Washington, D.C. – My favorite spot, so far

The National Gallery of Art (link) has two buildings and the Sculpture Garden. I only visited the West Building and barely scratched the surface. An hour-and-a-half one afternoon (after the Air and Space Museum) and two hours on our last day in town – – three-and-a-half hours total – – just wasn’t enough. (This does not include the National Portrait Gallery, which I have yet to set foot in.)

Just a few shots . . .

Yes, I am fascinated by this lady.

So many pieces just took my breath away, and yes, I’ll admit to getting choked up when seeing a “real-life” Monet for the first time.

And this self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh? I stood in front of it for the longest time and just stared. And yes, I cried. Beautiful.

Bartley Ranch Park Sculpture

The weather was pretty nice yesterday, so I grabbed my camera and left the office for a little photo time. I kind of followed my nose and wound up at Bartley Ranch Regional Park.

In front of the old Huffaker School House there is a life-size sculpture of a boy and a girl playing at a water pump. I’ve been searching high and low for the artist and have not been able to determine who created this. However, it does bear a striking style resemblance to the sculpture I photographed last spring outside the Raggio Building on the University of Nevada campus.

I added some texture to these two.

Day 75 – Go Wolf Pack!

Taken outside Mackay Stadium at the University of Nevada, Reno. It was just beginning to drizzle as I left class, but I managed to get a few good shots in.

I processed this one in black and white. Shot with ambient light only.

And this one in color. It’s almost hard to tell the difference with the gloomy sky! Ambient light with a bit of fill flash.

Day 66 – Outside the College of Education, UNR

The buildings on the University of Nevada, Reno campus are beautifully lit at night and this back-lit bronze sculpture outside the William J. Raggio Building caught my eye this evening as I was leaving class.