Some recent photos:
A grey catbird: the only color this bird has is on its rump, so to capture the color one usually needs to take an unflattering rear end shot. In this case the bird twisted and flicked its tail enough to be captured from a more flattering angle.
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A chipping sparrow in early morning. This bird is missing some tail feathers due to molting
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Last bird photo is my 52Frames contribution this week (B&W minimalism), which was a common grackle giving me an evil glare
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My wife and I had another nice summer evening walk around the Charles River area. I took this compressed photo of three very different-styled bridges
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The green cantilever truss bridge is the Tobin Bridge that connects the city of Chelsea with Charlestown. The white Zakim Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that connects Charlestown to downtown Boston, and the classic, restored Longfellow Bridge is an arch bridge design that connects the cities of Cambridge and Boston. This photo was actually taken from a fourth bridge, The Harvard Bridge, which somewhat confusingly connects the campus of MIT (not Harvard) with Boston. While I grew up here and have instincts for maneuvering the crazy road system, I pity any visitors to Boston who have to drive through the city...
Don't know how well this will come out for viewing because it is a long, thin panorama, but this is an ~180 degree panorama from the Harvard Bridge showing both sides of the Charles River, with the Cambridge skyline on the left and Boston on the right.
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I decided to play with the panorama and created a double-mirrored image by creating a vertical copy of the panorama as a pseudo-reflection, then mirrored the panorama horizontally on the Cambridge side, then ran the image through the PS polar coordinate filter to create a "tiny planet" effect.
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