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Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard 2007-03-03 16:27:00
What a spot to relax...
Adirondack chairs overlook the scenic ocean marshland near the Edgartown Lighthouse in Edgartown on the island of Martha
's Vineyard
off of the Massachusetts coast. A tripod mounted Nikon Coolpix 8800 digital camera and a Tiffen soft fx3 diffusion filter were used for this photograph in June 26, 2006.
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Island Theater in Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard 2007-03-03 16:01:00
There's a certain hometown feel of years past here...
The Island
Theater ticket booth in Oak Bluffs on the island of Martha
's Vineyard
off of the Massachusetts coast. Photographed in June of 2006 with my tripod mounted Nikon 8800 digital camera.
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Fascination at Nantasket Beach Hull Massachusetts 2007-03-02 18:22:00 Fascination along Nantasket Avenue at Nantasket Beach
in Hull, Massachusetts
. Photographed February 4, 2007 using my tripod mounted Nikon D200 digital camera using my wide angle DX Nikkor 12-24 mm zoom at 12mm using a polarizing filter to cut down on glare and to enhance the colors. 1/125 at f6.0 white balance 100.
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A photo from Duxbury Massachusetts 2007-03-01 18:49:00
A digital photograph from the historic town of Duxbury
, Massachusetts
. I Photographed this beautiful tree back in November of 2006 from Powder Point Avenue with my tripod mounted Nikon D200 digital camera using a Nikkor VR 80-400 mm zoom lens at maximum telephoto setting.
It is difficult to realize how great a part of all that is cheerful and delightful in the recollections of our own life is associated with trees. ~Wilson Flagg
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North River Bridge Norwell Massachusetts 2007-02-28 21:01:00
The Union Street Bridge where the towns of Norwell
and Marshfield meet. The bridge structure was photographed from the Norwell boat launch on the NorthRiver
in Norwell, Massachusetts
on Saturday morning November 25, 2006 with my tripod mounted Nikon D200
digital camera with a Nikkor VR 80-400 mm zoom lens at 200mm. I also
used a Tiffen soft FX3 diffusion filter to give the scene the subtle
soft effect you see here. 1/500 at F4.2. The North River, which is a salt water river with tides, runs through the towns of Scituate, Norwell, Marshfield and Pembroke is one of only twenty rivers in the entire United States protected under the Scenic Waterways Act.
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Cohasset Harbor Cohasset Massachusetts 2007-03-04 09:43:00
Fishing boats at Cohasset harbor in Cohasset, Massachusetts
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Photographed from the Atlantica Restaurant parking lot. Houses along Glades Road in Scituate can be seen in the distant background. This scene was photographed Sunday afternoon December 10, 2006 with my tripod mounted Nikon D200 digital camera using a 80-400 mm Nikkor VR zoom lens at a setting of 250mm. 1/500 at F5.2 with a polarizing filter and a Tiffen Softnet diffusion filter together. By using the filters combined, a harsh snapshot like appearence that photographs like this can sometimes have due to glare and the brightness was eliminated, thus giving a more pleasing effect when viewing the image.
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Myles Standish Burying Ground Duxbury Massachusetts 2007-03-04 08:58:00
This is the oldest maintained cemetery in the United States. The Myles
Standish Burying
Ground in Duxbury
, Massachusetts
. Seen here is the grave of Myles Standish who died in 1656. Standish arrived to the states on the Mayflower in 1620, and was one of the founders of the town of Duxbury.
Photographed in April of 2006 with my tripod mounted Nikon 8800 digital camera.
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First Parsh Church Cohasset Massachusetts 2007-03-04 08:37:00
Shades of light...
The First
Parish Church
on Cohasset Common in Cohasset, Massachusetts
. Some of you may have seen the 1987 movie "The Witches of Eastwick" The First Parish Church was the church that was used in the movie. Much of the movie was filmed here in Cohasset.
A little Eastwick movie trivia...
At the beginning of the movie there is an aerial view from a helicopter flying over Cohasset Common and the Cohasset coastline. This was done because Cohasset was so picture perfect that the producers of the movie wanted the audience to see that this was a real New England town, and that it wasn't just a movie set with structures built for the scenes in the movie.
Photographed using my tripod mounted Nikon 8800 digital camera.
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Fort Revere Hull Massachusetts 2007-03-03 22:50:00
Abandoned Bunkers at Fort Revere
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Fort Revere located on Telegraph Hill in Hull Massachusetts
. Originally known as Fort Independence, (not to be confused with Fort Independence on Castle Island in South Boston) it was used as an earthworks and battery encampment during the American Revolution for for the defense of Boston. It was later renamed Fort Revere, and around 1900 it was fortified with the bunkers you see here for use during WWI and WWII. Fort Revere offers a panoramic view of some of Bostons scenic harbor islands. Hull and Nantasket can be seen here in the background of the photo.
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Old Ship Church in Hingham Massachusetts 2007-03-03 20:37:00
An interior balcony wall at The Old Ship Church
on Main Street in Hingham, Massachusetts
. Built on this location on Main Street in 1681, makes this 325 year old church is the oldest wooden meetinghouse and place of worship in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States. Photographed in July of 2006 with my tripod mounted Nikon 8800 digital camera.
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A Mockingbird visit in Norwell 2007-03-05 20:10:00
Natures greatest song impersonator...
There are times when you just have to have the telephoto lens handy. The Mockingbird
seen here is a friendly neighbor to the yard. He can mimic the sounds of some forty varieties of song birds. Mockingbirds have even imitated a dogs barking! He's quite friendly, and visit
s the feeder often.
Photographed Saturday February 24, 2007 with my tripod mounted D200 digital camera using the Nikkor 80-400 mm vr zoom lens at 300 mm. 1/500 at f4.1.
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Duxbury Beach Duxbury Massachusetts 2007-03-05 17:52:00
Erosion control at DuxburyBeach
in Duxbury, Massachusetts
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Seen here in this photo are plantings of beach grass working in conjunction with snow fencing to help control the effects of erosion here at Duxbury Beach. Trying to preserve the beach for all to enjoy, along with trying to control the environmental effects that nature can have on it, is a 24/7 job. I photographed this scene early Saturday morning December 9, 2006 from the side of King Arthur road near Powder Point Bridge using the bed of an F150 with my tripod mounted Nikon D200 digital camera using a 80-400 mm VR Nikkor zoom lens at a lens setting of 300mm. 1/500 at F5.2.
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Reminiscing 2007-03-06 20:10:00 It's been a long time...
The years pass by way too quickly...
I've have been a big fan of Led Zeppelin for many years. I was lucky to see them in concert a number of times, going all the way back to their first tour of the states. They played the Boston Tea Party in January of 1969, and you just knew by their music and stage presence that something big was about to happen to rock music. Back in 1995 and 96 my oldest son Jonathan and myself went to see Jimmy page and Robert Plant on three different occasions. Jon was 17 then. This is a ticket stub from one of the shows we saw at the Fleet Center in Boston in 1995. Photographed with window and room light with my tripod Nikon 8800 at macro setting.
I realized what Led Zeppelin was about around the end of our first U.S. tour. We started off not even on the bill in Denver, and by the time we got to New York we were second to Iron Butterfly, and they didn't want to go on! ~ Robert Plant on Led Zeppelins first US tour beginning Decemb
Duxbury Beach Bathhouse Duxbury Massachusetts 2007-03-06 06:25:00
The DuxburyBeach
Bathhouse at Duxbury Beach, Duxbury, Massachusetts
. I like simplicity in photographs. Photographed in the early morning last autumn when the beach crowds had had all gone for the season... The photo was shot using my tripod mounted Nikon 8800 digital camera. I used the maximum telephoto of 350 mm, with a Tiffen FX3 soft focus filter to give the building the old time feel seen here.
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Jacobs Farm Norwell Massachusetts 2007-03-07 19:45:00
Bluebird house in the field...
This photo was taken in the field right near the entrance to the South Shore Science Center at the Jacobs
farm on Jacobs Lane in Norwell
, Massachusetts
. This has to be one of my favorite photos from the Norwell area. It was such a peaceful June morning. photographed with my tripod mounted Nikon 8800 digital camera at full telephoto of 350mm.
I like the Nikon Coolpix 8800 digital camera. It's a nice small 8MP camera with many neat features... and it shoots tiff format as well as raw format, and has great optics, and is very user friendly. Some of my favorite photos were taken with my Nikon 8800. I understand about the only place you can purchase an 8800 now is on eBay. I checked four online stores, and nobody sells it anymore. It looks as though Nikon has taken the 8800 out of production for good... I can't figure why camera manufactures do the things they do... And often the model that replaces the model they removed isn't as good... I don't under
Early morning at Scituate Harbor 2007-03-07 18:38:00
A fishing vessel sits quietly just after sunrise on an early December morning at Scituate Harbor
in Scituate, Massachusetts. Photographed from Front Street at the town dock using my tripod mounted Nikon D200 and my Nikkor 80-400 mm VR zoom lens with a polarizing filter at a focal length of 250 mm at 1/500 at F3.2
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Early morning in Duxbury Massachusetts 2007-03-08 20:24:00
Along Powder Point Avenue in Duxbury
, Massachusetts
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To me, enjoyment is being out shortly after sunrise taking photos. Photographed on December 24, 2006 using my tripod mounted Nikon D200 digital camera and a 60mm f/2.8D AF Micro-Nikkor lens at a setting of 1/320 at F3.2.
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Bare Cove Park Hingham Massachusetts 2007-03-08 19:21:00
An old bench sits in front of what once was an ammunition building at Bare Cove Park in Hingham, Massachusetts
. The site was originally known as the Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot, and was in operation from 1903-1961, it consisted of over 90 buildings and employed over 2,400 Army and civilian personnel. (Most of the munitions used in the European front during World War II were created and assembled here at the Bare Cove Site.) Photographed July 8, of 2006 with my tripod mounted Nikon 8800 digital camera at medium telephoto using a Tiffen FX3 diffusion filter to soften and create a less stark appearance to the photo.
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Antietam National Battlefield Sharpsburg, Maryland 2007-03-09 20:58:00
Antietam National
Civil War Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland
, although peaceful, invoked eeriness as I photographed this scene looking out from Smoketown Road. Some of the fiercest battles on September 17, 1862 were fought in this area known as the Cornfield. That one day of fighting left more than 23,000 men killed, wounded, or missing-the highest amount of any single day during the entire Civil War. I photographed this in June of 2005, with my tripod mounted Nikon Coolpix 8800 digital camera.
" Every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely as they stood in their ranks a few minutes before" ~ A Union Officer describing the confederate dead in the cornfield at Antietam Creek
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Cohasset Town Cemetery Cohasset Massachusetts 2007-03-09 17:22:00
I felt much sadness here...
This twenty foot tall Celtic cross is located high on a hill at the Cohasset Town Cemetery
in Cohasset, Massachusetts
... Below the cross are buried the remains of forty-five unidentified Irish emigrants who perished in the St. John "Famine Ship" shipwreck on October 7, 1849 off of the coast of Cohasset. Most of the victims were from the Irish counties of Clare and Galway who were heading to the United States to escape the potato famine that plagued Ireland. The mass grave went unmarked until 1914 when the Ancient Order of Hibernians placed this Celtic marker at the gravesite. Photographed with my tripod mounted Nikon 8800 digital camera.
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Eastwick Hardware Store 2007-03-10 18:23:00
Actually this is the inside of the Cohasset HardwareStore
in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The hardware store was used in the 1987 movie "The Witches of Eastwick" starring Jack Nicholson, Cher and Michelle Phiffer. The sign still hangs in the store, and the stores owner Bud was good enough to let me take a photo of it this morning. I also chatted here with Bud and some of the local Cohasset guys who worked on the trucks and the Mercedes that Jack drove in the movie. For one of the scenes... The movie company had bought about $2,000 worth of goods from Cohasset Hardware, then loaded it on the back of a pick-up truck and in one movie scene destroyed it all. Bud also showed me his photo album of great candid photos he took of Jack and Cher, and all the goings on between scenes in the movie. It was an enjoyable Saturday morning, and I thank everyone there for giving me the time to talk with them.
Humarock Beach Scituate Massachusetts 2007-03-10 16:21:00
The morning light goes through unique changes when spring is approaching...
The early morning sun creates shades of warm colors on the front of a summer home along Humarock Beach
in Scituate, Massachusetts
shortly after sunrise this morning. Photographed Saturday March 10, 2007 with my tripod mounted Nikon D200 digital camera using a 60mm AF Nikkor Micro lens.1/200 at F4.
I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it. ~Author Unknown
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Dorchester Bay Dorchester Massachusetts 2007-03-10 07:08:00
Dorchester Bay in Dorchester, Massachusetts
Boats sit quietly in the Dorchester Bay fog on an early Sunday morning along Morrissey Boulevard-near the University of Massachusetts-heading toward South Boston. Photographed with my tripod mounted Nikon 8800 digital camera using a remote shutter release to help avoid any excess vibrations to the photo.
“Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.”
~Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Peddocks Island Boston Harbor Massachusetts 2007-03-11 17:40:00
Old houses long abandoned sit along the roads at the Old Fort Andrews Army Base on Peddocks Island
in BostonHarbor
in Massachusetts
. The base was in operation on Peddocks island from 1904 until just shortly after WWII when it was closed. Tripod Nikon 8800 digital camera was used for this photo which was taken in September of 2005.
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Fiddlehead ferns Norwell Massachusetts 2007-03-11 08:32:00
I can't wait for spring...
A sure sign that spring is just around the corner is the emergence of the Fiddlehead ferns in early April. This photograph is from a few years ago in my back yard here at my home in Norwell
. It was photographed from 3 inches away (7.62cm) on macro setting using my tripod mounted Nikon 8800 digital camera with a remote shutter release to cut down on any vibrations. This image is at full frame with no cropping.
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Sunset in the living room 2007-03-13 19:55:00
I like daylight savings time...
Glancing over to the right while sitting on the couch watching the news I was noticing how the setting suns glow passed through a window and across the room... and it was after 6PM. As the sun set, its glow on the chair and desk lasted about 2 minutes then vanished. I had the Nikon D200 with the 60mm Nikkor Micro mounted on the tripod which was right next to me... so I snapped this photo.website
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