Fog, Sun and a Tropical Storm!

I'm back, I usually post Sundays just after midnight but last week I had to work and didn't have enough images to create one. During that time we had some fog, sun on the last day of Summer and Tropical Storm Jose.  Luckily Jose turned out to be a pesky nor'easter with nothing more than wind and rain. As far as I know Cape Ann didn't suffer any power outages and the only damage was a boat which broke off its mooring and sunk in Smith Cove.

American Constellation and lobster boat.

 City in the fog!

 Foggy glow upon City Hall.

 From the Beauport Hotel.

 Sunrise over the harbor.

 Umbrella eclipse!

 Salt grass changing color.

 Walking Good Harbor Beach.

Last day of Summer.

 Family on the beach.

 Sunrise over the creek.

 Photographer shooting the weather.

 Looks like the gulls are the subject.

 Seal on the beach!

 Rushing to the surf!

 Shutter bugs at Bass Rocks.

 Rose sunk at Smith Cove.

 Another view

 USCG Cutter Key Largo anchored.

More Gloucester Schooner Festival 2017 !

I took about 200 shots during the 2017 Gloucester Schooner Festival and here is the rest of the best( I think).

Concert on the Boulevard.

 Stacy Boulevard

 Schooners at rest as gull lands in the foreground.

 Working aloft the Lynx.

 Columbia

 Columbia helm.

 Columbia pulls away.

 Getting bunched up.

 Big and little!

 American Eagle

 Adventure and Fame.

 Lining up.

 The smallest schooner has the biggest flag!

 Lynx

 Lynx and American Eagle.

 Ardelle leads a pack of schooners.

 Two schooners and a Grand Banks Dory.

 Thomas E. Lannon heads in as the Adventure heads out.

 The crowd on the Boulevard.

2017 Gloucester Schooner Festival!

This was the first time in years I wasn't on the water for the Parade of Sail. I was trying to figure how to get shots from shore that afforded me as many background options as possible. On the water I could utilize the position of the sun and scenery being able to re-position my location 360 degrees. This time I choose my work location, the Beauport Hotel. I started off on the roof but found the lower deck the ideal shore location. I started with Saturday nights fireworks.

 American Eagle heads out of Harbor Cove.

 Ardelle passing Ten Pound Island

 Adventure out by the breakwater.

 Adventure hoisting sails.

 A nice breeze.

 Adventure and a Banks Dory.

 Thomas E. Lannon leads Liberty Clipper.

 Ardelle

 Lattie G. Howard

 Ardelle off the Boulevard.

 The sharp bow of the Columbia.

 Lynx

 Adventure leading a group of schooners

 American Eagle leads the Thomas E. Lannon.

 Adventure

 Off The Fort playground.

 Coming and going.

 American Eagle heads offshore.

 Smoke from a gun salute at Stage Fort Park.

 Lewis H. Story

 Ships exchange salutes.

 Lynx

 A parade of sail!

 Thomas E. Lannon

 From a kayak to schooners.

 Tree of Life

 The steel hulled Columbia.