Sunday, October 22, 2006
The new United States Air Force Memorial
I'm not sure if you've seen the new Air Force Memorial in Arlington (officially opened on October 14, last week Saturday), but I was there yesterday at sunrise, and took a bunch of photos.Here is a link to the folder within my portfolio that contains about 55 of the images.
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.
Anyway, if you want to see a larger version of any of the images, click on the thumbnail and it will take you to a page with more details and comments.
Please feel free to forward to anyone you'd like. I just wanted to share this with you. I hope you like the shots.
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