Nice bokeh!

Beautiful photo, wow. Cherry blossoms aren't bad either.

Did you take this photo on a camera or your phone?

Camera, Canon R5 w/ RF 35mm.

Thanks! Easy place for a pretty photo.

Gorgeous! I would love to bring my camera but I plan on doing other things later in the day and don’t want to risk it getting stolen or broken!

I have a Canon 80D with an 18-135mm but I never use that camera because I use video cameras on the regular

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looks a lot like mine!

https://imgur.com/a/PlIQRQb

Can you tell them to go back in until this weekend?

Anywhere free/almost free and closeish to park?

they should've used your photo on the new metro cards instead :D

DC is so pure this time of year. Everyone genuinely ecstatic to look at the trees and flowers. I love it.

Where do people usually park when they go to see these?

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I'm coming down to DC (from Ottawa) around Easter weekend to visit my fiancée... will the flowers still be up or will they have fallen by then? I've been wanting to see the cherry blossoms but haven't had the chance yet.

Unfortunately after peak, which is expected to happen sometime this week, the blossoms fall off.

Best to drive and park at the metro and take it there. The traffic is really bad.

There are garages in Southwest near the Wharf and also some downtown. Sometimes near the Smithsonian’s there’s parking.

Sorry but Easter will be way too late this year. They only stick around for a couple of days at peak bloom

There is not much parking around there. If I have to drive in I park at work

The trees at the tidal basin are yoshino trees and they won't be in bloom anymore. Other varieties like the Kanzan trees may still be in bloom, but there's not a single place full of Kanzan trees the way the tidal basin is planted with yoshinos. It's still a very pretty season though.

Get yourself a peak design sling bag! Great for a camera and no one can tell it’s really a camera bag unless they know, and it’ll protect your stuff!

No. Park at a metro station and ride the train in.

Beautiful photo!

Do you think we'll be okay if we wait until Monday to go? We figure Sunday will be busy and aren't quite ready for today...

awww, that’s too bad. :/ maybe next year.

This weekend should be really good viewing.

Which is the nearest metro station to park and walk to basin

About 15 years ago, I was in Zion National Park hiking up the narrows in March. It was not crowded because it was freezing (water was fresh snowmelt, thigh+ deep in some places). It was incredible. We only met one other couple, two older folks, the guy with a very nice canon slung on his neck. We chatted, and he gave me a piece of advice I’ve never forgotten. I mentioned how he was brave for bringing his camera, that I had left my Nikon in the car. He said, “a camera left at home for safe keeping is no better than a broken camera.” It’s going to break someday anyway, might as well take the risk of that happening while you’re doing something exciting, and get some great pictures along the way. Put your camera to work and then carry it in a backpack rest of the day.

Airport vibes

I arrive Monday and really want to see these blossoms!!