Results tagged “photos”

Walking to The Passenger last night, my mind drifted toward thoughts about the development of the area north of H Street along 7th Street NW. Perhaps it was destiny, then, that I stumbled over this photograph of Mt. Vernon Square taken in 1992 by Jack Boucher for the Historic American Buildings Survey of the Library of Congress, which DCist flickr contributor rockcreek shared with our image pool yesterday. It's a good reminder of how far the neighbohood has come in the last seventeen years.

. Holy hell, but this picture is horrible.

Where's a privacy advocate when you need one? First, we can't make out in public. Now, a man can't even take an upright nap on a bench in Malcolm X Park without being captured by Flickr user gerdaindc and her like-minded voyeurs. EXIF.

                  

Last month, we launched our first collaboration with the Washington Humane Society and highlighted a handful of dogs that needed to find a home. The WHS's goal to "increase adoption, decrease the number of animals in need, and teach responsible pet ownership" is one that we truly believe in, and we're happy to report that two of the dogs we featured in October, Tancho and Nina, found homes!! Nina's new owner saw our photos and knew that she was the right dog for their family. She now lives with a family of five, two young children, two adults and another pit bull who is Nina's new best friend. Sumi, the beautiful and smart Akita mix is still at the shelter waiting to be sprung. Kate was diagnosed with heart worms and has been moved to the Washington Animal Rescue League to recover. She will be up for adoption again once she gets better.

While yesterday's article and photo gallery described the civilized side of the proceedings, alex logan has peeled back the veneer of the D.C. Tweed Ride to reveal its sordid underbelly. (EXIF)

                     

Scores of well-met journeymen and women gathered yesterday in the northeast of the Capital city for an expedition to celebrate the latest in fashion, industry and whimsy. This peregrination saw fashionable fellows and dandizettes tour the city by bi-cycle and fixed-gear machine. A good time was had by all!

              

I think two things about making a gallery of pictures of jack-o'-lanterns. One: This is exactly the sort of task I'm up to on a November 1. I tend to enjoy my sweets in the four of bourbon for Halloween, and as a result November 1 is a hangover to rival January 1. In stumbling around the house groaning for advil and wondering how I stubbed my presently lame big toe, I present a more convincing zombie than any you saw in Georgetown last night. Two: Something about taking pictures of pumpkins makes people go nuts with the photoshop. How is it that photos of orange gourds look so green?

Here is a photo that manages to summon both Vince Gauraldi and Cecily Brown. This fall flickr by apium is full of flesh tones that draw the eye, but it's far from sexy. For all the skin color and movement, this picture still conveys the quiet transformation of autumn.

Cast your eyes on this image, ye reader, and despair! Truly the most horrifying image poured into the DCist Photo Cauldron so far. Or at the very least, the most damning. Flickr user M.V. Jantzen actually captured these souls during (what else?) the annual drag race, but let it stand as a challenge: Can a costume come in a more terrifying form than floral? I submit not.

O funnel cake, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Is it the crispy fried-but-not-exceedingly-greasy goodness? Is it the powdered sugar that coats the throat and occasionally induces a coughing fit? Whatever the reason, you and Flickr user lorigoldberg's goo-tagged capture will always have a place in and on my heart. EXIF.

              

Despite the rain and chill, the DCist Flickr pool is chockablock with fun images of last night's 24th annual High Heel Race along 17th Street NW. Here's some of our favorites.

This haunting shot of the Lord of the Miracles procession, captured by by yonas1, looks as though it could have been shot in Peru. This version of the event however took place along Columbia Road in Adams Morgan this past Sunday. (EXIF)

              

Based on DCist photography contributor Brian Knight's photographs, yesterday's Marine Corps Marathon was a passionate whirlwind of emotions: elation, sadness, struggle, and whimsy, all in a blur of movement and color. It's appropriate then, that such an exhausting event required an earlier-than-roosters wake-up call for our intrepid photographer -- of course, DCist managing and arts editor Heather Goss (who somehow escaped the reach of Brian's lens) just had to do him one better and actually run the 10K yesterday.

            

The Washington Humane Society pledged in 2006 to find a good home for every adoptable animal. This is no easy task while providing care for over 20,000 animals a year, taking in an average of 33 animals a day at two different shelters. Their goals are to "increase adoption, decrease the number of animals in need, and teach responsible pet ownership." With shelters around the country being forced to euthanize 4 to 5 million dogs and cats a year, we applaud the WHS's efforts to find good homes for the pets of D.C. So we've decided to help by highlighting adoptable dogs and cats in the District. This new column will feature some of the four legged friends who are currently waiting to find a loving family.

       

We were speaking with a couple of photographers recently, who claimed that this year's crop of changing leaves were particularly stunning, and yesterday, a short trip through a few of D.C.'s tree lined streets seemed to confirm that sentiment. So, perhaps it wasn't very surprising that a look through our DCist Flickr pool was full the same evidence of autumn's rise. Didn't get your fill of lovely fall color with today's photo of the day? Crack open a pumpkin beer, and take a break from that Halloween costume construction to enjoy some more.

Passing by market-goers this morning wrapped in scarves as they rummaged through bins of root vegetables, this writer felt like fall finally arrived. It's usually mid-October when the blazers and sweaters come out of the closet; this year, mid-October came late. After a week of unseasonal cold and a flood-y Saturday, it's nice to have a day of actual, honest-to-goodness autumn. Don't fall in love, though: Rain is likely over 4 of the next 7 days.

Just like George Costanza, I've got a bone to pick with the pigeons. My daily commute takes me through Dupont Circle, and every morning, the rats of the sky dive and soar much too close for my comfort as they bathe on the perch of the fountain. The unpredictability of their movements, combined with the fact that I've seen The Birds far too many times, provides just the right amount of jolt before I get to my desk and the large coffee mug which sits upon it.

             

On paper, a Lenny Kravitz show on the heels of the 20th anniversary re-release of his debut album, Let Love Rule, is an intriguing prospect. Add in a setlist that has but one song released after the year 2000 and I'm downright excited. So why was Tuesday's show at the Warner Theater a bit of a dud? Pacing, mostly. Kravitz managed just 13 songs in a two hour span in a set that started and finished strong but veered eerily into "Jazz Odyssey" territory in between.

That pain you're feeling is the toothache caused by all of the seasonal sweet treats in the DCist Flickr pool. Flickr user/street artist diabetik takes it one step farther by decorating traffic cones to resemble everyone's favorite triangular tri-colored waxy treat.

              

When someone is so excited about forming a band that they write a song about the exuberance of that experience, it’s easy to see them putting on a great live show. Because let’s face it, anyone who proclaims, “Look at us! We formed a band!” is clearly the sort of pop culture loving being that would flaunt how happy they are to be in a band for as long as humanly possible. It also suggests that the person writing such a song is not necessarily someone who by conventional standards appears to be a person in a band.

At first glance, Ghost Bear's shot appears to consist of posed figurines and gummy candy. Upon further inspection, he's captured a perfect, slapstick moment from intermission at Saturday's Caps game.

                

It won't come as a shocker to people who follow green technology and architecture that Team Germany came away with top marks at the Solar Decathlon, a competition that invites universities from around the world to compete to design -- and build -- the best zero-energy home. What might have surprised even Team Germany was how the public responded to the open-house event.

For so many reasons, it's easy to associate with this photograph: one man, wandering out into the world with little but his trusty umbrella to shield him from the slings and arrows that surely await. Credit His Noodly Appendage with the excellent framing.

              

The 9:30 Club was absolutely packed Wednesday night for the D.C. debut of Them Crooked Vultures, a recently-formed hard-rock “supergroup” featuring Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, and multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones, who formerly played bass in a little band called Led Zeppelin. Joined by touring guitarist Alain Johannes, the high-profile trio treated the crowd to an impressive 90-minute set, more than justifying the hype that made this one of the most highly-anticipated shows of the year.

For those of you about to enter midterm season at school, here's a multiple choice question to help you prepare: Flickr user shannonboom's half-eaten strawberry shortcake bar is Photo of the Day for which of the following reasons? a) The contrast between the colors of the melty novelty treat in the foreground and the drab sidewalk in the background. b) A recent discussion about the merits of Strawberry Shortcake vs. Chocolate Eclair. c) There are no merits to discuss...Strawberry Shortcake is the best Good Humor bar ever.

              

Last night D.C. wanted the best and they got the best, as the local faction of KISS Army invaded the Verizon Center to see Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, and two other guys not named Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, slap on the makeup and rock 'n' roll all night.

Home is in the District, so I'd rather these country roads took me somewhere else -- maybe just round and round the hilltop on a supreme fall-foliage tour. Here the roads look like a needle threading the hillside, a stitch in autumn. Courtesy of afagen, this shot from Shenandoah National Park finds the warm reds and ochres of Stony Man trail on a crisp day.

Photographs by R. Samayoa brings us this strikingly geometrical composition from the entrance to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Religion, art, geometry, symbolism: there's got to be a Dan Brown joke in here somewhere, right?

              

As promised, here are some images captured by DCist photographer Francis Chung during Thursday afternoon's Washington Teachers Union-organized protest outside the John A. Wilson Building.