Forum: Massachusetts

I guess a couple years back Popular Photography asked people in their magazine to post their favorite photo spots. They have a forum and HERE is a link to the thread containing the responses. The responses are all over the world, so I've summarized those in the Northeast here. Feel free to go...

Should be a great photo op. http://www.jumpfest.org/ http://www.jumpfest.org/images/swsaposter.pdf

Hi Folks, Below is a copy of the city's e-zine announcement of this Sunday's Food Festival. For you hungry Urban/Street photogs this is a blast. Also, don't forget the car show :D :D. A great destination for a Sunday drive. Lots of people, food and photo ops. Hope to see you there! :rock ...

One beautiful place with a varity of photo ops is Stanley Park in Westfield,MA. best part its FREE :) http://www.stanleypark.org/mainscreen.htm A shot from Stanley Park another place for some great flowers and such is the Berkshire Botanical Gardens I think it's about $7 adult to get in...

Here is a big list of covered bridges in Massachusetts, organized by county, with directions on how to get to each. http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbma.htm

The home to 4000 butterflies, this is a great place to go for some macro photography. I brought a lot of gear, but put everything back in the car except my 1DMk2N, 100 f/2.8 Macro, and a 580EX flash. You can NOT bring any kind of pod in... mono or tri. You are among the butterflies so you can...

Another list from my research of Photo Spots: Boston. I've visited almost every one of these spots and found them to be very worthwhile. These are not your standard tourist spots - like the Public Garden - but rather spots that you might normally miss - like a fantastic shot of the Zakim bridge...

I make a habit of researching places which might provide a decent photo, and have been marking them down in Microsoft Streets & Trips. So far I have about 400 spots marked down. One of the things I've researched a bit is waterfalls, and I've collected about 50+ in New England that are photogenic...

Here are a couple of directories of Steam Locomotives in the state, along with whether they are operational or not. http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists/MA.shtml http://www.steamlocomotive.info/massachusetts.cfm

The National Railroad Historical Society maintains a list of the remaining roundhouses ( roundhouse ) in the US at this url. It is organized by state with the address, condition, etc. http://www.nrhs.com/historic_structures/roundhouses/rh_data.htm

This is a big list of Round Barns in Massachusetts, organized by county, with directions to each. http://www.dalejtravis.com/rblist/rbma.htm

The location of the Old Mill with water wheel is on Rte 57 just east of the center of Granville MA

Glendale Falls is located in the Berkshire Hills of Western MA in the town of Middlefield. Photography is easy from the many rocks around the falls. Be advised that the road to the falls is a dirt road and usually the falls are not accessible in the Spring. Photos:...

I came across this site that is the mother load of train watching spots, which translates into train photo spots for us. Given that there is so much here... over 2400 sites listed on these... please use this thread to post any sites you've checked out... try to give more details and some sample...