Meter

This photo is an amateur example of the bokeh panorama / Brenizer Method type of image. I stumbled upon this interesting type of composition a few weeks ago via the Flickr blog. The post was about the #BikeNYC group and some great bicyclist portraits by Dmitry Gudkov. I liked the look of his portraits and noticed they were tagged with the terms "bokeh panorama" and "Brenizer method." Upon some further research, I discovered a video and instructions here on Ryan Brenizer's website. I think it looks great for portraits, and could be applied to inanimate objects and city photography as well. I look forward to trying it out more in the future. My first take at it, as pictured above, was made by combining four photos.

Volleyball

(Beach?) Volleyball in Deering Oaks Park.

Bench on a Boat

This clever bench is along the Thompson's Point Trail. As you can see, it's an old  boat  with a bench carved out of one side. If they are still looking for designs for benches to place on the Bayside Trail, perhaps the designer of this piece has some more ideas.

Congress & Valley

This photo is looking north from the intersection on Congress and Valley Streets. On the left we have Pizza Villa and straight ahead The Inn At St John, which was built in 1897 is "the city's oldest continuously operating historic Victorian inn" per their website.

Bike Around Portland

Deering Street bicycle parking

Here are some Maine bicycle related links:

Bicycle Coalition of Maine

Portland, Maine Bicycle Commuting

Portland Velo Club

Casco Bay Bicycle Club

And some local bicycle retailers:

Gorham Bike & Ski

Cyclemania

Portland Velocipede

All Speed Cyclery and Snow

Back Bay Bicycle

Silver Street

A view down Silver Street, towards Fore Street. I thought this looks kind of like a painting, which is okay.

Silver Street, July 2011

Only in Bayside

The Portland Daily Sun had an article about this mysterious shoe sculpture last week which sits at  the intersection of Kennebec and Preble Streets:

Nearby, an interesting landscape:

Walk on By

Longfellow Square

Construction Sign Mad Libs

Sidewalk [adjective]; Use [verb].

The Little Things

Exit sign on the side of a parking structure in the Bayside neighborhood.

Sewing machine in the window, Pleasant Street.

Patio Dining

I like seeing all of the outside dining options in the summer, I think it really adds to the ambiance of our streets.

Sonny's "Parkside Patio,"which is next to Post Office Park.

Dining outside of Fuji, at 29 Exchange Street.

Art!

A sign of art, appropriately placed in a window of the Maine College of Art building. 

Alternate angle