the patrolling policemen and/or secret service agents, and the limousine that quickly passed by, vanishing behind the gates to the White House. But what do I know? I'm just a small-town Canadian. That kind of thing might happen all the time there.
Since it was so dark, in order to get this picture I had to place the camera on the ledge of a fence and set the timer. It was very low to the ground so I had to manually focus at eye-level, then set down the camera and trust it could do the rest. The armed guard behind me (yes, I looked) didn't seem to mind all my fidgeting so I just kept trying to get the photo. The picture turned out a little grainy but it was a very interesting experience at night in Washington D.C.. (Sony DSLR-A100, 60mm, f/5.6, 1/2, ISO 400, horizon straightened a bit)
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