Cape Ann Images: Gloucester Cruise Season !

Why I created this......

Born and raised in Gloucester, Ma fishing gets in your blood. Surrounded by the sea, kids here have a boat almost as much as kids elsewhere have bicycles! As I grew older my fishing ambitions gave way to what's around me. Although I still "drop a line" every so often, my attention wanders to the majesty of the natural light that make this place so special. Never is each day the same. The subjects may be the same but the light from the sea & sky will morph the subject into a form of art. For that reason artists have been drawn to these shores for several hundred years, they followed the light painting and sketching these surroundings. What artists capture with paint on canvas, I attempt to capture with a click.....if I'm lucky!

I guess that's a sort of Fish'n!

Jay Albert

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Thursday, October 08, 2009

Gloucester Cruise Season !

It started October of 2004 when the cruise ship "Rotterdam" anchored in Gloucester Harbor for a trial run. It's Fall foilage season in New England and with that the cruise ship industry has targeted our port as one of their ports of call. With the completion of Cruiseport Gloucester last year ships of all sizes have made a stop. Today the "MS Fram" a ship that travels from pole to pole made a visit. Last December she lost power in Antartica and was damaged when she hit an iceberg! One of her lifeboats was crushed while the hull suffered minor damage. No one was hurt but as the incident was taking place the captain ordered an open bar for the passengers!

"MS Fram"!