jammed packed metro...
Jan Kaghazwala,bottom left, and Vern Morrison, bottom right, from Cleveland Ohio wait patiently as the Orange line metro headed from Vienna Virginia heads towards the District of Columbia Tuesday morning just a few hours before Barack Obama is to be inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. The D.C. metro system was running on a rush hour schedule Tuesday and according to Metro officials about 1,120,000 metro rides were confirmed setting a record for most rides on a single week day.
Tuesday morning started so early for me that I didn't even get my coffee. Doesn't look like that was the case for most people however.
Once off the Metro it was like cows all being herded in one direction. There was no breaking off from the path or going your own way. It was cold, and the only thing keeping you warm was body heat from the several million people around you, even more reason to huddle in close to each other.
Catherine Whitehead from Baton Rouge Louisiana arrived to the National Mall at 7:30am with hopes of finding a spot to show here countries pride and hear Obama speak, she said.
Once on the mall there was an overwhelming feeling of Euphoria shared by the millions that gathered there. The view of the crowd was breathtaking.
I got a little artzy at the end.. Hope you enjoy ;)
5 comments:
I like that artsy shot (kind of post-apocalyptic feeling with all of the birds black birds). I also think that vertical of the monument is just a good clean simple shot. Lastly, good seeing with the coffee cup photo (funny image to me). I'm glad that you got to go to DC, it looks like it was definitely worth it (sickness and all).
hia lady, so i actually love that vertical monument shot. mmmm, it's squeaky feeling. i dont' really know what that means tho. i especially adore that little helicopter up there, is there a way to make that pop more? sorta reminds me of something danny would shoot. also nice layers in the -everyone be a monkey- shot, with multiple tree climbers.
i really like this set - i also like the one of the guy dancing and the people in trees- looks like you had a sweet trip
i think i was drawn to the horizontal first because im a vertical hater as a shooter. but i think the strength of both of them is that this mass of people evens out into one singular horizon. i like lines. its very cool. i like that you saw that this way. i agree w celia that the helicopter adds some cool context about the event, but lil guy is kinda hard to find.
i love the tree and the coffee shot. oh and the monument with the birds. i like how they're kind of facing away from the ceremony, showing what was going on mirrored through the people who came and not what happened on stage. looks like you had a really nice time...
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