Joe's Photo Jottings

Cold Sunrise in home exile...

posted on Dec 25, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local, Sunsets and Sunrises

Cold Sunrise in home exile.... I ended up taking a lot of photos from the house during the lockdown, trying to find unique things. Haven't done much of that since things mostly re-opened. More »

Lake Sunset

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local, Sunsets and Sunrises

Lake Sunset, at Camp Letts, MD More »

Golden Rocks at Great Falls

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in Landscapes, DC Local

Golden Rocks at Great Falls, There are times the light hits the rocks at Great Falls Park just perfectly... More »

Sliding Shadows...

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

Sliding Shadows..., At Luray Caverns, 2013 More »

Light and Shade

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in Landscapes, DC Local

Light and Shade, Great Falls Park, 2010 More »

Great Falls after Sunset

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in Landscapes, DC Local

Great Falls Park After Sunset, 2010. More »

Rocky View within Great Falls Park

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in Landscapes, DC Local

Rocky View within Great Falls Park, 2009. There's more to do within the park than just watch the water from the overlooks. This was taken on a hike through the eastern portion of the park. More »

More Great Falls in Late Fall

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in Landscapes, DC Local

More Great Falls in Late Fall, A little later in the day, with much more threatening clouds (that were starting to reflect the setting sun....) More »

Great Falls in Late Fall

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in Landscapes, DC Local

Great Falls in Late Fall, 2009 More »

An experiment...

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

Nighttime Leaves... More »

Angel in Fall Colors

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

Angel in Fall Colors, taken at the Rock Creek Cemetary Park (another angle of the previous post). More »

Who Didn't Blink...

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

This one's writing down the names... An Angel Writing Down the Names... of those that didn't blink. Taken at the Rock Creek Cemetary Park, Washington, DC More »

Fall Colors at the Falls

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in Landscapes, DC Local

Fall Colors at the Falls, taken in 2010. A very long, 13 second exposure (f/14, ISO 200 - I really wanted to avoid getting noise into this). More »

National Harbor Sunset

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

National Harbor Sunset, among the first photos I took with my first smart-phone, back in September of 2010 (before I saw a Cirque show). More »

A visitor in Great Falls

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in Landscapes, DC Local, Nature

I caught this visitor in Great Falls Park back in the fall of 2010. This was shot well into "blue hour", at 1/6th of a second exposure and high hopes that he would hold still that long. More »

A Foggy Day

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

A Foggy Day in 2009. More »

Capitol Sunset

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

Another from that April sunset in DC. Again, taken by phone, so it'll always be fuzzy, but I little spit-n-polish can make things pleasing. More »

A Cloudy Sunset in DC

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

A Cloudy Sunset in DC. I don't post photos from my phone very often (except to facebook), but this one continues to strike me a bit. Taken in April, 2014. More »

Lincoln and Viet Nam Memorials

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

From 2014-06-21 Lincoln and Viet Nam Memorials More »

Colored Sky

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local, Nature

Colored Sky, In the aftermath of a fast moving storm, the sunset lit up the sky. Unfortunately, digital white-balance meant that much of the orange and yellow of the sky kept getting filtered out. I did what I could to restore the colors I remember, but… More »

After the rain has fallen...

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local, Nature

After the rain has fallen..., Two of my annual summer day lilies after a storm has passed by... More »

Bunny Watch

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local, Nature

Bunny Watch, Found this one from summer of 2013 in an archive of old memory cards I hadn't looked at in a while. More »

Alexandria, VA Waterfront

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

Alexandria, VA Waterfront, From the boardwalk by the Torpedo Factory Art Center, on a warmer day than is typical for this time of year... More »

Last Winter Wonderland

posted on Dec 24, 2022 by jwsadmin in DC Local

Last Winter Wonderland, We had a little overnight storm that didn't do much to the roads, but for a brief moment, the trees looked wonderful... More »