1342 (2004/04/06)
Random pictures of interest from the second quarter of 2004. There were a number of good ones in this set. My Brussels pictures were also taken during this period, but are presented separately.
1342 (2004/04/06)
I like the contrasting colors of the mulch as the border in this version...
1343 (2004/04/06)
but I like the detail of the pistil in this version. I couldn't decide, so I included both.
1369 (2004/04/09)
this is probably the least amount of actual color I've ever had in a picture which I still thought was better in color than black and white.
1371 (2004/04/09)
Even this one has more blue.
1515 (2004/04/24)
You can see the low range of digital here from the fact that the reflections on the water are completely white and the shadows are completely black. This isn't usually the ęsthetic I want in my pictures, but I think it works well in this particular instance.
1532 (2004/04/24)
I have some better pictures of this area take on actual film, which I'll be getting developed any day now.
1540 (2004/04/29)
This picture was taken from the base of the Gilmore Bridge, right at the Cambridge end. I found the elevated railroad tracks to be strangely reminiscent of a tree-covered walkway, and provided a remarkable contrast with the concrete and rubble all around them.
The Green Line tracks shown here are in the process of being demolished for political reasons; you couldn't go back and take this picture today.
1570 (2004/05/07)
This is a fairly standard sunset picture, but it's a slightly different take on it than my previous attempts from the same location - no sunset is ever exactly the same.
1572 (2004/05/07)
The silhouettes of the boats are more interesting than the trees here, but the sky has better colors in this one.
1591 (2004/05/10)
Even with the helicopter, this is a second-rate picture, but since this whole page is for pictures which weren't necessarily good enough to make the first cut, I put it in anyway.
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This isn't a particular inspired or original picture, but if it's what you want, this is as good an example of it as any.
1637 (2004/05/29)
The angle of the light brought out the texture of the bricks wonderfully. I just wish the sky could also have been blue instead of overexposed.
1640 (2004/05/29)
It'a all about the light. Late evening, around half an hour before the sun goes down, has wonderful yellow low-angle light which makes boring things interesting.
1654 (2004/06/02)
Hey! Orange cones!
1664 (2004/06/11)
Shortly after sunset (or the equivalent time before sunrise, depending on the direction you're facing) is an excellent time for taking pictures of buildings with lots of glass. It makes even horribly travesties of architecture look good!
1672 (2004/06/12)
This was taken on some beach in the northeastern corner of Massachusets, right across the border from New Hampshire.
1713 (2004/06/13)
Porter Square commuter rail station, taken as I was walking home one night.
1736 (2004/06/16)
Remember what I was saying about the light about half an hour before sunset? This next set all record scenes which don't look anything like this at other times of the day.
1741 (2004/06/16)
The Esplanade from the Longfellow Bridge.
1743 (2004/06/16)
The Esplanade from the Longfellow Bridge.
1745 (2004/06/16)
Mindboggingly, this picture was also taken from the Longfellow Bridge!
1750 (2004/06/16)
Is there any picture with an orange barrel in it that I won't take?
1755 (2004/06/16)
I took this picture through the large fence that surrounds the statehouse, and then ran away quickly while being shot at by police for violating the Anti-Terrorist Landmark Photography Ban Act.
1842 (2004/06/19)
These were growing in a ditch somewhere around Alewife.
1860 (2004/06/20)
It's times like this I wish the digital camrea had a wider lens. It wasn't possible to simply step back further, because then trees entered the frame.
1865 (2004/06/20)
This bench is next to the Bike Path beyond Davis Square.