independence

Whatever your political stripes, we can all agree on days like today that they should be red & white with our field of blue nearby. I'm hoping to snag some fireworks shots this evening, but I'll have to do so without my cousin's long zoom that she let me borrow last year. Have a splendid Fourth of July!
(ISO 100, f/8.0, 1/250s)

edited sunset

I used Picasa's focal black and white to leave the sky's color and quiet the rest of the frame.
(ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/60s)

u street neon

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." I wasn't in love with this picture when I first saw it on my computer screen. She made me reconsider. It's going on the wall after all.
(ISO 800, f/4.2, 1/25s)

people watching people

Same day, different stranger. (ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/80s)

people watching in georgetown

Georgetown never fails to produce some interesting people. Unsuspecting strangers make unwitting subjects. Focal black & white by Picasa. (ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/250s)