Today's Picture

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Lynn Woods Rose Garden Pathway (cross eye stereo)
This is a cross-eye stereo pair: To view the 3D image, pick a distinct feature of the picture and its match in the opposite image. Hold your hands with fingers straight, pointing up, about a quarter of the distance from your eyes to the screen so there's a "window" between them that's the same apparent width as one of the images. Cross your eyes until the two images overlap. You should then be able to comfortably see, in the center of your field of view, the merged image with a clear perception of depth in the picture. The effect is much easier to see in the larger image of the slide show - or when viewing a print from Limited Edition Photo. To date, this is the second oldest stereo pair image (by image date) I have published.
Display Date:		November 3, 2026
Photographer:		Fred Koschara
Image Date:		November 1, 2008
Camera:		Sony F-717
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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 November 3, 2004 Old North's Spire at Sunset, from City Hall Plaza	Displayed November 3, 2005 Mass. Ave. Bridge with Clouds, from Esplanade	Displayed November 3, 2006 Flying on the Last of the Sun, Over Somerville
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Displayed November 3, 2007 Late Solar Embers, Boylston Street, Boston	Displayed November 3, 2008 Zakim Bridge from Charlestown at Night	Displayed November 3, 2009 Brilliant Bushes, Fall Foliage, Lincoln Ave., Saugus
Displayed November 3, 2010 Dustmop Fronds, Lynn Woods Rose Garden, Lynn, Mass.	Displayed November 3, 2011 Windows of Fire # 59, Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts	Displayed November 3, 2012 Fall Foliage In Light And Shadow, Lynn Woods Reservation
Displayed November 3, 2013 Stained Glass and Clouds, St. Stephens Episcopal, Lynn	Displayed November 3, 2014 Industrial Nightscape, Waste Treatment Facility, Lynn	Displayed November 3, 2015 Art, Light and Reflections, Fort Point Channel, Boston
Displayed November 3, 2016 Charles River Dam Canal Under Cloudy Autumn Skies, Boston	Displayed November 3, 2017 Available Light Fountain Study, Boston Public Library	Displayed November 3, 2018 November Sky With Sun Dog, Medford, Massachusetts
Displayed November 3, 2019 Downhill Toward Town, Wellsville, New York	Displayed November 3, 2020 Turbulent Skies For Turbulent Times, Plantation, Florida	Displayed November 3, 2021 Birds on a Sun Dog, Wellsville, New York
Displayed November 3, 2022 Cloud Study With Some Fall Foliage, Wellsville, New York	Displayed November 3, 2023 Heads Watching an Afternoon Storm Brew, Plantation	Displayed November 3, 2024 MIT Waterfront Facing the Charles River, Cambridge, Mass.
Displayed November 3, 2025 Purple Petunia Pushing Its Luck, Medford, Massachusetts		Displayed November 3, 2026 Lynn Woods Rose Garden Pathway (cross eye stereo)

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 6737 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 September 2, 2017 Click image for full view Idle Late Afternoon Swan Boats, Boston Public Garden

Sample Photo Displayed June 1, 2018 Click image for full view "Volcanic" Coals, Backyard Fire Pit, Wellsville, New York

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.