Massachusetts State House
Two weeks ago I ended up going to Boston for a day. I spent my day in three places—the Boston Public Library, the Massachusetts State House, and the Boston Common.
In this post, I will share my photos of the Massachusetts State House. I have a separate post with the Boston Public Library photos and another post with the Boston Common and other places around Boston. (All three posts share the same gallery.)
The State House with its (real) gold covered dome:
Nurses Hall (24 MB panorama):
One of the entrances into the Senate room:
And its interior (32 MB panorama):
The Great Hall of Flags. It used to be a courtyard until 1990 when they put a glass roof over it and turned it into an event space. The flags supposedly act as echo dampeners. These are the flags of the various towns in Massachusetts.
The building is filled with doors—some fancy and some rather plain:
Finally, in the very back, there is a pretty nifty staircase:
Unsurprisingly, much like at the library, I had to bump the ISO pretty high to get an acceptable shutter speed with a large enough depth of field. A tripod (or even a monopod) would have helped quite a bit. I guess I know what’s getting a higher priority on my photo gear shopping list. Additionally, I should read up on architecture photography before the next major trip.