The Late Unpleasantness

"The late unpleasantness" is a folk phrase that refers to the U.S. Civil War. In this rain-soaked photo, one can see the Civil War break in the Washington Monument very plainly. The phrase also perfectly describes today's relentless and heavy rainfall. This photo is SOOC.

[Deborah Ortiz]

April 30th late unpleasantness for sure. Nice analogy.

[Chris Stapleton]

Classic

[Graham Budd]

Really like this shot. Great composition compressing the different elements and providing a great sense of depth and scale. Your unconventional placement of the monument is creative and and easy fav.

[*lynn]

Wonderful composition and interesting facts, as usual!

[Gena Pegg]

Fabulous capture! Very moving!

[virtualbrownie]

Great composition - like the way the depth of focus has foreshortened the view

[Laurie Higgins]

Whoa! I love the drama of this photo. Your composition is awesome. Somehow I never knew about the Civil War break in the Washington Monument. That is very cool, and very symbolic. This was a fave for me.

[carol white]

A super capture!!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Great capture, I like the perspective of the buildings and monument.

[tony gig]

Amazing capture K

[Shelley]

Wow, I wasn't aware of that phrase. Lovely capture.

[Khawbecker]

@deborahortiz Thanks, Debbie. :)

[Khawbecker]

@cljs Thanks for viewing my photos, Chris.

[Khawbecker]

@grahambudd Thanks, Graham. I appreciate your comments and the fav too!

[Khawbecker]

@lynnz Thanks, Lynn. :)

[Khawbecker]

@eyesmile Thanks, Gena!

[Khawbecker]

@virtualbrownie Thank you. It's a technique I've learned this year doing 365.

[Khawbecker]

@lauriehiggins Thanks for your comments, Laurie! The Civil War break is not very often this noticeable. I appreciate the fav!

[Khawbecker]

@carolmw Thanks, Carol!

[Khawbecker]

@tonygig Thanks, Tony!

[Khawbecker]

@moxy Thanks, Shelley. :)

[David Ortiz Jr]

Beautiful Mood shot Karen...and historical with the break in the Monument.

[Kathryn 🐎]

A great capture, has so much depth to it.

[Khawbecker]

@davydo Thanks, Dave. I love it when the Civil War break becomes more visible.

[Khawbecker]

@bristolrose Thanks, Kathryn. :)

[Bernd Leeb]

the grey often tells stories best. good shot