No Big Thing

This tough city goose just eyeballed me and sorta dared me to make trouble... No trouble brother, just passing through...

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L and I were talking about stealing souls with pictures...got these people...

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I walked down to the Mass Ave Bridge at lunch today, got a nice shot down the river at the Longfellow Bridge...beautiful clear day today....

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I always like the way this flag looks, they have a light in the sidewalk that shines up at it, very nice especially when there is a good breeze...

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Central Square put up the holiday lights...

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The last of the leaves are coming down...

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I gave the camera to L for these shots (I was driving)...

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Stopped by the butcher shop at Hilltop Steak House, a landmark from my youth...

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I went over to Long Hill today, fortunately they hadn't wrapped up all the sculpture for the winter or closed up the pools... I like the garden and the stones and the woods there...

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I finally figured out a good way to process night shots that have too little light, first I white balance them to get the most out of the light there is, and then do a selective gaussian blur with a big radius to smooth out all the graininess... nice effect... I especially like the fuzzy outline of the city, and the swoop of the cab going by the train....

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This one has a special irony today, because I got to work and read an article in the Boston Globe saying that October had been a particularly bad month for on time service on the Commuter Rail... November hasn't been bad so far...

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When I was little I always liked Mary, she seemed nice...

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When the sky is a nice solid overcast and the tide is high one gets excellent reflections...

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This project is part of an overall improvement plan you can see the final picture here I'm personally looking forward to having lights at the intersection...

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Ok, like seven flakes, but it was snow...

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Yep, the ritual trauma of meeting a loud guy in red suit in front of a lot of people when you have no idea what is going to happen..."Is this finally when they sacrifice me to their pagan god!? WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

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Cold crisp air flowing down from Canada, clearing out the rain, a few clouds, nice background for the bridge... I like when the clouds are lit from below by the city or the setting sun...

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Rain days drive everything underground, colors toward gray, blur of rain drops...

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The geese know that a storm is coming this afternoon, they were all pulled in tight along the shore, they tolerate the seagulls and the odd duck to hang with them...

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Actually only 15 minutes longer than the "short" way, and I got some nice pictures from across the river and some exercise...

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I looked back and saw the stacked clouds, the light from sunset, and the lights of the cars...nice...

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One of the only downsides of the train commute, waiting like peguins on an ice flow in the rain...

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This is the old Charleston Chew factory, it's being converted into the "Charleston Lofts"...the mind reels...

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What do werewolves, donuts, and the holidays have to do with this picture...you'll have to ask Dana....

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I like bars that are dark, quiet, and have no blaring music or TV, like this one... My wife also jokes that we like them before they fill up with people...which is true. Kevin and Tan are excellent bartenders, check out Soma if you're ever in town...

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I took this in the station waiting for the train, everybody going home. Later we were delayed because somebody died at Lynn Station, don't know who, or why, or how...

This is the update from the Lynn Item

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I guess folks have different opinions of the big dig, but I just appreciate living to see a city that I grew up with transformed... nice...

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...or rather Standard Time...everything is much brighter all of a sudden...

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I turned around in Central station and this slightly damaged mosaic made me think of Ancient Rome...and their ill fated modern subway....

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I saw this at the train station this morning, a little reminder of Halloween...

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