Today's Picture

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Desktop Occupation Force, Penny Sleeping, Wellsville, NY
Display Date:		October 18, 2019
Photographer:		Fred Koschara
Image Date:		October 21, 2018
Camera:		Sony Alpha A99
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This site is where I share some of the beauty I see in the world around me with the rest of my community. I hope you like the pictures I've made available.

The picture of the day is changed daily at 3 AM, Eastern Time. If you click on the picture above, you will enter a slide show of the pictures that have been displayed on this site.

I'm writing a Kickstarter proposal to create a movie of the pictures that have been shown on this site. (At 1/3 second per image, it's going to be a 25+ minute movie!) If you would like to know when the Kickstarter is ready, or if you have any comments, please use this form to send me a message. (Relevant entries here will only be used to contact you re. the Kickstarter project.)

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You can also find more information about the PbF Movie project, including the planned Kickstarter reward levels, here on the project page.

Today In Review

Displayed October 18, 2005 Moonrise Over Commonwealth Avenue, Boston	Displayed October 18, 2006 Bakery Parking, Portland, Maine	Displayed October 18, 2007 A Hole in the Sky, Late Afternoon from East Boston
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Displayed October 18, 2008 Fall Sunset at the Beach, Revere, Mass.	Displayed October 18, 2009 Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, Salem, Mass.	Displayed October 18, 2010 Their Hearts Are In It, Horse Pasture, Berlin, Mass.
Displayed October 18, 2011 Penny & Sylvia Settling in For a Nap, Lynn, Massachusetts	Displayed October 18, 2012 Windows of Fire # 63, Fenway Through Chain Link Fence	Displayed October 18, 2013 Eastern View in the Gloaming From Packard's Corner
Displayed October 18, 2014 Sailing on Sunbeams, Charles River, from Cambridge	Displayed October 18, 2015 Changing Leaves, Onset of Fall Foliage, Peabody, Mass.	Displayed October 18, 2016 Sun Has Set Behind Kendall, from Science Park Station
Displayed October 18, 2017 Street Lamps in Silhouette, Near Science Park Station		Displayed October 18, 2018 Foreboding Autumn Sky Perspective, Peabody, Massachusetts

There is also a calendar view (by month) of the available pictures which you can use to browse through the site. Note that when you make a selection on a calendar page, it takes you into the slide show at that picture, so that you can scroll back and forth from any date that you find interesting or convenient. (The monthly calendar view remembers which month you last looked at.)

FYI: As of now, there are currently 5471 daily pictures that have been displayed on this site since I first put it online on October 26, 2004.

The pictures in the slide show are displayed at 1024x768 resolution. If you've got a screen with enough space (e.g., 1152x864, 1280x1024 or larger), you'll be able to see the whole picture in your browser window without scrolling. On smaller screens, I'm afraid you'll have to scroll around to see complete pictures - at least for now...

I am working on a program, PbFpaper™, that will allow subscribers to have their winDoze desktop updated from this site each day. Subscriptions will be offered for several different screen resolutions, and the program will allow you to record your favorite selections, and redisplay them as your desktop background any time you want to. Once I have the winDoze version running, I'll be porting PbFpaper™ to FreeBSD and Linux, and at least to OS/X for Macintosh users.

In addition, limited edition prints of the photographs on this site are available through its sister site, LimitedEditionPhoto.com. The photos are printed using pigment-based inks for the maximum image life. Prints are offered either matted, or framed in any of a variety of styles. See the LimitedEditionPhoto.com site for further details.

... and, coming soon, PuzzleByFred.com where some of these photos will be offered as [1000 piece] jigsaw puzzles. (Do you have any preferences? Email your requests to me at puzzle.suggest@PhotoByFred.com - I am open to suggestions...)

... also coming soon, PosterByFred.com where some of these photos will be offered as inexpensive [inspirational] wall posters. (Do you have any preferences? As with the puzzles, I'm open to suggestions, so email requests or ideas to me at poster.suggest@PhotoByFred.com)

Thanks for your interest in my photos! Feel free to send me an email through the "Webmaster" link at the bottom of any page if you would like more information.

Sample Photo Displayed October 19, 2013 Click image for full view Full Hunter's Moon Rising Over Lower Newbury Street

Sample Photo Displayed September 16, 2008 Click image for full view Late Afternoon Reflections, Financial District, Boston

Ultimately, the purpose of this site is to support private space exploration and development (see L5Development.com for more information about the effort). As a measure of encouragement to join those enabling it, half of the subscription fees from PbFpaper™ will be deposited into an "L5 dollars" account in the subscriber's name at The L5 National Bank.