Still culling works out of the Valley Forge trip. It was an amazing day! We only spent about five hours there, but I walked away with a huge library of images. Of course, when you're out shooting with someone who isn't another photographer, you should at least choose someone with patients.
This is the National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge Park. It was erected to commemorate the founding of the park. The park itself is dedicated to the commemoration of the efforts and suffering of anyone who has had to fight to stay alive in Philadelphia. Well, OK, the park does mention a very specific group of people who used this area as a camping spot and had a miserable time. Camping is now prohibited and most folks seem to have a pleasant enough visit. Anyway, this arch occupies a prominent spot at the top of a hill. There isn't much of a view, as I might define it, so getting a clean background and composing a solid story is problematic. Luckily, there isn't any shortage of historic material covering the events that took place here, so I could go about making pretty pictures.
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