"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem."
- Abraham Lincoln, Address Delivered in Candidacy for the State Legislature. (9 March 1832)
I took this photo on the same walk as the Arlington photo below. Coincidentally, February 12th is President Lincoln's birthday. The memorial was set up with chairs and velvet ropes, which drove the normal mass of people to the edges and created some significant challenges for setting a tripod up.
The memorial is quite dark, but I really dislike using flash. The original photo was underexposed. To make it useable I brightened the image and increased the contrast, while increasing the D-Light (dynamic lighting feature in RAW images). I also cropped it a bit.
Nikon D7000 - 105mm, f5.6, 1/15, ISO 100. On Tripod. Post processing Nikon Capture NX2.
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