Reflecting Pool – Christian Science Plaza, Boston
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 shot. Another up side to the rain was that it kept [...]
Red Line Train on the Longfellow Bridge at Sunset
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 of blending together the different shots. I was inspired to do the panorama [...]
Blue Dawn, Charles River & Western Avenue Bridge at Sunrise
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 was standing on the Weeks Footbridge that crosses the Charles near Harvard [...]
Autumn Sunset at Walden Pond
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 Pond in Concord, MA, so I bike by there [...]
Foggy Boston Back Bay Skyline at Dusk
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 fog descended on the skyscrapers. I don’t know why, but I [...]
Ghost Train on the Longfellow Bridge
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 the forecast say 100% chance of rain before it has [...]
Boston Skyline in the Blue Hour
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 the golden lights of the city begin to appear. For [...]
Reflecting Pool at Dusk
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 place in the evening AND coating the pavement [...]
The First Church of Christ, Scientist at Night, Boston
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 initially getting the exposure the way I wanted it across [...]
Rowes Wharf and Custom House Tower at Dusk, Boston
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 a Marriott hotel. I love taking photos of the city during the “blue [...]
Boston Financial District Skyline at Night
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, but I managed to just get this shot in under [...]
Back Bay Skyline at Night, Boston
This is a shot of the Boston Back Bay skyline at night from the west side of the reflecting pool at Christian Science Plaza in Boston. The tall building in the center is the Prudential Tower. The round-ish building on the right-center is 111 Huntington Avenue, AKA “The R2D2 Building,” which is part of the [...]
Dusk at Splash Fountain, Boston
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.
Boston Skyline at Dusk
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
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.
TD Banknorth Garden & Zakim Bridge at Night
This is a shot of the sports arena currently known as TD Banknorth Garden (home of the NHL’s Boston Bruins and the NBA’s Boston Celtics) with a bit of the south section of cable stays on the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge. Taken on an evening photostroll through Charlestown and Boston with fellow [...]
Drain Sign & Brick Wall
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 shipyards in Charlestown, MA.
Custom House Tower at Night – Boston
This is the Custom House Tower as seen from across the inner harbor at Piers Park in East Boston. The tower has been through various iterations, but now houses a Marriott hotel. The clock is pretty amazing to see at night, and I’m sorry I couldn’t zoom in any closer than I did, but you [...]
3 Park Benches at Night – Piers Park, Boston
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 East Boston.
Boston Night Skyline with Bench, Piers Park
This is the Boston Skyline as seen from across the inner harbor at Piers Park in East Boston.
Solitary Man
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
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 of the Boston skyline. That is the Harvard Bridge in the foreground with the red streaks from [...]
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge at Twilight
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. Thanks again to Greg for organizing this!)
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge at Night
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 I pulled back a bit to capture the reflections on the water.