New England
Read More...arches squared...
...another image of the Stone Arch Railroad Bridge in Keene, New Hampshire...a blend of natural and man-made arches...this image was taken approximately 1 hour prior to sundown with the sun behind me...a softness preset and minor cropping were added...i particularly love the lead-in lines of the stone wall and river leading you through the arches...
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...the sunlit crescent...
...this is an image of the Stone Arch Bridge in Keene, New Hampshire...an old railroad bridge crossing the Branch River...this image was taken just before sunset and what caught my eye was the sun lighting up the underneath and from my vantage point...created a sunlit crescent...truly a wonderful sight to see...and capture...
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...North Water Street...
...a few shops in the historic district readying to close up for the night...
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...atop of Fort Tabor...
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...solitude...
...all quiet on the beaches of Plum Island...this image taken at the most southern point of the island...very peaceful...
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...beach art...driftwood style...
...an image taken off the coast of Plum Island in the direction of the Atlantic...the skies are the calm before the big approaching storm within the next few hours...
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...a quiet night in the historic district...
...a final image down Dover Street, an old cobblestone street in the historic district of New Bedford, MA...while photographing this image, i had felt i was back in time...
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...sunrise...
...sunrise at the docks in New Bedford, MA...it was extremely quiet on a bitter cold morning...the scallop vessels enjoying a well deserved Sunday rest...
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...at the corner of Acushnet and Dover...
...an image of the old cobblestone streets in the historic district of New Bedford...a very quiet and cold night...the sound emanating from a passing vehicle over these cobblestones is truly unique...because of the type of stone used...a cobble, a stone that has been rounded by the slow erosion of water...in order to enhance the beauty of this shot, i added a bit of color and clarity...
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...sunrise at the wharf...
...an image of colorful scallop vessels on a cold Sunday morning in New Bedford, MA...the image was taken 20 minutes after sunrise...
...per the portofnewbedford.org website, at the height of the fishing season, 500,000 pounds of scallop meats cross New Bedford docks in a single day...New BedfordMAMassachusettssunriseearly morningdawnsun upHDRcolorsscallop vesselspierdockwaterfront
...sunrise in New Bedford...
...sea scallop vessels...
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...a quiet night down Dover Street...
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...silhouette sunrise...
...first light at the docks in New Bedford, MA...
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...voyeur...don't look too long!
...an image of street art on windows of an old abandoned building in Bellow Falls, Vermont...certainly i felt a bit voyeuristic photographing this shot...
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...a peek inside...
...a peek inside Fort Taber...through a small porthole opening...through 3' walls fortified with thick iron rebar...a peek into a quiet courtyard...all tightly locked... Fort Taber, aka, Fort Rodman, is located in New Bedford, MA, a historic American Civil War-era military fort...
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...sunrise at Salisbury State Park...
...sunrising at the boardwalk...
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...sunrise at Salisbury State Park...
...a cold and quiet sunrise at Salisbury State Beach...
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...going nowhere...
...a final image of a boardwalk on Plum Island...seemingly going nowhere...fortunately, a few hundred additional yards led to the Atlantic...this image is representative of 3 bracketed images blended together...a bit of clarity and temperature added in post...this is certainly a wonderful area to visit, especially for bird watchers...
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