Day 412 - Neither rain nor hail...

ISO 100, 24mm, f/11, 1/8 sec.

nor sleet nor snow will make me forget that spring is just around the corner.

Our weather was a complete mixed bag today not to mention the flipping cold. We had sun, rain, hail and snow.

I dug deep into the archives to take me to a sunnier, warmer day.

I took this photo on March 14, 2010. The state capitol is beautiful when the cherry trees are in full bloom.

This image of the capitol was a slightly underexposed image that I tweaked in Lightroom tonight. I was quite pleased the results especially when I compared it to the HDR photo below.

ISO 100, 24mm, f/11, HDR 0.5, 1/8, 1/30 sec.

When I took the image last year, I bracketed the photos so that I could run it through an HDR filter. This was my finished product.

Day 332

ISO 100, 24mm, f/20, 30.0 sec.

Day 332 - Oregon State Capitol

It was a beautiful day today, busy, but beautiful.

One of the images on my bucket list is the state capitol. One of the benefits of the the 365 photo project is always the quick history check of my subject.

This is actually the third capitol building for Oregon, both of the previous buildings were destroyed by fires.

The current building was completed in 1938 described as "Egyptian simplicity and Greek refinement with an overall art deco style."

I am not the only one that thought the style was weird, early on, the dome was described as either a paint can or a squirrel cage.

The Oregon pioneer that rests on top of the dome is an eight and one-half ton, 22 ft. bronze statue with 23k gold leaf. Apparently it took the residents some time to bond with pioneer as well.