Visitors from Arizona and Florida

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Family from Tempe Arizona, enjoying Gloucester

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Young man from Tallahassee Florida

Visitors from Georgia, Montana and Hubbardston MA

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Visitors from Georgia at the Fishermen’s Memorial

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Visitors from Montana at the Fishermen’s Memorial

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Visitors from Hubbardston Mass at the Fishermen’s Memorial

Man at the Wheel

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.

Matthew Green

 

Man at the Wheel

 

Click on the photo to see it much larger.  It’s interesting how the perspective and panoramic distortion make the the circle of plaques into a straight line, and the convergent lines on the pavement look roughly parallel!  I took this panorama a while ago, but only got around to putting it together now…

Fr. Matthew Green

86 year old Anthony Rao visits his Father’s Memorial

This is a tradition many Gloucester families practice. 

A name on a plague has a different meaning to everyone.

Anthony also received the French Legion of Honor Medal

Links bekow.

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x525979925/Local-WWII-veteran-to-receive-honor-from-French-consulate/print

http://gtsnaps.smugmug.com/Gloucester-Daily-Times/July-2010/12777428_PoTpd/17/947998140_jrxSg#947998140_jrxSg

Man at the Wheel submitted To The GMG Flickr Group by Elinor Teele

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The sun sets over Gloucester Harbor and the Fishermen’s Memorial.

Man at the Wheel, originally uploaded by Elinor Teele.