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17-Oct-2020

524 8th Street SE

I assume the mural on the older building was painted before the smaller one was built, but it looked like the sea creatures were attacking the house.

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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.

Underpass on 8th Street SE, posted earlier:

Apple iPhone 11 Pro
1/1261s f/2.0 at 6.0mm iso20 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Kevin Warren30-Oct-2020 20:27
It's like an aquarium. Nice camera work here.
janescottcumming29-Oct-2020 12:55
A clever use of the angles here. Very interesting. V
David Buzzeo29-Oct-2020 03:46
I think what we see in the window is a reflection, which I quite like. V
Don Mottershead29-Oct-2020 01:07
Well constructed image. That wiring looks a bit dicey.
Julie Oldfield29-Oct-2020 00:25
Love this one! Very creative and fun. V
Dennis Hoyne28-Oct-2020 23:53
Not quite as upbeat as the previous murals, but, still pretty cool,
Graeme28-Oct-2020 23:46
This mural does look a little odd with only what seems to be half a picture, Helen.V
hayl28-Oct-2020 22:35
Part of a creature is visible through the window - trying to figure that out. Interesting building and mural.
Tom Munson28-Oct-2020 22:21
Different for sure.