DC Cherry Blossom Festival

For the past two weekends, I had been meaning to head down to DC to check out the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, but was either out of town or was too busy.

I finally found time this weekend, after the peak bloom had already happened. :( I had never seen so many Asians in DC before! It was pretty cool as Pennsylvania ave & 12th St were blocked off so all the vendors could have their stuff setup. Reminded me of some of the festivals in Manhattan.

I found a few good trees, but I really wanted to capture the vast, pink outline around the tidal basin as seen here:
check out other amazing photos here.

Also, here are some of my lackluster pics I took on Saturday. Ugh, I desperately need a digital SLR...

more from my album here.