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, August 08, 2016

Sunup to Sundown!

This is Gloucester from my perspective.

 A dory glides by.
 Rising sun over Gloucester.
 Early morning.
 "UU Church"
 Fog devours the wind turbines!
 Low tide and low clouds!
 I'm lower and so are the clouds!
 Schooner Roseway at anchor.
 A closer look.
 Ten Pound Island
 Catamaran yacht.
 As far as I can tell this once was a Newfoundland fishing trawler.
 Are you looking at me?
 Two gulls stroll the beach.
 Model sailboat at 1606 at Beauport. Taken with open shutter and light from my small flashlight.
 Trawler yacht Contina.
 Twilight and the Beauport Hotel.
 Gull attack!
 Ardelle, Oliver Hazard Perry and Thomas E. Lannon
 Tall ships under the Greasy Pole!
 Thomas E. Lannon passes Ten Pound Island.
                           
  Sunset

Monday, August 01, 2016

Fog and Sunrise!

For the last few years I was never able to "grab" a sunrise along the coast due to my work hours. But that all changed when I started working back in town. And last week a few fog events happened in the late afternoon had me looking for shots. The fog was so thick I could only find a few interesting scenes.

 Foggy Good Harbor Beach.
 Whale watching boat Hurricane II.
 Beauport Hotel rooftop pool.
 A peek of the sun!
 Daybreak
 Sunrise
The official unofficial bird of Gloucester!
 
 A bee bugging a gull!
 A city sunrise!
 Early morning on a grey day.
 Teresa Marie IV
 Dories
                               Greasy Pole
                              
                               Fishermen's Memorial
                              

Monday, July 25, 2016

Summer Sights!



Summer is now fully established with hot and humid days with the occasional thunder storm. Working at the Beauport Hotel, a new view on the city is hard to ignore. At night when I close up the roof top pool & bar the landscape is breath taking and peaceful. In the morning the sun starts it's rise as gulls stir and fishermen head out for the days catch.

Moon glow.
 Beauport Hotel terrace, look close and you'll see a fishing boat through the rail!
 A gull awaits the sunrise by the pool!
 Moon over the Greasy pole.
 Sunrise approaches.
 Heading out to fish.
 Spires of Gloucester.
 Greasy Pole in the morning light.
 Morning moon!
 Building clouds taken from atop Pilots Hill.
 City Hall
 Darkening skies.
 Our Lady of Good Voyage Church
 Shelf cloud over the wind turbines!
 Approaching storm!
 Passing storm.
Sunset from East Gloucester.
                              

A little closer..
                                           

"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!