Beacon Hill

I’ve lived in the Boston area for the last 6 years, but I’ve never really had a chance to soak in the city. I haven’t even taken the Swan Boat, nor seen Make Way for the Ducklings. Shameful, I know.
So, last Saturday, I took the initial step to correct this. I signed up for one of Saba’s PhotoWalks, and our destination was Beacon Hill. I took this tour together with a few members of the forum mu-43.
Hope you enjoy these pictures, and I hope they might even convince you to come visit our city! (Images after the jump.)

First of two

 

Iconic

Over at SeriousCompacts, there is currently an interesting weekly challenge. You are supposed to interpret the word “Iconic”. I’ve tried being a regular contributor to their weekly challenges, because I know it will only help me become better at capturing images.
But, being usually stuck at home and not much time to go around walking, these weekly assignments are usually a challenge for me. So, what’s around the house that’s truly iconic? After several frustrating efforts – and, just when I was about to quit came Nik Silver Efex Pro to the rescue – here is the image I submitted:

The more I look at it, the more I realize I like the image. What do you think?

Six Flags

As soon as we got a summer-y weekend, my family hied off to Six Flags New England in Agawam, MA. I expected there will be a lot of people, but not that many! The space in front of the entrance was literally packed with people, and it took as 30 minutes at least before we got through. Anyway, as usual, we had fun in spit of the heat and the prices.

New toy!

No, not the pre-ordered G3 (I wish!), but discovered something new to do with Photoshop. This might take a lot of my time in the next few days.

Summer is perfect for …

Strawberries!

Dilemma

Over the past few days I’ve really been giving some serious thought about gear acquisition – something a good number of photo enthusiasts are very familiar with. I have a few dough to spare, but I don’t know what to get.