The results are in, the voice of the people has been heard

No, not the Iowa Caucuses (though we'll know that in a few hours), but the results of the 2011 Washington Monument Photo survey.

And the results are, by an overwhelming majority (85.7% to 14.3%) you want to see more daily photos of the Washington Monument. When questioned as to their enjoyment level, you - the people - responded "lots and lots" (28.6%), "pretty much" (42.9%), and "could take 'em or leave 'em" (28.6%).

Among the insightful comments received were:

• I think a time-lapse video is in order. 15 frames per sec, 36 sec. Let's talk.
• Beautiful mosaic! Just pick a new topic.
• Didn't even know you were doing this. It's an interesting obsess ... er, I mean, hobby. Any chance that you're balancing phallic architecture with, say, pictures of the Capitol or the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (which we wafer gobblers growing up in the DC area used to refer to as the Purple Tit)?
• You rock Martin! keep snapping the photos!

So, here you go, for 2012, there will be more Washington Monument photos ... thanks to all the many, many who took moments from there busy holiday schedules to complete the survey.

And yes, all seven (7) of you, you can sleep better knowing that your vote does make a difference. 

Now, all the rest of you need to remember that come November!

Survey: More Washington Monuments in 2012? Yes or no?

(Take the survey without reading the story below) Well, it's been three years now ... and I've taken over 440 pictures of the Washington Monument, pretty much one per work day. All from about the same spot, and around the same time.

Some of you have loved them, some have just wondered why (that would be Jim Croft for which the answer was this). So, in addition to that mosaic, and this one, I've not done much else with them.

Here's the collections from 2009 (177 photos), 2010 (184 photos), and 2011 (181 and counting)

You might think that I don't have any imagination and that I don't take pictures of other things - you'd be wrong of course, why here's a photo that's not the Washington Monument (Japantown Pagoda). You might also wonder why I don't do something like take a picture of the US Capitol in the morning. Well, the answer to that is easy. The sun. The sun is usually just rising over the Capitol when I'm going to work and the glare is just too much. Same with the Smithsonian Castle - unless I take it from the steps of the National Museum of Natural History. And what about Natural History? I've tried that, and there's just not enough variation in the look.

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