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, December 08, 2014

The Face of Winter!

Winter is settling in around here and in this post I again mixed a few old images with now ones.

A rare winter rainbow.....Actually it's an "icebow" made of ice crystals over Good Harbor Beach 1/4/10.
 Fishermen's Memorial
 The fisherman's winter coat!
 Another view
 Stacy Boulevard
 "Old Man Winter"!
 Eastern Point Light
 The Dog Bar Breakwater working hard!
 High tide and heavy seas!
 Gulls fly through the snow.
 Breaking over!
 Huge swell breaks.
 Rough seas!
 Snow is falling at the Railways.
 Empty cradle.
 "Captain Dominic"....Open exposure, no flash.
 Using the flash highlights the snow flakes.
 Morning has broken and the snow washed away!
 A closer look.

Monday, December 01, 2014

Thanksgiving Clash of 2014!

From 1982 until 2002 I was an assistant coach for the Manchester/Essex Hornets. For 20 years of my life I worked the sidelines loosing my voice mostly on muddy fields and having a blast most of the time. The Thanksgiving game is for the seniors for all their hard work and dedication to the team,school and a culmination of all of their hard work. This year snow had fallen the night before and during the warm ups much of the field was covered by snow. As the morning and game wore on, most of the snow vanished. With only 5 seniors the Hornets struggled this season but put up a great fight on this "Turkey Day". As a matter of fact they had a chance to tie and go ahead with the extra point kick if it weren't for a lucky bounce off a helmet into the arms of a Royal defender late in the game!





The Fran York/Eric DiMaio Thanksgiving Trophy.
 The snow covered Joseph Hyland Field.
 Seniors with their parents.
 Stopped!
 Blocked extra point!
 Big hole!
 Blocked pass.
 Horse collared!
 Collision!
 Gang tackle!
 Another gang tackle!
 Extra point is good!
 Punt
 Can you find the ball?
 Reaching for the ball!
 Breaking loose!
 Lots of 4's on the board!
 Hornet pass bounces off helmet. A turning point in the game.
 Head coaches greet.
 Georgetown Royals raise the trophy.
 Team celebrates.

Monday, November 24, 2014

Another Past and Present!


With a chance find in my computer files, I stumbled across the Gloucester Schooner Festival of 2007 among others. Also mixed in are a few recent shots.

"American Eagle"
 
"Spirit of Massachusetts" approaches Stacy Boulevard.
                                  Lot of lines!
                                 USCG
   An Egret sees me and asks: "Are you looking at me"?
                              Fishing for lunch!
                               Success!
                                Dog Bar Breakwater
               Fishing boat swarmed by gulls in the distance.
                 Gulls huddle on the Breakwater!

 
Iced glazed Little River!
                              Frenchman's Pier.
                             Boston on the horizon.
                              Beauport Hotel construction site.
Newell Stadium on a rainy night.
                     "Razzo" in Harbor Cove Sunday evening.


"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!