This photograph is from my first evening ever photographing in Washington DC. I took this photograph after photographing the memorial from outside. There were many people in the memorial, even though I was there after 11 PM. They were courteous, so taking the time to set up and take this photograph was not a problem. I took eight images and averaged them together to reduce the amount of thermal noise generated in the CMOS sensor of the camera.
Photographer: Rick Scott
Date: June 26, 2010
Camera: Canon EOS 40D digital camera
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM set to 45mm
Exposure: 0.3 second at f/8 times 8 images
Camera Mode: ISO 800 RAW
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 for raw conversion and image processing
Updated: 9 January 2011