The Stats: Nikon D7000, Exposure 321 seconds, F/10, ISO 100
The Story: I missed the deadline for the hyper focal last week, so I was champing at the bit to get into this one. The timing of this challenge included an additional hardship which was the cold; would have been much easier in the summer time. Living in the DC area our biggest challenge (my wife is also submitting her own shot) was finding an interesting place that wasn't bathed in artificial light too. We settled on the tidal basin. As I said it was really cold (they said it might be the coldest weekend of the winter for this area) and just as we were getting our grove the FDR memorial was invaded by a tour bus middle schoolers: at 9:30 PM! Who goes out to the monuments in single digits temperatures? Thankfully they didn't come down to where we were and I got some okay shots and more importantly, some practice time with my new D7000.
I look forward to the summer when I can do this kind of thing in warmer temps.
Enjoy
- Kevin Jennings
