After almost 3.5 weeks out of work for paternity/holiday/leave, I’m getting ready to head back to the office tomorrow.  I got a head-start on getting back into what I hope becomes a solid routine, processing some photos I shot earlier in the week and posting them here.

On Monday, I went into the office, nominally to fill out my timecard for the pay period.  It was also a nice opportunity to have a little peace and quiet for a few minutes.  My wife also gave me the green light to take a few pictures while I was already out, so I headed over to the Air Force Memorial as it is pretty convenient to Crystal City.  I had a very clear day and, for better or worse, I was there a little after noon.  The light wasn’t the best, but the brilliant blue sky was a decent backdrop to the memorial, especially after using a circular polarizer to control the glare a little bit.

I didn’t shoot too many frames, but got a few keepers.  I processed four of these today and uploaded them to my Flickr stream.  I hope to do some others later this week, but that remains to be seen.  The collection so far (click through for access to larger versions and please leave comments here or on Flickr if you have any comments/critiques!).