52frames Beautiful View Weekly Photo Challenge

The subject this week for the 52Frames photo challenge was “beautiful view.” We went three different places and I really wasn’t happy with the end result. Everything is so green at this time of the year I wasn’t thrilled. We went to the Smithsonian Gardens, Theodore Roosevelt Island, and then to Constitution Pond. It wasn’t until we walked over to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that something caught my eye. There were a lot of very happy colorfully outfitted visitors taking photos of a beautiful view. A candid image of a group of them checking the group selfie just made me smile. We were asked to take a few photos of them too. It was such a pleasant sight to see the animated happy friends. A few of the other photos taken during the week were okay - but the group of travelers just told a better story. No, it’s not photographically the best image out there and I don’t expect a lot of comments. I just liked the overall vibe. It needed a bit of editing to eliminate the interlopers and was cropped down to size. In the end the colors and beautiful view just made me happy!