Blossoms in the afternoon sun

In my last post, I mentioned how I visited the Tidal Basin to shoot the cherry blossoms at sunrise. Well, I returned later on the same day to shoot the cherry blossoms in the late afternoon and at sunset. On my way to the Tidal Basin, I stopped by the Washington Monument. The following is my favorite photo from the afternoon:

As an aside, the girl reading under the cherry tree happened to be reading "Hunger Games".

Here are a couple more photos that I took at the Tidal Basin. The second photo is a stitched panorama.