from Lincoln Memorial to Washington Monument

from Lincoln Memorial to Washington Monument a photo by ericbeta76 on Flickr.

I was walking around the Mall during the evening of Thursday 3 March hoping to get some sunset pictures of my favorite monument, the Lincoln Memorial. But with an overcast sky, and with the reflecting pool empty and undergoing maintenance, I had to look for other pictures to take.
All of a sudden I was standing across from the White House in between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. I gladly accepted the challenge presented to me at that moment to capture this scene in one panoramic shot, and what is better than a regular panoramic? An HDR panoramic of course!
To produce this panoramic, I set up my tripod and proceeded to take 9 bracketed shots (-2, 0, +2), beginning to the left of the Lincoln Memorial and ending to the right of the Washington Monument. I ensured there was about 1/3 overlap between the pictures.
I processed each HDR shot first using Nik HDR Efex Pro, and I stitched all 9 shots together using Photoshop CS5.
Behold and enjoy!