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  Photo By Fred - Your Daily Dose of Art Photo By Fred - Your Daily Dose of Art  

Today's Picture

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Display Date:   December 31, 1969
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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 September 12, 2005
Museum Train, Utica, NY
Museum Train, Utica, NY
Displayed September 12, 2006
Red Carpet at Night, Commonwealth Avenue
Red Carpet at Night, Commonwealth Avenue
Displayed September 12, 2007
There's a Storm Coming, Boston, seen from East Boston
There's a Storm Coming, Boston, seen from East Boston
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Displayed September 12, 2008
Night-Lit Facade with Clouds, Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Night-Lit Facade with Clouds, Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Displayed September 12, 2009
Windows of Fire # 50, City Hall Plaza, Boston
Windows of Fire # 50, City Hall Plaza, Boston
Displayed September 12, 2010
Lone Goose Under Heavy Clouds, Groveland, New York
Lone Goose Under Heavy Clouds, Groveland, New York
Displayed September 12, 2011
Resting Crane in Late Afternoon Sun, Boston, Massachusetts
Resting Crane in Late Afternoon Sun, Boston, Massachusetts
Displayed September 12, 2012
John Hancock Monolith In Late Sun, from the South End
John Hancock Monolith In Late Sun, from the South End
Displayed September 12, 2013
Genesee River Just Above RG&E's Mt. Morris Dam, New York
Genesee River Just Above RG&E's Mt. Morris Dam, New York
Displayed September 12, 2014
Triumph Convertible at Lime Rickey's, Marblehead, Mass.
Triumph Convertible at Lime Rickey's, Marblehead, Mass.
Displayed September 12, 2015
Marblehead Harbor at Low Tide, Southwest from the Light
Marblehead Harbor at Low Tide, Southwest from the Light
Displayed September 12, 2016
Power Lines on Gloaming Sky, Peabody, Massachusetts
Power Lines on Gloaming Sky, Peabody, Massachusetts
Displayed September 12, 2017
Holding Onto Summer, Sailboarding, Boating on the Charles
Holding Onto Summer, Sailboarding, Boating on the Charles
Displayed September 12, 2018
Architectural Lighting Study, Brookline Village, Mass.
Architectural Lighting Study, Brookline Village, Mass.
Displayed September 12, 2019
Ambitous Spider Climbing Her Web, Charles Rivre, Cambridge
Ambitous Spider Climbing Her Web, Charles Rivre, Cambridge
Displayed September 12, 2020
Intensely Backlit Cloudscape, Everett, Massachusetts
Intensely Backlit Cloudscape, Everett, Massachusetts
Displayed September 12, 2021
Cloud Creatures Reaching For Each Other Over a Stream
Cloud Creatures Reaching For Each Other Over a Stream
Displayed September 12, 2022
Who Is That Masked Cloud? Pompano Beach, Florida
Who Is That Masked Cloud? Pompano Beach, Florida
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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 7627 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 February 14, 2012
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Let the Fireworks Begin...  Esplanade, Boston, Mass.
Let the Fireworks Begin... Esplanade, Boston, Mass.
Sample Photo
Displayed February 5, 2022
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Partly Sunny Skies Over the Rockies, From 36,000 Feet
Partly Sunny Skies Over the Rockies, From 36,000 Feet

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.

 
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Featured Photos

Moonlit Snowscape, Harvard, Mass., Picture for December 29, 2007
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Moonlit Snowscape, Harvard, Mass.

Moonrise on Christmas Eve 2007 was a spectacular sight: Climbing through scudding clouds, the luminous orb carried an almost magical air into the evening soon after sunset. December's blanket of snow had been rained on earlier in the week, and the arctic air that followed encrusted the landscape in a tough reflective shell of frozen waves and patterns. If you saw the Moon that night, you will surely remember it...

Display Date:   December 29, 2007
Photographer: Fred Koschara
Image Date: December 24, 2007
Camera: Sony F-717
 
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Winter Sunset Lighthouse, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Picture for February 6, 2008
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Winter Sunset Lighthouse, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Display Date:   February 6, 2008
Photographer: Fred Koschara
Image Date: January 30, 2008
Camera: Sony F-717
 
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April Weather, Boylston Street, Picture for October 27, 2004
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April Weather, Boylston Street
Display Date:
 October 27, 2004
Photographer:
 Fred Koschara
Image Date:
 April 14, 2004
Camera:
 Sony F-717
 
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