Playing With Light!

Here's a collection of images using natural and man made light.


Here I was standing in the middle of this image while the camera's shutter was open. I twirled an emergency LED flashlight in a dark room then added the brick texture.

Harbor Cove

Crewman aboard the fishing vessel "Maria Jo-Ann" during a driving rain storm.

Dog in the surf at Good Harbor Beach.

Foggy breakwater!

Bridge to no where!

"Orin C." heads in.

"Sabrina Maria"

The 177' barkentine "Gazela" built in 1901!.

"Special K", "Thomas E. Lannon" and a seine boat June 2011.

"Explorer II" follows "Horizon" in the fog.

Storm from approaches the city.

A rare pink sun caused by the haze of Canadian wildfires.

Watching the sunset.

And walking the Breakwater.

Gloucester Fire Department...Another Great Stop!

Sometime after 2:00pm began my walk with the dog when I saw smoke behind the hill from my house. As I turned to walk up the hill I could hear sirens as the Gloucester Fire Department headed over to East Main Street. Then it was back home to grab the camera and head back over the hill as the GFD again made a great stop and saved the home from extensive destruction. All out was declared at 4:15pm. As far as I know there were no injuries.

Fire in the peak

Fighting the fire from a spiral staircase.

Spectators

Working the peak.

Checking down below.

High over Gloucester!

Check out what's written on the trailer in the background top right!

Digging for fire.

Exposing fire.

Attacking inside and out.

All geared up.

Hanging out on the deck.

Poking around.

Getting an update.

Fire out!

Burnt door pose!

On A Clear Day!

The last few days visibility has been awesome not only in the sky but under the harbor waters. A daytime moon has also been very visible.

The moon appears behind a lone cloud.

Moon on a cloud!

The moon seems to rise above the cloud.

Coast Guard 47 footer tows another!

Trailing towline

Bridle pulled taught.

Racing by "The Cut"!

Man overboard drill!

Low tide reveals an old engine block!

Harbor bottom about 3' deep!

St. Ann's steeple.

"Providenza" heading home after dumping clam shells. Boston skyline on the horizon.

A Breakwater sunset.

Sunset over the city.

National Geographic Comes to Gloucester!

Sunday night was the premier of National Geographic's "Wicked Tuna". The show focuses on Gloucester Tuna boats and their crews during the ten week tuna season. One blooper I noticed was from the show's opening scene where the announcer pronounced Gloucester with an "ow" in there! It sounded as if he hurt himself pronouncing it! So if you read this Mike Rowe.....repeat after me..."Glossta"!

The show had me thinking if I had captured the boats in the show and here they are.

"Bounty Hunter" offshore on a hazy day.

Cruising through Harbor Cove.

Profile

"Hard Merchandise" cruises by The Fort.

Rigged for gill net fishing.

Dockside

"Tuna.Com" & "Hard Merchandise" on a snowy day at Cape Pond Ice.

To be seen on a later episode "Christina"

Without her tower & pulpit.

Landing tuna.

"Patsy" Frontiero at the saw.

Head is removed.

"Midnight Sun" heads out.

A boat like mine!

"Samay"

Good Harbor Beach