Last night, Bill and I had a great time at the photowalk organized by Shawn Duffy. It was our first night photowalk – a very different experience than other photowalks we’ve been on.

We met at the Lincoln Memorial, headed across the Memorial Bridge, did some shooting from the Virginia side of the river, then headed back across the bridge, around the Lincoln Memorial and the Vietnam Memorial.

Here are a few of my photos from last night’s photowalk.

I took this first photo from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Last night was the first time I’d been on the Mall when the Reflecting Pool was drained. I liked the way the flags around the Washington Monument were reflected in the small pool of water still in the Reflecting Pool.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

This is one of the statues on the DC end of the Memorial Bridge. Mark Anderson used his flashlight to paint light and highlight parts of the statue for me. Thanks Mark.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

One of the great things about photowalks is they give you a chance to try some different styles of photography. I’ve seen lots of photos of tailights of moving traffic, but really had never tried taking any photos like that. Last night, I had the perfect opportunity to photograph traffic on the Memorial Bridge heading into DC. This was a 6 second exposure.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

Usually on photowalks, I end up with a bunch of photos of my fellow photowalkers. Since we were shooting at night, I didn’t take many people photos. However, I couldn’t resist taking this photo of  the line of photographers silhouetted as they photographed the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and the Memorial Bridge.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

My version of the Lincoln Memorial and Memorial Bridge photo that all of us were taking last night.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

My last photo is one of the statues at the end of the Whitehurst Freeway. The streaks of light on the right are from one of the streetlights. I liked the way the light was hitting the statue.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

As always we had a great time on the photowalk. Not only did we spend a few hours photographing, we got to catch up with all the other area photographers who participate in the photowalks. It’s always a great chance to catch up on news, meet more photographers, and check out everyone’s new gear.

I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone has shot last night. If you’d like to see what we all photographed, be sure to visit the Flickr Group for the Night Photowalk DC group.