The Japanese defense forces couldn't stop Godzilla.....I captured the beast!

The Japanese defense forces couldn't stop Godzilla.....I captured the beast!
Spied this over Route 128 on my way home from work. Dirty windshield and strong sun glare I had to darken the image and crop out the sun. That's the only edit to what's probably my worse quality image. I figured some would get a kick out of it so I posted the pic on facebook. A few shares later it's gone world wide! Who would of thunk it?

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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"A Gloucester Christmas ! "

My Views of Gloucester !

Monday, February 25, 2019

Late February!

Here's a mix I shot this past week.


Snow covered Paint Factory.
 Snow covered Fort Playground.
 Stacy Boulevard
 Fishermen's Memorial
 Greasy Pole
 Pavilion Beach at low tide.
 F/V Midnight Sun icing up at Cape Pond Ice.
 From a higher perch.
 Boats at rest in the North Channel.
 UU Church
 Sunrise over Good Harbor Beach.
 A lone beach walker.
 The Bass Rocks "Sunrise Tree".
 Niles Pond
 Eastern Point Light
Eastern Point Marsh.
 Boston from the Dog Bar Breakwater.


Monday, February 18, 2019

Tranquility and Stupidity!

We had a mix of bad and good weather here but a reminder for those who wish to see the savage sea close up. Though awe inspiring Mother Nature can and does take the foolish away! Every year we hear of someone getting too close to the surf and being carried away and lost. This week I saw someone tempting Mother Nature. Early in the morning I was probably the only one to witness this foolish act, and only because I was looking through my 300mm telephoto lens. I was too far to warn him and with the roar of the pounding surf I doubt he could hear my trucks horn. All I could do is watch and hope he backed off. Luckily he did.

Breaker moving in.
 A foolish soul almost gets swallowed up!
 He runs away!
 He's still too close.
 After this he retreats.
 Brace Rock
 Wind and waves.
 Bass Rocks breaker.
 A soft sunrise.
 Clouds block the sunrise.
 Early morning jog.
 A closer look.
 Tranquil Gloucester Harbor.
 The Paint Factory and Ten Pound Island Light.

Monday, February 11, 2019

More Sunrises and Another Look Back!

Recent sunrises and a look back from this week in 2015.


Low tide, low clouds as a sunrise sneaks in.
 Good Harbor Beach
 A gull on the rock.
 Film crew at sunrise on Bass Rocks.
 Looks like an outstretched hand from the sun!
 Bass Rocks sunrise tree.
 Clear view of Boston from Niles Beach.
 A gull flies by and if it keeps going Boston is only 26 miles away!
 2/10/15 buried East Gloucester Elementary School!
 Beacon Marine 2/10/15.
 Another view at Beacon Marine 2/10/15.
 Buried houses on East Main Street 2/10/15.
 Chapel Street 2/10/15.
 Icicles 2/10/15.

Monday, February 04, 2019

Early February Sights!

Again we were into another Patriots Superbowl week with the Pat's winning for the sixth time. Weather wise we went from a deep freeze to a thaw.


Light snow falling on the Fishermen's Memorial.
 Dog Bar Breakwater
 Boston beyond frigid Gloucester Harbor.
 Good Harbor Beach sunrise.
 Sun rises over the footbridge.
 The peeking sun.
 Lone gull.
 Rough!
 Ducks swim by.
 The Lobster trap tree dismantled.
 The Rebuilt Lanes Cove Breakwater.
 Ducks fly by.
 I see my truck!
 Strolling the breakwater.
 The fish shack.
 Ice cakes heading out with the tide.
 Boat iced in.
 Above the gap.

"Glosta Logic"

It's not "soda" and not "pop" or even "soda pop" it's "tonic"!
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It's a "rotary" not a "roundabout"!
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"Going up the line" is a term used when leaving the island!
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A "jigga"is a homemade powerless go-cart!
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It's not "Break Time or Coffee Break" it's "Mug-up"!
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It's not a "water fountain" it's a "Bubbla"!
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Angels in Disguise

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Unloading Haddock !

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25th Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival Slideshow !

SailGloucester 2009 Slideshow !

Allie Hates Soccer!