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13-Oct-2020

1021 E Street NE

This mural was on the rear of a private home with a heavily wooded garden. After several unsuccessful tries through the leaves, I finally found a place where I could push the branches out of my way and get this. I have no idea how anybody even found this work of art!

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The Capitol Hill Restoration Society is offering a new walking tour, this time featuring murals around the Hill, about which they say:

“Capitol Hill is home to many dazzling (some, quite literally) works of art, painted on the exteriors of homes and businesses. Some murals are well known to the community – but we’ve included them because we love them and the Mural Tour wouldn’t be complete without them. Others may be familiar only to their immediate neighbors. Several of them have been on view for decades but many are more recent, including those that are part of the DC Statehood Murals project. A couple are on the sidewalk. One is not actually a mural at all but it’s art on the exterior of a structure, so no reason not to give it the attention it deserves. … Art is always best appreciated in person; particularly true in this case where the scale and placement of the work made photography a challenge.”

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Late bloomers, posted earlier:

Apple iPhone 11 Pro
1/120s f/2.0 at 6.0mm iso80 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Zoltán Balogh28-Oct-2020 06:49
This is a wonderful photo, Helen! Congratulations, I love it very much! V
Julie Oldfield17-Oct-2020 00:48
I like how the branches frame it. V
Mairéad15-Oct-2020 20:23
I actually like the composition it - it feels like we're there with you,
peeping through the branches. V
Nick Paoni15-Oct-2020 19:40
It sure livens up the place. Good that no one gave you a hard time trying to get the shot.
Milan Vogrin15-Oct-2020 17:55
Like this image. V
Ton T.15-Oct-2020 17:52
Great composition with the colorful painting framed by branches and leafs
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography15-Oct-2020 17:49
Great discovery and capture, Voted.
John Hamers15-Oct-2020 17:47
Beautiful abstract mural, Well seen and captured .!V
joseantonio15-Oct-2020 17:35
lovely little mural for decorating that wall....V
Nestor Derkach15-Oct-2020 17:25
Nice image Helen where there is a will there is a way .
Nicely composed the work paid off the image is very nice.
Like the dappled light and nice viewing detail.
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