Results tagged “pier”

We haven't featured a nice long exposure shot in awhile, so it was great when this one by primefocus turned up. The 10-stop filter allows the shutter to be open much longer than usual (considering the light), which gives the water and sky that soft, whispy look. It's a beautiful effect, one that often shows up in nature photography—it's nice to see it used in a more dynamic environment here. Composition is also pretty interesting. We note the photographer's use of the rule of thirds, and we like how the fragments of the pier connect the rocky shore to the Boston skyline. more ›

Thanks to the Museum of Fine Arts’s ongoing exhibit Walk This Way, shoe-loving Bostonians have found a new excuse for their obsession: They’re not just conspicuous consumers, they’re art collectors. more ›

--A man who was shot on Friday night in Roxbury died at the hospital yesterday. Ruel Davis, 20, was shot on Walnut Avenue and Rockland Street. Davis' murderer was cold-blooded. O'Ryan Johnson reports that the shooter walked around Davis' body and kept firing until he thought the job was done: "Witnesses said the gunman coolly paced around the victim and continued shooting the man as he laid on the sidewalk outside the Walnut Avenue apartment... more ›

A coastal city, Boston has no shortage of waterfront dining. Meritage, Sal de la Terre, Anthony’s Pier 4, all these are spectacular restaurants boasting five-star meals at five-star prices. But where to go when it’s the day before payday? When all you need to complete your week is an ocean view and a cup of chowder, but all you’ve got is a couple fivers? The answer, friends, lies under a yellow-and-red striped tarp on Sleeper street, and its name is the Barking Crab. more ›