Photo Feature Archives
The Photo Feature was launched on the main page on March 12, 2005 as part of a main page redesign, replacing the quote article. Images run on the main page with a description as well as the date that they were photographed. They are run at 350×467 resolution at that location if vertical, and at 600×450 if horizontal.
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Flame from a gas stove.Featured: September 18, 2018Photographed: April 4, 2014 |
A sea gull flies over Hatteras Inlet in Hyde County, North Carolina.Featured: September 8, 2018Photographed: May 31, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this outing, see "Outer Banks 2017" in Life and Times. |
Traffic signal on 7th Street SW in Washington DC, at the intersection with a large pedestrian path on the National Mall.Featured: September 1, 2018Photographed: May 2, 2018 |
Coins in a jar filled with water at a store in Richmond, Virginia.Featured: August 25, 2018Photographed: June 1, 2017 Notes: This photo is part of the "Outer Banks 2017" photo set in Life and Times. |
Mountaintop sign for WTBO, a radio station in Cumberland, Maryland.Featured: August 12, 2018Photographed: April 2, 2013 Notes: This was the product of my playing with a few filters in the process of preparing this photo for display. |
A woman smiles on the National Mall in Washington DC.Featured: August 1, 2018Photographed: May 2, 2018 |
The Gen. Jubal A. Early carries six cars across the Potomac River, operating the White's Ferry service between Dickerson, Maryland and Leesburg, Virginia.Featured: July 21, 2018Photographed: July 18, 2018 |
Gentex fire alarm horn at the Goodwill store in Charles Town, West Virginia.Featured: July 13, 2018Photographed: January 25, 2018 |
Headstone for the Reb family plot at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Centralia, Pennsylvania.Featured: July 7, 2018Photographed: May 17, 2018 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A walk down an abandoned road…" in the Journal. |
A woman wears face paint that reads "FUNK WAR" at the Funk the War 9 demonstration.Featured: June 29, 2018Photographed: March 19, 2010 Notes: For more photos from this event, see "Funk the Weekend" in Life and Times. |
Scooter parked on a sidewalk along Independence Avenue SW, awaiting rental as part of a dockless bike sharing system.Featured: June 23, 2018Photographed: May 2, 2018 |
A sea gull wanders the beach in Ocean City, Maryland.Featured: June 9, 2018Photographed: October 17, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal. |
The Roanoke Star, lit in white.Featured: June 3, 2018Photographed: May 31, 2018 |
Vintage railroad crossbuck near the intersection of Fort Ritchie and Skunk Hollow Roads in Sabillasville, Maryland.Featured: May 27, 2018Photographed: May 24, 2018 |
Discarded can of spray paint on the Graffiti Highway, an abandoned section of Route 61 in Centralia, Pennsylvania.Featured: May 18, 2018Photographed: May 17, 2018 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A walk down an abandoned road…" in the Journal. |
A SEPTA Broad Street Line train dwells at Fern Rock Transportation Center in Philadelphia.Featured: May 11, 2018Photographed: April 16, 2018 |
Parking citation on a car on 7th Street SW in Washington, DC.Featured: May 4, 2018Photographed: May 2, 2018 |
Apple blossoms on a tree at the train station in Laurel, Maryland.Featured: April 25, 2018Photographed: April 14, 2018 |
A bottle of iced tea on a railing at the south end of the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland.Featured: April 15, 2018Photographed: October 17, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal. |
A Honda HR-V in Montgomery Village, Maryland is covered in snow following a late-season winter storm.Featured: March 30, 2018Photographed: March 21, 2018 |
Flowers grow up through the bumper of a retired fire truck in Middletown, Maryland.Featured: March 16, 2018Photographed: October 14, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Buses, fire trucks, ambulances, trains, and… moo cows?" in the Journal. |
Interior of a closing Kmart store in Martinsburg, West Virginia.Featured: March 8, 2018Photographed: January 25, 2018 |
2012 Kia Soul, parked outside of a store in Wheaton, Maryland.Featured: February 24, 2018Photographed: January 16, 2014 Notes: This photo feature is run in memory of my 2012 Kia Soul, which was destroyed in a fire on February 7, 2018. |
Washington Metro railcar 4020, in use as a simulator for first responder training following its retirement from passenger service, at the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Academy in Montgomery Village, Maryland.Featured: February 16, 2018Photographed: October 14, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Buses, fire trucks, ambulances, trains, and… moo cows?" in the Journal. |
Interior of a former RadioShack store in College Park, Maryland.Featured: February 1, 2018Photographed: December 7, 2017 |
Disused kiosk for the former Tourmobile bus service, on the National Mall in Washington DC.Featured: January 26, 2018Photographed: July 22, 2014 |
Fire alarm notification appliance with broken strobe at Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, New Jersey.Featured: January 19, 2018Photographed: May 23, 2017 |
Metrobus 4205, a 1997 Orion V, at Prince George's Plaza station in Hyattsville, Maryland.Featured: January 11, 2018Photographed: November 21, 2015 |
Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters building, on East Erie Street in Chicago, Illinois.Featured: January 2, 2018Photographed: July 29, 2013 Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "Chicago 2013..." in the Journal. |
An empty apartment in Aspen Hill, Maryland.Featured: December 25, 2017Photographed: November 16, 2017 Notes: This marks the last week that I have my old apartment in Aspen Hill. I turn in the keys on December 31, 2017. |
Rusted lock attached to a fishing pier in Ocean City, Maryland.Featured: December 18, 2017Photographed: October 17, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal. |
The M/V Hatterras, a River-class ferry on the Hatteras-Ocracoke route.Featured: December 10, 2017Photographed: May 31, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Outer Banks 2017" in Life and Times. |
Edge Hill Cemetery in Charles Town, West Virginia, in the early evening.Featured: November 26, 2017Photographed: July 19, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A lovely little road trip to West Virginia and back…" in the Journal. |
Fire alarm bell on the exterior of an office building in Gaithersburg, Maryland.Featured: November 19, 2017Photographed: October 12, 2017 |
Downtown Baltimore, Maryland as viewed from across the Inner Harbor in the early morning.Featured: November 12, 2017Photographed: October 11, 2017 |
Mooring dolphin with an osprey nest on top of it in the Potomac River at Piney Point, Maryland.Featured: November 7, 2017Photographed: October 15, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Intentionally Overexposed" in the Journal. |
Sea gull in flight, Ocean City, Maryland.Featured: October 29, 2017Photographed: October 17, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal. |
Retired fire truck from the Plymouth Fire Company in Pennsylvania, on the grounds of a farm in Middletown, Maryland.Featured: October 20, 2017Photographed: October 14, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Buses, fire trucks, ambulances, trains, and… moo cows?" in the Journal. |
Rows of bottled sodas for sale at the North Market Pop Shop in Frederick, Maryland.Featured: October 14, 2017Photographed: Juny 19, 2017 |
Vintage railroad signals on the Norfolk Southern Shenandoah Valley Line in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.Featured: September 30, 2017Photographed: September 27, 2017 |
Sign for southbound US 301 at St. Charles Towne Center in Waldorf, Maryland, incorrectly using a circle shield instead of the US highway shield.Featured: September 23, 2017Photographed: December 13, 2016 Notes: The circle shield is typically used to mark state routes. However, even if this was a state route instead of a US route, the circle shield is not used in Maryland, as Maryland uses a unique square marker for its state routes. |
A Metro 4000-Series railcar arrives at King Street station in Alexandria, Virginia.Featured: September 17, 2017Photographed: May 11, 2005 |
Clouds over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, viewed from the Green Lane Bridge.Featured: September 9, 2017Photographed: October 3, 2016 Notes: I discuss this cloud in more depth in "The evolution of a cloud…" in the Journal. Staring at clouds is fun exercise for your imagination. |
Damaged sign face at The Inn at Afton, a closed motel near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, Virginia.Featured: September 3, 2017Photographed: April 11, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Just when you thought that the mountain couldn’t look any worse than it already did…" in the Journal. |
Empty store at the Cromwell Field shopping center in Glen Burnie, Maryland.Featured: August 20, 2017Photographed: March 3, 2015 |
East Liberty Presbyterian Church, also known as the Cathedral of Hope, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Featured: August 13, 2017Photographed: October 25, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Pittsburgh 2016" in Life and Times. |
Bodie Island Lighthouse, near Nags Head, North Carolina, in the early evening.Featured: August 4, 2017Photographed: May 30, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Outer Banks 2017" in Life and Times. |
Fire alarm horn/strobe on a wall in the corridor of a hotel in Greencastle, Pennsylvania.Featured: July 27, 2017Photographed: February 28, 2017 |
A woman walks along the beach at Piney Point, Maryland, near the mouth of the Potomac River.Featured: July 15, 2017Photographed: December 20, 2016 |
A Boeing C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft takes off from the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg, West Virginia.Featured: July 9, 2017Photographed: June 6, 2017 Notes: I got lots of photos of this particular plane. For whatever reason - probably training - this plane would take off, fly in a big circle around the area, land, and then take off again a few minutes later. |