Marshall Point Lighthouse – Port Clyde, Maine
Marshall Point Lighthouse, Maine, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). When we took a mini-vacation up to the Maine coast a couple of months ago, I made a point to seek out as many lighthouses as I could to photograph. This one is Marshall Point Lighthouse near Port Clyde, Maine, and is quite interesting [...]
The Steamboat “M/V Samuel Clemens,” Boston Harbor
The Steamboat "M/V Samuel Clemens," Boston Harbor, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). The 72-foot, 3-deck ship is run by Massachusetts Bay Lines and is a replica of an old-time steamboat. It actually does not use steam for power, though it does use a paddlewheel. I saw this vessel from a distance while wandering [...]
Boat and Boston Skyline
Boat and Boston Skyline, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Taken on the Cambridge side of the Charles River near the MIT boathouse while I was just wandering around and wondering if I really should be doing this whole photography thing.
Charles River & Western Avenue Bridge at Sunrise
Charles River & Western Avenue Bridge at Sunrise, originally uploaded by briburt. Pulled myself out of bed way before dawn today and drove into Cambridge for the "Head of the Charles" rowing regatta. This is one of the first shots I got just before daybreak of the Charles River and the Western Avenue Bridge. I [...]
Foggy Boston Back Bay Skyline at Dusk
Foggy Boston Back Bay Skyline at Dusk, originally uploaded by briburt. Here’s a shot of the skyline of Boston’s Back Bay area taken from the Longfellow Bridge. It was just starting to really rain out, but the light was very interesting, how the orangeish-pink glow of the city bounce off the low-hanging clouds as the [...]
Back Harbor Reflections
Back Harbor Reflections, originally uploaded by briburt. Earlier in the summer, I took a long bike ride starting in Beverly, Massachusetts, up through Gloucester, around Cape Ann and then back through Essex (where I had a bowl of fabulous clam chowder at one of the roadside clam shacks), and then on to Ipswich, where I [...]
Summer’s Day on Cape Cod
Summer’s Day on Cape Cod, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). OK. I was up before dawn this morning, photographing the sunrise, and it was 10 degrees Fahrenheit. So what did I do when I got home? Started processing photos of Cape Cod from last summer. Makes sense, I suppose. This is one of [...]
Runner Crossing Bridge at Sunset
Runner Crossing Bridge at Sunset, originally uploaded by briburt. I took this shot on the banks of the Charles River on the Boston side while heading toward the Charles River Esplanade for some night shots. The sun was just heading for the horizon, and the bridge made a nice silhouette with all that brightness behind [...]
Approaching Storm
Approaching Storm, originally uploaded by briburt. This is a shot I got while wandering around the harbor on Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont, when we were on vacation there last week. A storm front was moving in fast, and I was afraid that we were going to get rained on, but as it turns out, [...]
Rowes Wharf and Custom House Tower at Dusk, Boston
Rowes Wharf and Custom House Tower at Dusk, Boston, originally uploaded by briburt. This is a shot of the Boston Financial District skyline taken on the Boston Harborwalk near Moakley Courthouse. The clock tower in the center-right of the composition is the Custom House Tower. The tower has been through various iterations, but now houses [...]
Boston Financial District Skyline at Night
Boston Financial District Skyline at Night, originally uploaded by briburt. Here’s a black and white shot of the Boston Financial District skyline under night skies taken from the Boston Harborwalk next to the Moakley Courthouse. It was a blustery evening with a storm front moving in, and I was afraid I would get rained on, [...]
Dusk at Splash Fountain, Boston
Dusk at Splash Fountain, Boston, originally uploaded by briburt. This is an evening shot of Splash Fountain at Christian Science Plaza in Boston. This fountain design allows 180 water jets to shoot directly out of the ground and is (obviously) illuminated at night. The plaza itself was designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei.
Kayak Rentals
Kayak Rentals, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Rockport, Massachusetts
Boston Skyline at Dusk
Boston Skyline at Dusk, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Taken on the Boston Harborwalk near Moakley Courthouse. The light was stunning that evening, and I couldn’t take photos fast enough. I felt like I was taking photos while inside a jewel box, and my photo here barely begins to capture that feeling.
Fountain Lights
Fountain Lights, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). A shot of some fountain lights in the lobby of the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Chicago. I liked the rough symmetry and reflective qualities of the both the water and the stone.
CITGO Sign on a Foggy Night – Fenway Park, Boston
CITGO Sign on a Foggy Night – Fenway Park, Boston, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). This is a shot of the famous CITGO sign that sits near Fenway Park, the home of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox. The sign has a very interesting history and is considered one of the iconic landmarks [...]
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge at Twilight
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge at Twilight, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). This is the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge (aka the "Zakim Bridge") in Boston as seen from North Point Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Another one taken during a Flickr meetup with the folks from the Boston, Massachusetts, Flickr group. [...]
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge at Night
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge at Night, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). This is the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge (aka the "Zakim Bridge") in Boston as seen from North Point Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This was taken a little bit later than some of the previous shots I took, and [...]
North Point Park at Sunset
North Point Park at Sunset, originally uploaded by briburt. Cambridge, Massachusetts North Point Park just opened a couple of years ago, and it’s a great place to do some evening and night photography, mostly because it’s close to the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, which is quite photogenic. I decided to get a shot looking away [...]
Inner Harbor at Sunset – Gloucester, Massachusetts
Inner Harbor at Sunset – Gloucester, Massachusetts, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Went out to Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Cape Ann last weekend and headed straight for the water. It is one of the great fishing ports on the Eastern seaboard of North America. Found the Inner Harbor area and managed to get some [...]
3 Fishing Trawlers
3 Fishing Trawlers, originally uploaded by briburt. Fisherman’s Terminal, Seattle And, yes, that gray sky is probably here to stay, more or less permanently, until next July. The splashes of color from these fishing boats, though, can help make up for all of the gray and rain of the coming months.
Canal with Drawbridge
Canal with Drawbridge, originally uploaded by briburt. This is the canal leading into Seattle’s Hiram M. Chittendon Locks, connecting Puget Sound (salt water) with Lake Union and Lake Washington (both fresh water) via a ship canal. I can bike here in about 10 minutes from my house, so I spent a lot of time down [...]
East Waterway, Port of Seattle
East Waterway, Port of Seattle Originally uploaded by briburt A wider, panoramic shot of the East Waterway of the Port of Seattle. You can see a tugboat and two big container ships. The interesting about the container ships is that you can’t say whether or not they are loading or unloading because they load and [...]
The Freighter “Manoa,” Port of Seattle
The Freighter “Manoa,” Port of Seattle Originally uploaded by briburt Rode my bike down through downtown to West Seattle last weekend, and stopped at a little fishing pier by the port to take a few shots. This is one of them. I also got to wondering about the people fishing there: a) do they ever [...]