Down in Front

Tourists come from all over the world to this spot by the zero milestone to take photos of themselves in front of the White House. Today, as I walked by, I noticed the police were blocking the view. It's not an ordinary shot of the White House, so I liked it.

[Paulette Mattingly]

Good photo journalism. I like the unusualness of it, too.

[Khawbecker]

@pauliek Thanks, Paulette.

[Laurie Higgins]

I love new views of things I see every day too, but I sure don't see the White House. Nice capture. I wonder what's going on...

[Khawbecker]

@lauriehiggins Thanks, Laurie. I wondered that myself.

[David Ortiz Jr]

Even more security than I remember seeing when Deb, Elena, and I were there. Any idea what was up?

[Shelley]

Nice shot!

[Otter Lyons]

Very unique shot. So often photographers chop out this like this. I like that you left them in. :)

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

This capture is worth at least a couple of coppers (Do you call the police that in the States) and a copper in England is also a penny. Wish I hadn't started that now. Nice capture of The White House.

[Khawbecker]

@davydo I'm guessing they increase visible presence when the president is on the move.

[Khawbecker]

@moxy Thanks, Shelley!

[Khawbecker]

@otter Thanks, Otter. I've learned that without something unusual like this, a White House photo looks like a plain vanilla tourist shot.

[Khawbecker]

@ladymagpie Ha! I love your posts. We refer to police as cops, so it's very similar--leave it to Americans to shorten it as much as possible. And thanks for your compliments on the photo.

[MB]

Very interesting shot. Sounds like you don't see that every day.

[Julie Chapa]

Cool shot!

[Khawbecker]

@tahoemb Thanks, MB. Normally the police aren't so obtrusive at this location.

[Khawbecker]

@tjchapa Thanks, Julie!