Josef “Jeff” Sipek

Boston Public Library

Two weeks ago I ended up going to Wikipedia article: Boston for a day. I spent my day in three places—the Wikipedia article: Boston Public Library, the Wikipedia article: Massachusetts State House, and the Wikipedia article: Boston Common.

In this post, I will share my photos of and around the Boston Public Library. I have a separate post with the State House photos and another post with the Boston Common and other places around Boston. (All three posts share the same gallery.)

The front entrance to the library:

A 180° view of the front of the building (32 MB panorama):

A peek into the reading room—Bates Hall:

Bates Hall in all its glory:

The library has a courtyard with a water fountain. The tower in the background is the tower of the neighboring Wikipedia article: Old South Church.

A close-up of a card catalog.

There are actually two churches right next to the library. Right across the street from the main entrance is the Wikipedia article: Trinity Church.

The other is the aforementioned Old South Church on the north side of the library. Toward the end of the day, it ended up backlit creating a neat silhouette.

This was really the first time I actively tried architecture photography. Shooting indoors around f/8 without a tripod was not the best thing for image quality. To keep the shutter speed in a reasonable range, I had to bump up the ISO resulting in a bit of noise. I will know what to expect next time I try this.

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