I didn’t get to take part in the Bismarck-Mandan part of the Worldwide Photo Walk event last weekend due to an emergency, but I was able to head over there a few days earlier for a “Photo a Day” project in which I’m taking part sporadically. The theme was “something close-up”, which explains the alliterative title of this post.

The shot above is actually quite pleasing because it was unattainable by the general public all summer long; the scaffolding and surrounding safety fence were only removed from the capitol over the first weekend in October. This is my first close-up shot of the capitol with its newly scrubbed limestone exterior.

This is Becky (I had to give her a name), the statue near the veterans’ memorial south of the state library and heritage center. I tried a close-up of the dude, but his ear was full of spider webs. Creepy.

My friend Jo got a shot at the capitol that really baked my noodle, so i had to drive to the capitol today and poke around trying to figure out how she got it. I finally figured it out, but not until AFTER leaving the capitol grounds and the possibility of trying it to see if I was correct. I drove there over my lunch hour so perhaps I’ll have to take another crack at it before the weather goes completely medieval on us.