Perpetual Chaos

Just a regular touristic shot of the Capital building @ DC. I just liked it in b/w.

This is the Freedom Wall in World War II memorial in front of the Washington memorial. Its my favorite place there. Its studded with 4000 golden stars for the 400K people who gave their lives in the war.

This is at the World War II memorial in DC, which was opened to the public in April 2004, though dedicated only in May 2004. The design of it is really interesting.

These two big geysers are supposed to represent the Atlantic and Pacific war fronts and the little fountains stand one for each state. The pillars surrounding the water are one for each state too, and named in the order in which the states joined the union, starting with Deleware. The long hole in the center of each pillar represents loss (of lives), the rings of leaves represent strength and each pillar is joined to the other by strong intertwined metal wires to represent unity.

The golden wall right in the center (will post a picture of this in the next few days) is the Freedom Wall with a field of 4000 stars for the 400,000 people who lost their lives in the war. The radiant white building behind is the Washington memorial and to the other side is the Lincoln memorial.

I have no clue why, but this fancy looking truck stood as an exhibit right between the Washington Memorial and the Capital building. The metal work and paintings on it looked pretty ethnic.

This was taken near the Old Post Office Building in Washington DC - Pennsylvania Ave. It looked pretty much like a minimum-activity place, but I really liked ceiling architechture.

I'm posting the sepia version of Ornate as requested by Srikanth and Kaleidoscope. Which is better? I personally think the lighting is messed up in sepia.

There was such heavy downpour on our drive from NJ to DC, that we had to pull over to the side and wait for it to clear up a little. This was the view I got out of the rear window of the car.

Am I mean! This loooong queue was to get into the you-know-where at one of the rest areas on the drive from NJ to DC. Yes, the short line (wait .. there's not even a line) is the men's ... not fair :(

I'm back .. with lots of fresh pictures :) Haven't had the chance to visit all your blogs in almost 10days now .. will catch up t'row. This shot was taken at my uncle's place in Pennsylvania. They had just moved to a new house and the blinds were not yet fitted. I loved the light patterns on the wall.

Since I'm travelling and since I'm always amazed by clouds, I thought I'd post this one for a start. This is a shot of the clouds and sky from the plane.

A tripod makes a real difference! Look here, its the same fountain :)

Pretty and green. The building seen is the dorm where I stay.

This is one of my favorite pieces on handcraft from India. This herd of mommy and baby elephants was carved from a single stone. There's also an elephant inside the big elephant!

My friend Alex, who posted the Tour de Lance picture lent me his spare tripod to try out. This was one of the first tripod shots I took. Taken in B/W.

Those of you in Augusta, this mess if wires is what 15th street looks like from the canal. This is off the edge of the boat there. Also look at Wired.

Taken at the canal, soon after I took Sunset. I bugged my friend to be the model, finally succeeded, but with strict instructions that his face must not be seen :)

This was taken at Fort Pulaski, Savannah. It somehow gives me a spooky feeling and reminds me a High School English story 'Lady or the Tiger'. This is actually a manipulated image .. I will post the original t'row :) My friends had a fit when they saw it!

Seen from under the bridge, this is part of the earlier Canal series. It is the same bridge as in Widescreen, Patch of light and Latitude and Longitude.