I have just seen a face
Angeldust from outer space
She of the divine race
Humanity’s saving grace

Heavenly perfect symmetry
From afar poetry I do see
In the past how sad I’d be
For the one wouldn’t be me

This time around I’m not blue
For my thoughts are always of you
With all that beauty shining through
She still can’t hold a candle to you

Artifacts from the New England Sand Sculpting festival at Revere Beach. Click on a picture to see the full-sized version.

The tall ships have come to and gone from the shores of Boston (click on a picture to see the full-sized version).

Taken at the 4th of July celebrations at the Charles River Esplanade in Boston. Click on the pictures to see the full-sized versions.

Also, the “full” full version HERE.

A glimpse of the Boston Pops and Neil Diamond concert at the Hatch Shell (you can see Neil Diamond on the screen if you look closely):

More fireworks:

Really not sure why people, being terrestrial creatures as they are, gravitate towards large bodies of water. This here is the first in hopefully what will be a series. My homage to Boston’s own “body of water” – the Charles River basin. These pictures were taken mostly in winter and some in early spring from Soldiers’ Field Road, Mass-Ave Bridge and Memorial Drive.

As usual, CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO GET THE FULL SIZE VERSIONS.

The Myst Approaches

Frozen Glory

Sail To Allston

March Across The Ice

Memorial Drive Overexposed

Slush Aviary

The Sun Always Shines On TV

Spring Approaches

Hyatt Ttayh

Water In Transition

Just Water

Warmth

Pru And Hancock Overexposed

The sky has always been my favorite thing to photograph. A couple of months ago, it was harsh winter in Boston which I fled to escape to Washington, D.C. On the way back from the National Mall, while my friend was looking for his car in the parking lot, I managed to quickly take some shots of the sky because it was simply too breathtaking to let go of. Then these got tossed to some corner of my hard drive – primarily because of my laziness to do any post-processing (at least proper cropping). So, today I came across these and said “Ahh! What the hell” and just put them up! Not sure how they’ve come out “technically” – but they do please my eyes! Hopefully they will do the same for you as well.

Pictures from the St. Patrick’s Day Parade at South Boston on March 15 (two days before the actual day).

Apparently, Bostonian squirrels aren’t very shy. They’ll readily hold a pose as soon as they see a camera. Either that, or they’re preparing to engage their defence (or worse yet, offence) mechanism. I didn’t stick around long enough to find out (or did I?), I guess. In any case, this was the first time I’d wandered around with a camera – with serious shooting intentions, that is. I’m not satisfied with how most of the pictures turned out, either, but it’s not like you have anything better to do right now (“haha”).

Anyway, the moral of the story for me: if this is the first time you’ve ever “stepped out shooting”, pick subjects that will stay in one place, that will let you get up close, and MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL — that will not mistake you for a tree and run up your legs!