Beam Me Up!

A sun pillar at sunrise in the basin, between the two spans of the Zakim Bridge.

Beachcomber

Wondering around Kalmus beach at receeding tide.

Urban TreeHouse

I personally still think it tastes way better in Sandwich. But that's just my opinion, man.

Updated Skyline

Now including the CarGurus building that's towering over the Mass Pike.

New Visitor!

Turns out to be a MA native from Middletown, MA. Previously also spotted in New Hampshire, according to Mass Wildlife.

Sandwich Sunset

Come for the beer, stay for the watercolors at Treehouse.

More Orlando Residents

Looked like a simple gray lizard until it took a puff.

Florida Wildlife

An ibis came by for a visit the other day.

Back In Business

MIT Lightweight Women passing through the Longfellow Bridge. Spring is in the air! (And so is snow, or at least it was two days ago).

I'll Have a Basin, No Ice.

Always great to see water in it's liquid state after a llllloong winter.

Incoming!

Parrots and palm tree on the Big Island of Hawai'i

Multidimensional reflection

The MIT boathouse reflects the rising sun, while also reflecting in the Charles River.

Palm Sunset

Nice way to end the day on the Big Island of Hawai'i

360 Big Island Sunrise

I was facing west when I took this.

Hancock Rays

The Old Hancock building catching some rays. The sign had previously been up at Fenway while John Hancock was a team sponsor.

Sunset at Riverside

Last light of the day hitting the middle bay

Infrared

From a dinner at Wusong Road this fall.

Taking flight

A red tailed hawk takes flight by the Winsor/Belmont Hill boathouse.

Classic Basin Sunrise View

Took me a while to appreciate the sailboats in the foreground, but they've grown on me over time.

Another lightshow

Tulips at the Heritage Gardens.

Blue World

Night time at Longfellow.

Winter Sunrise on the Charles

Saturday morning, freezing cold, totally worth it.

Solstice

Finally made it to Mt. Auburn for the annual Solstice show. So cool!

Winter is coming

A gorgeous sunset at Weeks, even if it was in the low 20s.

Sunset over Cambridge

Featuring Kendall Square, MIT and my office.

The Grand Masters and Veterans Winners Composite.

Northern Lights Over Cambridge

Just amazing.

Clouds and reflections

Calm after the storm that was HOCR weekend. Fortunately, only a figurative one.

MIT Boathouse Sunrise

Best view of any boathouse on the Charles, and I am definitely biased.

Boathouses of the River Cam

The variety of architectural styles within a 500m stretch was truly astonishing.

The Other Cambridge

The combination of the mist rising over the meadows on the banks of the Cam and the sun trying to burn through it was just... 10/10. No notes.

Weeks, Water, Color

See what I did there? Shot on GoPro Hero 12, handheld.

Into the Abyss

On this occasion, the cloud won the battle, but the sun won the war.

Lost in the Stars

Milky Way at 70mm, 179s, f/3.2, ISO 400.

The Few, The Proud

Happy 250th to the USMC!

Weld Sunrise

Long exposure, 30 s, f22, with an variable ND filter for those who are curious.

Milky Way Panorama

Next time, might try to use a different lens to keep the ground straight. Live and learn!

The Basin Is A Sentient Being

How else can you explain perfect water the week that everyone is at Canadian Henley?

Van Dusen Multiplication

6 X Russ Cone.

Blue Hour

5:15AM under the Longfellow Bridge.

Trolling

This time, with the GoPro Hero 12. Very impressive dynamic range.

Cape Things

Very unpretensious, and the views are spectacular. 10/10, no notes.

Beach Sprints

A good time was had by all.

Foggy Bottom

But actually, it's at the top of the basin. Beautiful morning with all the fog, too bad you could cut the air with a knife.

Sailing arch

Summer fun at Community Boating

Laying down tracks

Does not happen often, but always a treat to get on the water before the sun comes up.

Sky Full of Stars

Nice to get a couple clear nights this weekend (Fri/Sat). Also glad we didn't have to drive anywhere in the thunderstorm.

Sandwich Sunset

I will have a Sunset on the Rocks, please.

Rowing Is Religion

Of course this would be found in a 13th century cathedral in Henley!

Henley at Rest

Given how insanely busy this stretch of the Thames was in the afternoons, this trully was a moment of pure Zen.

Henley Masters Hardware

Borrowed Alexis' medal for a high-res closeup.

Got Lost on the Way to the Boathouse

One of the most famous stretches of water in our sport looking decidely more chill than it did last week.

Happy (Belated) 4th of July!

Sunset fireworks just hit (figuratively) different.

Phone Eats First

Ironically, I actually didn't eat anything off the platter, but hard to think of anything more New England summer than this.

Simeon x 3

Three exposures, combined in post.

HVL, HVL, HVL

But this time, the 2012, 2024 and 2025 editions commemorated on the abutment of the BU railroad bridge.

The Basin Provides.

It was actually nicer that it looks here.

Summer nights

Sunset over a marina somewhere on the Cape.

Really Great Eight

With some hardware still to come(Twigg and Magdi on the beach in LA?), five Olympic medallists (eight medals between them), three more World Championships and two more World Championship medals, it turned out to be an even more accomplished crew than they were in 2016.

Bonus Hydrangea Footage

Peak summer vibes, along with the million percent humidity and "feels like" 102.

Henley Training

HVL, HVL, HVL

Late to the Conclave?

A local cardinal (lower case c).

Summer

Cicadas and hyndrangeas, must be summer, even if the rain and temperature say otherwise nearly every weekend?

5:05 at the Starting Line

Good morning for some 750s with Alexis and Ilana.

Oops

A tiny kerfufle under the Weeks bridge.

King Crimson

Harvard certainly had themselves a season, both on the lightweight and heavyweight side.

Got Lost Again

Seaport views. Should be a fun puzzle!

Hi, I Am the Sculler, It's Me.

Continuing with the theme of non-ILC (interchangeable lens camera) cameras, here's a shot from the new toy, GoPro Hero12. Very impressive dynamic range, this was only straightened and cropped.

Spooky Season Already?

Pretty good for a phone camera, if I do say so myself.

Here fishy, fishy fishy

An osprey perches above the waters of Megansett Harbor on Cape Cod.

Do not disturb

Clearly this was respected so well that it ended up on shore. :)

Dawn Patrol

Always nice to be in the basin before any spiders show up.

Figawi

The Lynx leading off the 2025 Figawi race from Hyannis to Nantucket.

And now, for your moment of Zen

I don't know about anyone else, but I could use some stars and palm trees right about now.

Classic

I'll be honest, to me a while to start liking the sail boats in the foreground at the MIT sailing pavilion, but I came around eventually.

Best Seat in the House

The best place to see a sunrise in Boston is from the basin. Period, end of story, don't @ me. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

Will They Do It Again?

Some local art work

Boston, You Are My Home

This might prove to be a very annoying puzzle to put together.

Flowers

This should be a fun one to assemble!

Leaf Peeping

DeWolfe (BU) boathouse peeking through the spring leaves

Spring has Sprung

All the blossoms look great. All the pollen is kicking my ass.

First Light At Weld

Sun just peeking out from behind Weld.

First light In Margaritaville

Oh Basin, You Wicked Temptress

Will be just as nice for tomorrow's racing, right?

Charles River Reds And Oranges

Never gets old, especially if you don't get to see it as often as you used to.

Trip down memory lane with the Dreissigacker brothers

Mixed Double Trouble

Olie Zeidler and Sofia Meakin crushing the Directors Mixed Double

Boston x Des Linden

In honor of marathon weekend, someone who needs no introduction and needs no wallet when in Boston.

Multi Black and White

Goats x HOCR

Race Day Dawn

NU vs Dartmouth vs BU vs MIT (L-R) 1V

In honor of CUBC win over the weekend, here's their men's eight rounding the final bend at the Charles in 2024.
And their women going under Eliot.

New idea for the blog, who dis?

Panoramic view of a winter sunrise. Yes, this blog isn't quite dead yet.

When you really wish you had the 100-500 on, instead of a 50, but it was so cool that you have to blog about it anyway. Right before our takeoff, got to see some fighter jets take off, with Honolulu and Diamond Head as the backdrop. Pretty cool.

Camera:	Canon EOS R5
Lens:	Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM
Focal Length:	50.0 mm (49.9 mm in 35mm)
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	0.0002s (1/5000)
ISO:	100

Long exposures + underwater housing. A match made in heaven.

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM
Focal Length:	12.0 mm
Aperture:	f/4
Exposure:	30s
ISO:	4000
Housing:	AquaTech Edge

Messing around with in camera exposures, with Nick, Kelly, Jess and Christine (LR, Bow to Stern).

Camera:	Canon EOS R5
Lens:	Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1L IS USM
Focal Length:	500.0 mm (499.2 mm in 35mm)
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure:	0.00063s (1/1600)
ISO:	200

Is this thing on???

Fly by of MIT's Resch(FKA Pierce) boathouse