Brightly colored sawhorses and the shadow of a lightpost rest against a beautiful old brick wall in downtown Lowell, MA.

This photo was the place winner of the 2011 Lowell Photography Contest. It will be on display in the Boott Cotton Mills Museum in Lowell for the several months. There were some wonderful entries in the competition, so I'm very proud to have placed.

Montmartre. Paris

The lightpost at our front yard, Holland, Massachusetts

I frequently walk down to the Hamilton Reservoir fishing pier which is only 1/4 mile from our home. Along the walk, I keep an eye on the utility poles for the Broad-wings that will perch there. This time as I was returning from my walk, I found one perched on the street light right in front of our home. Impervious to me, I waited a little while before it decided to take off. While it was nice that it flew towards me, I wish the lighting had been better.

Incoming cormorant displaces outdoing snowy egret. At Ft. DeSoto Park

Blue sky, fluffy white clouds & lightposts

More architecture of Nice France. I can not imagine all the labor needed to maintain the shutters that are all over the city.

I like this because of the light post with the light on, against the cloudy sky. It was different so, I shot the picture. My camera is always with me. I shot this in Mountain View.

These ships are really amazing. There was a tangible connection to the past when walking the decks of these ships, especially the trans-oceanic ones.

I was exploring the San Francisco Maritime Museum on labor day with my wife and decided to test out the New Portra 400 film with the 500 C/M handheld (with the flash-grip - without the flash - and a prism finder). I also mistakenly scanned this at 100MegaPix. The results astounded me. This Film is SHARP! (and my scanner is better than I thought it was). The Wide-angle 50mm Distagon lens is not the sharpest in my collection, but this shot and scan shows it is much better than I thought it was. I was attempting hyperfocal but I slightly missed the focus as foreground objects seem a little sharper than background objects (yet I *still* see a hint of the vertical wires on the distant bridge).

Kodak (new) Portra 400 - C-41

SEKONIC L-778 DUAL SPOT F METER (shot @ 400ASA)

Hasselblad B60 POLARIZER

(Exposure Unrecorded - spot-metered through the filter)

Hasselblad 500 C/M w/50mm f4 Zeiss Distagon CF T*

Epson PERFECTION V750-M PRO SCANNER

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Hannibal, MO

Old drug store sign and Christmas decoration above store fronts on the main square in Pulaski, Tennessee

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A walkway stretches along the Delaware River in New Hope, Pennsylvania. This section is behind the Bucks County Playhouse, as evidenced by the banners displayed on the lightposts. A portion of the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge is also visible in the background.

This huge golden eagle has been loitering in our neighborhood. Today I found it sitting on top of a light pole looking down onto the streets. It 's probably watching out for its next prey. The bird is big. Its wing span is almost 8 feet. When I walked closer to the light pole to take some shots at the eagle, it just glanced at me arrogantly and shrugged me off. Since the Fujinon lens has a limited range, I had to do some heavy cropping to get this thing sized up.

at Hwy 26 and Cornell Rd. overpass in Beaverton, OR

The "international" sign of beer. Our park system and its beer garden.

With the sun just rising above the horizon these European Starlings were definitely making a racket.

This is from Day 11 of my October project.

The smartphone as a photographic tool is gaining acceptance among photographers- both Pro and Amateur. The smartphone's ease of use and portability makes it a tool of choice. Although I'm not ready to sell off my traditional gear, my smartphone has been a reliable piece of equipment.

(10/5/07)© Please do not use this photo on websites, blogs, or any other form of media without my explicit permission.

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This urban view was shot in Santos, São Paulo State, Brazil.

C. J.R. Devaney

In the attic, he found a box of old photographs that had belonged to his great-grandfather. Most were what you'd expect. But some of the photos seemed strange. They didn't fit the time. This photo was dated 1902, but surely it was a mistake...wasn't it?

it was still and silent. i felt lonely.

film.

Halloween is my favorite tim eof the year and I love it more then I lov e Christmas. Therefor I have captured alot of amazing pictures with and without the flash on.

downtown Eugene

This shot is taken through the windscreen of my car on the move!

I am in the car following the red one here!

BR was also in the area at the time!

a small boat heads for the old Poole lifting bridge

De Bicycle (a vehicle composed of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel)