Storm Front & Light Trails
Storm Front & Light Trails, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Well… so finally I’m getting around to saying a little something about this photo, which seems to have taken on a life of its own on Flickr.com, having somehow attained, and held, the rank of #1 most “interesting” photo on Flickr Explore for [...]
MIT Campus at Night (Building 10)
MIT Campus at Night (Building 10), originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). This is a night shot of the "Great Dome" and columns of Building 10 (The Maclaurin Building) on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as seen from the south side of Memorial Drive. The red and orange-ish/white [...]
Red Line into the Sunset
Red Line into the Sunset, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). An MBTA Red Line train heads into a blazing sunset over the Longfellow Bridge from Boston into Cambridge. Featured on the MIT Engineering department’s home page.
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 [...]
Boston Skyline and Two Bridges
Boston Skyline and Two Bridges, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Another shot of the Boston skyline taken from the Moakley Bridge (which is the bridge with the blue lights on the left) over the Fort Point Channel. I was standing on one of the small viewing platforms they’ve built for pedestrians right over [...]
Moakley Bridge and Boston Skyline at Dusk
Moakley Bridge and Boston Skyline at Dusk, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Another dusk shot of the Moakley Bridge in Boston bathed in that wonderful blue light that I love so much. Don’t know why they have the blue floodlights on the bridge, but it certainly does catch my eye when I’m there.
Memorial Drive and Boston Skyline at Dusk
Memorial Drive and Boston Skyline at Dusk, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). Yup. More light trails. Taken on a stroll up the Charles River in Cambridge around the Longfellow Bridge on a chilly February evening.
Memorial Drive at Night – Cambridge, MA
Memorial Drive at Night – Cambridge, MA, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). I like light trails. A lot. What else is there to say?
Ice Sculpture – Boston Common, New Year’s Eve 2009
Ice Sculpture – Boston Common, New Year’s Eve 2009, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). This is a shot of an ice sculpture done by master ice carver Steve Rose for the First Night celebration in Boston and on public display on the Boston Common on New Year’s Eve 2009. Rose recreated one of [...]
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 [...]
Blue Fireworks – New Year’s Eve 2009, Boston Common
Blue Fireworks – New Year’s Eve 2009, Boston Common, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). We went down to some of Boston’s “First Night” celebrations on and around the Boston Common on New Year’s Eve this year (or I guess I should say “last year,” as it was still 2009). The weather was (relatively) [...]
Greenway Fountain & Custom House Tower at Night – Boston
Greenway Fountain & Custom House Tower at Night – Boston, originally uploaded by briburt. This is the final photo in a series of black & white shots I took of the Boston Financial District skyline as I was wandering around the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway one night last summer. This is such a great location [...]
Custom House Tower at Night – Boston
Custom House Tower at Night – Boston, originally uploaded by briburt. Another in a series of black and white explorations of cityscapes at night, this one taken near one of the fountains on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston. Hard to believe that it was not that long ago that this shot would not [...]
West 35th Street at Night, New York City
West 35th Street at Night, New York City, originally uploaded by briburt. This shot was an attempt to capture the mood of a New York City Street at night. Of course, this began as a color photo, but as I started playing around with various levels of processing, I quickly realized that the situation almost [...]
Reflecting Pool – Christian Science Plaza, Boston
Reflecting Pool – Christian Science Plaza, Boston, originally uploaded by briburt. It was just starting to rain, and I had just gotten my umbrella out. At first I thought that the raindrops hitting the pool would ruin the reflective qualities, but in the end I liked how they added a bit of variety to the [...]
Red Line Train on the Longfellow Bridge at Sunset
Red Line Train on the Longfellow Bridge at Sunset, originally uploaded by briburt. A Red Line MBTA train reflects the sunset as it crosses the Longfellow Bridge from Boston into Cambridge. This was merged together as a panorama in Photoshop from 5 different overlapping portrait exposures. I’m completely astounded at the fantastic job Photoshop does [...]
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 [...]
Autumn Sunset at Walden Pond
Autumn Sunset at Walden Pond, originally uploaded by briburt. If the phrase “Walden Pond” sounds familiar: yes, this is the same Walden Pond made famous in the book Walden, or, Life in the Woods by Concord’s own Henry David Thoreau. I’m fortunate in that I live just a few miles down the road from Walden [...]
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 [...]
Ghost Train on the Longfellow Bridge
Ghost Train on the Longfellow Bridge, originally uploaded by briburt. This was made on an evening that was supposed to be a photowalk in Boston for the Boston Photo Peeps group on Meetup.com, but the meetup was canceled at the last minute because of adverse weather, which was quite disappointing to me. (How often does [...]
Boston Skyline in the Blue Hour
Boston Skyline in the Blue Hour, originally uploaded by briburt. This a shot of the Boston skyline taken from one of the best locations for skyline photography in Boston: the Boston Harborwalk near Moakley Courthouse. I just love the changing light during the blue hour, as the sky deepens in its shades of blue and [...]
Reflecting Pool at Dusk
Reflecting Pool at Dusk, originally uploaded by briburt. This is another in a series of photos taken in Boston at the Christian Science Plaza. I was pretty lucky this particular evening, as it was raining a bit, which gave me the added benefit of scaring off all the tourists who are normally wandering around the [...]
The First Church of Christ, Scientist at Night, Boston
Christian Science Church at Night, Boston, originally uploaded by briburt. This is a panoramic, wide angle shot of Boston’s Christian Science Church at night. I made this photo by stitching together two wide angle shots in Photoshop, blending them together, and then processing as black & white in Adobe Lightroom. Had a lot of trouble [...]
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 [...]