Children in Rings Fountain – Boston
Children in Rings Fountain – Boston, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). These are some children having fun in Rings Fountain, part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, which, as part of the Big Dig project, replaced a truly hideous elevated freeway that sliced through the heart of Boston. This is part of the [...]
Red Line Sign
Red Line Sign, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Taken on the commuter rail platform at the MBTA’s Porter Square station in Cambridge, MA. This was at the end of an afternoon-long photowalk wandering around Cambridge, near MIT and the Charles River, on which I was feeling a bit down on myself about my [...]
Red Line, White Coat
Red Line, White Coat, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). A shot of a random commuter waiting for an an MBTA Red Line train taken on the platform at Alewife Station in Cambridge, MA, with my iPhone camera. There’s something about this shot that I find appealing, but I can’t quite put my finger [...]
Red Line Train
Red Line Train, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). An MBTA Red Line train crosses the Longfellow Bridge from Cambridge into Boston on a gray day.
Red Line at Porter Square Station
Red Line at Porter Square Station, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Thought I’d try out Chase Jarvis’s Best Camera app on my iPhone and put it through its paces now that the app can post directly to Flickr. I think he’s right: the best camera is the one you have with you. This [...]
Steam Grate – New Year’s Eve 2009, Boston Common
Steam Grate – New Year’s Eve 2009, Boston Common, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). This is a shot of some people milling about in the warm steam rising up from a grating behind the ice skating rink on Boston Common. I liked the sort of eerie, ghostly feel the scene had and tried [...]
Waiting for the Red Line Train – Harvard Square
Waiting for the Red Line Train – Harvard Square, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Cambridge, Massachusetts I liked the lines and curves in this shot, together with the contrast between the motion of the train and the stasis of the two women standing and waiting for it.
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 [...]
Kayak Rentals
Kayak Rentals, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Rockport, Massachusetts
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.
Drain Sign & Brick Wall
Drain Sign & Brick Wall, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). I just liked the textures and colors of the brick wall and the painted sign. Click here to see those details up close. Taken in low light on an evening photowalk with fellow fabulous Flickr-ites ms2thdr, jimmike, and nolanstern in the old Navy [...]
3 Park Benches at Night – Piers Park, Boston
3 Park Benches at Night – Piers Park, Boston, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). This is one in a series of shots of these awning structures over the park benches in Piers Park, Boston. I liked the sort of retro, yet other-worldly, look they had. Taken on the waterfront in Piers Park in [...]
Boston Night Skyline with Bench, Piers Park
Boston Night Skyline with Bench, Piers Park, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). This is the Boston Skyline as seen from across the inner harbor at Piers Park in East Boston.
Solitary Man
Solitary Man, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). This is an evening shot taken on the Charles River near the Harvard Bridge and MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is a fairly long exposure, and I was lucky the guy on the bench didn’t move a muscle the whole time.
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 [...]
Track 1
Track 1, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Route 128 Station just outside of Boston, MA
Hydrant
Hydrant, originally uploaded by briburt. This one surprised me by reaching Flickr Explore at #118 for 29 November 2008. Some of the folks on Flickr really took a shine to the color range and vibrance, and I guess it does have a very striking quality to it that catches the eye, especially when viewed in [...]
Seattle Waterfront Streetcar Tracks
Seattle Waterfront Streetcar Tracks Originally uploaded by briburt I used to love to ride the trolley along the Seattle waterfront, but this is all that remains of those times — some abandoned tracks that run the length of Alaskan Way. King County Metro (the transportation organization) claims that service is only temporarily suspended, but I [...]
Striding Confidently to Nowhere
Striding Confidently to Nowhere Originally uploaded by briburt I took this photo of Jonathan Borofsky’s Walking Man just outside the West Wing entrance to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Borofsky has an installation in the Upper Galleria of the West Wing that includes a number of these figures, either falling or flying (it’s [...]
Reflections – The Bean, Chicago
Reflections – The Bean, Chicago, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). A shot of the “Cloud Gate” sculpture in Chicago. That’s the Aon Center (Chicago’s second tallest building after the Sears Tower) reflected on the surface.
Balloons and Cloudy Blue Sky
Balloons and Cloudy Blue Sky, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). I loved how these balloons were clustered against a backdrop of a summer blue sky. Processed a bit in Photoshop and Photomatix Pro to really bring out the rich colors of the balloons.