Another shot from my photo walk with the photography workshop. How do you take an interesting photo of something like this memorial that’s so iconic that it’s hard to be original? It’s not easy, especially on a day with relatively boring light. I tried to make this more interesting with the processing (mostly adjusting contrast in the foreground and adding texture to the clouds to the sky), although the angle is totally conventional.
Good Morning Gloucester 
The fisherman
By Peter Albert Todd
thepoetryofpeteralberttodd.weebly.com
Watching over our boats night and day
With his hands at the ships wheel
A statue of Faith for the fishermen of today
With eyes fixed like glistened steel
Many a seasons storms have passed by
Since he was dedicated on our shore
Through raging storms and sunlit skies
The Fisherman has done his chore
Our sands of time have taken its toll
From the great statue of our seas
Like the many stories of Noah often told
Our Fisherman sets the spirit within us free
The words that are etched below his feet
So true to the fishermen in many ways
When the sands of time are stilled we’ll meet
Those we have lost from the oceans grave.
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Well Done, Peter !
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One of the most photogenic statues anywhere–has so much meaning to so many people. Great photo! I think I’ve photographed every knuckle, wrinkle, etc. as close-ups. Love Peter’s poem as well. Interested to see where the next walk takes you!
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Thanks for the comments, and Peter, thanks for the poetry!
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