Last weekend was peak bloom for the Washington, DC cherry blossoms along the tidal basin. I did not take as many photos as previous years because it was so busy due to the lovely weather. I went down to the tidal basin twice that weekend. Once in the morning on Saturday with my mother, who was in town visiting and then again at sunrise on Sunday with my husband. I took more photos on Sunday then Saturday. On Sunday, my husband and I arrived at the Tidal Basin around 6:20 AM (we left the house around 5:45 AM). We tried to find locations that were unique and did not have oodles of photographers with tripods already gathered. Many of those photographers already gathered were not even shooting at the time they were set up and waiting for the sun to crest the Jefferson Memorial. While I did take some of the traditional shots, I tried to mix it up with different vantage points. I also shot hand held the whole time, since I did not tak...
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