Camera : NIKON D40, Focal length : 55mm, Aperture : ƒ/5.6, Shutter speed : 1/2500s, ISO : 200, Captured : 2 April, 2010,
Despite really good weather on Saturday (it rained torrentially all day on Sunday), I didn’t get up early on Saturday morning to capture the morning sky over Carnegie Lake as I had planned. My son decided to visit from college and I spent most of the day with him.
This is one from the archives.
It was taken in the early evening in Washington, D.C. several years ago during a family spring vacation. I had an entry-level DSLR, a Nikon D40 and AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 VR kit lens, and was still learning composition and how to use the camera. I don’t think I had a tripod. If I am recalling correctly, this was shot, hand-held while out tour trolley truck was stopped.
I chose this one because of the intensity of the red in the sky. I think I did some minor editing in Adobe Lightroom.
The title of the post is taken from the lyrics of the song “New Year’s Day”, originally released on U2’s War album. U2 has been my favourite band since I first heard “With or Without You” (from the Joshua Tree album) on the radio in 1986.
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Created by photographer Frank Jansen, the Tuesday Photo Challenge is a weekly theme-based challenge for photographers of all kinds to share both new and old photography.

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