While spending a few weeks in the nation’s capital I decided to go visit a few of the famous sites and get some photos at night. You often see pictures of these famous monuments in the day, but I would argue that they are most beautiful after dark.
You also have the added benefit that there is almost no one around if you go after 10pm, especially on a weekday. So, here they are for your viewing amusement.
The Washington Monument:
The Jefferson Memorial:
The Library of Congress:
Entrance to Arlington National Cemetery:
If people seem to find these interesting I’ll go back and take photos of more of the monuments. But it’ll take quite a few comments from interested people to get me to dedicated many more hours to driving around DC after dark…
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Arlington is the only cemetery I know of that is also a tourist attraction…
beautiful pictures! I prefer night shots too :)
Nice images, I will be traveling in that direction in the near future and was wondering if there is a curfew after certain hours. I usually start out after eleven pm and finish up after sunrise.
thanks
No there is no curfew. I took these photos around 11pm or so, but I’ve been down there much, much later.
Have fun!
John
Thanks John for the info, I’m going to have a great time.
Joe
I am a Photographer here in South Florida http//:www.paulopics.com and I loved the idea of night shots. Sometimes when I go for day shots, there are to many people around the monuments.
Great pictures
Paulo
Thanks for this info. Really appreciate it……….