Ed Spadoni > Fantasy Island
10/12/09
Ed Spadoni > Christmas is coming fast!
12/17/09
Done in camera by manually defocusing, then zooming while exposing.  Slight saturation applied PP.
The starting point for this shot can be seen here:   http://bit.ly/56DoWs
Ed Spadoni > "So, you need a favor..."
11/7/09
Ed Spadoni > Panning pays off!
1/3/2010
During my sister-in-law's surprise birthday party, held today at the local golf course, snow sledding broke out spontaneously on the hill adjacent to the club house.  Ross, pictured here, borrowed a tube from a young girl and "attacked" the hill with fervor.  I happened to be in the right place at the right moment to capture this.
Ed Spadoni > Faneuil Hall & the Test of the Gilded Grasshopper (View X2)
1/30/2010

Faneuil Hall, located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1742. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain, and is now part of Boston National Historical Park and a well known stop on the Freedom Trail. It is sometimes referred to as "the Cradle of Liberty".

The gilded grasshopper weather vane on top of the building was created by silversmith Shem Drowne in 1742. Gilded with gold leaf the copper weather vane weighs eighty pounds and is four feet long.

Knowledge of the grasshopper was used as a test to determine if people were spies during the Revolution period. The people would ask suspected spies the identity of the object on the top of Faneuil Hall; if they answered correctly, then they were free; if not, they were convicted as British spies. (Wikipedia)
Ed Spadoni > "I think therefore I am... a bookend"
1/24/2010
Another taken with the Nikon N80 SLR
Ed Spadoni > Another view of our town hall, at night.  Previously seen here   http://bit.ly/7UCCOD and here   http://bit.ly/7mUsII.  An imposing building, I keep thinking "there's a picture to be made here".
1-14-2010
Ed Spadoni > Unexpected guest for breakfast
12/18/09
They're everywhere, I tell you, everywhere.
Ed Spadoni > Knock twice and ask for Lenny
1/28/2010
Fantasy Island
10/12/09
Ed Spadoni > Fantasy Island
10/12/09
Fantasy Island
10/12/09
See photo in original gallery.

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