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The Maynard Business Alliance, which as you might guess from its name, works to promote business in Maynard. A big focus of the group is making our downtown a destination for people – particularly those outside of Maynard. The MBA is sponsoring three free concerts in May, held on Saturday afternoon. The third and final concert is May 19th from 4-6pm — come listen!
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I know, it’s almost a third through May already… Hey, it has been a busy month with more madness ahead.
I started up the pond last week and was rewarded with watching one of the local Orioles take a bath. This year they are numerous and quite vocal. Here’s a shot from a couple of years ago at our pond.
If you like the above image you can download it to your computer and use it as your desktop or tablet wallpaper. A few of the common screen sizes are available:
Download the 1024×768 version here. (Perfect for your iPad)
Download the 1280×1024 version here.
Download the 1680×1050 version here.
Technical Stuff: Canon 40D, 500mm f/4. Processed with Lightroom 4 – basic exposure and sharpening – nothing fancy.
Two years ago this April we we’re listening to the river pounding its way through our backyard (and part of our shoreline was, bit by bit, relocated to Concord). Two years later and we’re in a bit of a drought. I pulled this image from 2006, when the weather conditions were a bit similar. Instead of a “Spring Freshet” we have a babbling brook…
If you like the above image you can download it to your computer and use it as your desktop or tablet wallpaper. A few of the common screen sizes are available:
Download the 1024×768 version here. (Perfect for your iPad)
Download the 1280×1024 version here.
Download the 1680×1050 version here.
Technical stuff:
Canon 1D Mark II, 24-70mm f/2.8 at 24mm and f/18. 8 second exposure. ISO 100. (filtering not recorded, likely a polarizer)
Processed with Lightroom 4: Moderate contrast enhancement, dust spot removal and some clever tweaking to hide some drops of water on the lens (one removed by cropping, see if you can “spot” the other spot.)
