Stacy

Windows and Shadows

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Windows and shadows on the exterior corner of a house

Driving to town to run some errands, I spied the afternoon light falling on the lovely lines of this house. I just had to pull over. Photography – always an adventure!

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Connecting the Boroughs

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Skyline, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges span the East River connecting Lower Manhattan to BrooklynView from the 46th Floor of the Millennium Hilton in Lower Manhattan

Waiting for the elevator, I just had to capture this stunning view of the Brooklyn Bridge (right) and the Manhattan Bridge (left) spanning the East River to connect Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn.

(Nikon D7100, 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens, 18mm, 1/100 sec @ f/11, ISO 1000) 

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Parisian Dichotomy

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Paris, La Defense and Avenue de la Grande Armee from atop Arc de TriompheParis, July 2010

Charming Avenue de la Grande Armée viewed from atop the Arc de Triomphe, with modernistic La Défense in the distance.

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Statuary

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Statue of Freedom, United States Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, DCEmancipation Hall, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center

The 19.5-foot-tall bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford crowns the dome of the United States Capitol. The original plaster model for the statue is on display in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, where it is the focal point of Emancipation Hall.

(Fun fact – capitol with an “o” stands for the building; capital with an “a” stands for the city. How to remember? I learned to think of a bell tolling in a building. Clever, right?)

Things to do in the Center:

  • Visit Exhibition Hall, the only exhibit in the country dedicated to telling the story of Congress and the construction of the U.S. Capitol.
  • See the Capitol Dome Model — an 11-foot-tall touchable model correct in every architectural detail, 1/20 the size of the original.
  • Watch the proceedings on the floors of Congress at the House and Senate theaters when Congress is in session.
  • Tour the Capitol.
  • And, of course, open your wallet to grab a snack or meal in the 530-seat cafeteria or to purchase that must-have souvenir from either of the two gift shops.

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Ready for the Rodeo

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Rodeo cowgirl on horse heading to the arena, against the backdrop of the county fair rides.Jackson Hole Rodeo, Teton County Fair, Wyoming, July 2014

A quiet moment before the rodeo. Less than an hour later, a far-from-quiet moment.

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Small Town Snow

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Nighttime snowfall, Village Green, Hamilton, New York

A right of passage for many high school juniors is the Spring Break college visit trip. And so it was for me and my daughter last March. Instead of heading south to warmer temperatures, we headed north, ultimately reaching Maine. And along the way we encountered dropping temperatures, a frozen Lake Champlain in Vermont, and of course, snow.

This night, snow fell silently on the small town of Hamilton in upstate New York. A quintessential New England town, there is a 1925, Dutch-colonial style inn that anchors the Village Green, and it is from a balcony there that I took this shot. I didn’t have a tripod, but I had a wooden railing, which served admirably.

This is one of my favorite images from the 8-day, 10-state, 11-school, 1850-mile trip. And my daughter? She wants to go to school in California.

For more photos from my travels, around home and beyond,
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Two Beauties

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Pacific Coast Highway

Driving north from Los Angeles to San Francisco, this was the first of many stops to photograph the amazing coastal scenery of California’s Pacific Coast Highway. Visit Visual Venturing to see our last stop, Bixby Bridge, in all its colored glory.