US Capitol at sunset-1 by vcheng552000, on Flickr
Location: The National Mall, Washington DC.
Date/Time: 6 pm April 29, 2011
Camera: Nikon D3X with 24-70 mm f/2.8
Exposure: 1/800
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100
The timing of this shot has a story. The sky had broken clouds that evening, casting dark shadows with moments of brilliant sunshine. I was near the Washington Monument when I realized that the US Capitol would be bathed by a shaft of golden light from the setting sun in a few minutes. So I had to run across two roads with traffic, several barriers and then across the grassy Mall to get this shot just in time before the dramatic lighting was gone again.