Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'photooftheday'
July 23, 2008
Great black and white shot by haydnseek. We like the simplicity of the subject matter of this shot contrasted with the complexity of the many intersecting lines and angles.......
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July 22, 2008
Such a cool photo by rsplatpc. We love the tone and the juxtaposition of the skateboarder with the child in the background.......
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One of our favorite photogs, Chris Seufert, delivers again with this vibrant summer shot.......
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A neat black and white polaroid from light under a bushel. We'll spare you the usual "we love film" speech, you guys know that by now. Happy Friday!......
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In Provincetown, where primefocus took this hilarious shot, this actually makes sense.......
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A fun shot from minutemen1775. Watch your toes!......
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Our friends at WBUR Radio posted a bunch of extremely cool photos from Club Passim in the mid 1960's. This shot of Bob Dylan was too rare and neat not to share. Check out the whole set.......
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New contributor Terri captures a quintessential summer scene at the fountain on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.......
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We love love the tones in this shot by In the Viewfinder. Enjoy the beautiful weekend all!......
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We really liked the simplicity in this long exposure shot by new contributor Dan Squires. While it may have a standard composition, the bright blue and crisp white make for a clean shot that pops.......
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A vibrant shot of the fireworks over Scituate Harbor by Chris Devers. Check out his shot of the launch as well.......
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We were instantly drawn to this great silhouette photo by apdonovan. The bumped up contrast gives the shot a really neat graphic quality to it that we love.......
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As we all trudge through our Monday after a long holiday weekend, new contributor In the Viewfinder offers this calming, watery shot of MIT's Stata Center. In case you missed it over the weekend, make sure to check out our photo gallery of all the July 4th activities - our awesome PotD photogs did a great job catching the weekend events.......
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Our POTD person has the day off for her birthday (Happy birthday Korri!), so we're bringing you a gallery of Boston fireworks from years past in honor of the Fourth. Some of the images are actually from New Year's Eve fireworks, but they were so cool we couldn't exclude them! We hope to see many more fireworks pictures tagged Bostonist after this weekend. Photo gallery contributors include Aero Racer E, AntyDiluvian, DJ Durutti, minutemen1775, Paul......
Continue Reading "Photos of the Day: Independence Day Gallery"July 3, 2008
A wonderful bright and summery shot by our friend BGLewandowski as we head into the holiday weekend. There won't be a PotD tomorrow, as it is this Bostonist's birthday, but we expect lots of shots from the July 4th festivities in the pool on Monday!! Enjoy!......
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This Bostonist is hardly a photography critic, but he loves the Zakim Bridge and laser beams. Could this be a glimpse of things to come to Charlestown? Thanks to DJ Axis for the shot.......
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Talk about perfect composition. p0larbare got it all right with this shot.......
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Luckily for us, joeforjette caught this humpback whale breach at just the right moment.......
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We freely admit it, we just love sandcastlematt. Today's great shot of the Somerville Independence Day fireworks is another example of his always fun and vibrant photos.......
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We really like the contrast of the colored sky with the green tones of the subway stop in this photo by mewamorska......
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joeshaw grabbed this seriously ominous shot of yesterday's super thunderstorm that rolled through the city. Also check out D.Brim's scary shot of Tuesday's storm as well.......
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primefocus took this shot of a women playing an interesting instrument during the Harvard Make Music Festival this past weekend. Does anyone know what this wacky instrument is? Also, check out this great shot of his as well.......
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Chris Devers attended the first of Amanda Palmer's two shows with the BSO. We love the color and dramatic action capture.......
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New contributor iMatthew took this great long-exposure shot after yesterday's quick thunder and lightning storm. Check out his neat photo of the lightning strike here......
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Do we really need to say anthing? This iconic photo by Dellplain says it all. 17!......
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This striking photo from minutemen1775 is Red Sox-related, but also has that lucky number 7 for 17 on the 17th.......
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New contributor The D80 Project gives us this ridiculously cool shot of a Red Line train that he captured with a fish-eye lens. Check out more of his great work with the lens here.......
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DBomb Photography too shows her Celtic pride. Let's wrap it up this weekend boys; this city needs another Championship.......
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Only our old friend and Boston expat NymphoBrainiac could get this absolutely ridiculously gorgeous shot through a window at Logan Airport. Though Chris and his talented wife have moved to the Left Coast (blasphemy!), their photography continues to excite and inspire us.......
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Our favorite Boston NPR station, 90.9 WBUR, posted this nice shot of canoe reflections on the Charles. Their Flickr stream is filled with great Boston-related photos, so be sure to give it a gander. Also stay tuned to Bostonist for a story about the upcoming Charles River swim.......
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