52Frames Meaningful Location Photo Challenge

The subject this week for the 52Frames photo challenge was “meaningful location.” The first thing that came to mind was our son and daughter in law’s row house on Capitol Hill. But then I decided to save that for another time. Before we moved to DC we visited the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. And after we moved it was the most requested place to see whenever someone came to visit. So we have been to the museum several times, and each time has been no less difficult to walk through. So last week we parked by the tidal basin and walked over. I wasn’t sure what I had in mind except it would be a composite image somehow using the building as the blank canvas. On the way I took a photo of the directional sign, then a photo of the banner hanging out front, then photos of both entrances to the building, the signage on the building, and ironically a flock of doves that flew overhead. So when I started editing the image the red brick side of the building looked nicer. All of the peripheral images and signs were composed on to the walls and sculptures. Then the flock of doves was painted in white above. There is always a line waiting to get in to this memorial. But I wanted the highlight of the image to be “think about what you saw,” and blurred the background a bit. I would say this is a very meaningful location.