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Day 22: Frozen Potomac
Day 22: Frozen Potomac
levyj413


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Collection: 30 days of where I live
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Arlington, VA
Date: Feb 18, 2007
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/320s
Galleries: Travel, Water
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2007

Viewed: 503
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

 A very rare sight. My wife says that she once skated across the Potomac River, but it's been several years since it froze over.

I took this at the same time as my day 19 shot - I'm standing about 50 feet away and pointed 90 degrees left from that.

You can see the Washington Monument, the Post Office Pavilion (seen on day 4), and the Jefferson Memorial. The little sparkles that look like hot pixels are small chunks of ice sitting on the frozen river.

Of course, we've now had a few days of temperatures in the 40s and 50s, so it might be completely melted by now.

More fun with processing and lighting. Since people seem to appreciate my showing the original, here it is:

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 02/24/2007 11:37:06 PM
Brrrrr - Jeff!! That is REALLY pretty.
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 02/24/2007 10:44:52 PM
Beautiful. The dark sky in the background with the bright white of the memorial and the wonderful light on the snow and river in front...just all adds up to a gorgeous shot.
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 02/24/2007 03:23:47 PM
Beautiful i love the colors they are wonderful.
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 02/24/2007 06:37:53 AM
Great shot, and well processed, though the memorial comes through a little stark, I think (you really notice it if you switch from the original to the processed and back again). I like it when you include the original, it lets me see what things looked like at the start, and compare them. Thanks for that!
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 02/23/2007 08:41:09 PM
The processing makes it look like a big storm is coming! You've really enhanced this photo!
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 02/23/2007 06:11:07 PM
Nice viewpoint, and very nice job with processing. Almost looks like the sun was highlighting the Jefferson Memorial specially.
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 02/23/2007 12:42:41 PM
This is just so beautiful, the sky is fab, the sparkles on the frozen river are fab, monuments in the distance are fab.....love it!!
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 02/23/2007 12:22:17 PM
This is gorgeous!
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 02/23/2007 12:18:17 PM
Looks like someone thru sparkles in the water, very nice shot!
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 02/23/2007 07:52:33 AM
You did such a great job processing this. It looks like an HDR and it is beautiful!

I think this weekend I'm going to download that software and see if I can get with the new millenium and learn that HDR technique.

This is printworthy! It is GORGESOUS!
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 02/23/2007 02:48:36 AM
This is beautiful! I think I better sky the ice challenge. :)
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 02/23/2007 01:13:00 AM
So beautiful and majestic and the sky is so rich. I used to love running along there.
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 02/23/2007 12:23:26 AM
You really brought up all the colors. Really nice capture of an espectacular view.
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