Gloucester At Dawn 4:40AM 5/23/12 Harbor Cove Lat 43 and Fisherman’s Wharf

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Gloucester At Dawn 4:35AM 5/23/12 Harbor Cove- Felicia Oil and The Gloucester House

 

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Gloucester At Dawn- The Paint Factory From Maritime Gloucester 4:46AM 5/19/12

The human eye could barely make out the right side of the rock but the long exposure showed a much more interesting picture.

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Gloucester At Dawn- Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center 4:47AM 4/30/12

Gloucester at Dawn- Aaron & Melissa II On the Blocks At East Gloucester Marine Railways 4:45AM 2/29/12

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Gloucester At Dawn- 4:54AM 4/30/12 Salvation Star, Providenza and Francesca & Carlo- Railway To Railway

This shot was taken alongside the Railway at The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center looking out across the harbor to the East Gloucester Marine Railway.

The amount of light in this shot is deceiving because the shutter was left open for a good long time to try to collect as much light as possible to burn in the colors. Obviously this type of shot with such little available light is not possible without the aid of a tripod.

Click the photo to see it larger and the details on the Adventure and boats tied up at The East Gloucester Marine Railway all the way across the harbor.  I like this shot a lot especially considering the very little light available to use.

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Below is what it looked like to the human eye without the long exposure-

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Gloucester At Dawn- Beacon Marine Basin 4:56AM 4/26/12

As always, click the photo for the larger version.

Have I told you guys how much fun I’ve been having taking pictures for you?

Took this a couple of days ago before work. It was nearly pitch dark out and I set up the tripod in the corner of Beacon Marine right where the black iron fence starts. I was bent over adjusting the settings when two people came out from around the corner and startled the hell out of me. I don’t often have people bouncing around at that time of morning. Stay tuned throughout the next couple of weeks where you will see some of the best photography I feel I’ve captured to date.

Thanks for visiting GMG and being part of our community.

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Gloucester At Dawn- Gloucester Station 4:48AM 6/27/12

Love shooting early morning just after a rain storm.  The textures and reflections make for much more interesting photos.  The green on the sign vs the yellow and the purple. Lots of repetition and symmetry.  Sometimes the scenes you pass by a million times end up being the most interesting when you simply slow down and immerse yourself in it.

click the photo for the larger sized version to see the details

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Gloucester At Dawn- North Shore Arts Association and Pirate’s Lane 4:58AM 4/25/12

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Gloucester At Dawn, The State Fish Pier 4:58AM 4/23/12

As always click the photo for the full sized view

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I dig the reflections especially the red on the wet herring vats in the right hand part of the picture which are reflections of the port side red navigation light on the F/V Endevour.

Gloucester At Dawn- Captain Joe and Sons 5:05AM 4/22/12

As always click the photo for the larger size

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Gloucester At Dawn- The Phyllis A At The East Gloucester Marine Railways

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Gloucester At Dawn 5:13AM 3/31/12 Gloucester Harbor

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You can actually see inside the pilot houses of the boats.

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Gloucester At Dawn- Captain Joe and Sons 5:10AM 3/31/12

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This one looks really nice full screen. The detail in the background is stuff the human eye doesnt see at ths time of the morning but is only captured with the long exposure taken at three different focal lengths and then combined so everything is in relative focus.

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Gloucester At Dawn- Harbor Cove 4:55AM 3/31/12

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Lobster boats, dories, reflections off the water, symmetry, repetition, Gloucester at dawn, Rocky Neck In the background, Cape Pond Ice, the inner working harbor, there’s really not much this one is missing.

Available as an 8×10, 16×20 prints or 16x 20 canvas print which I think just make the reflections and colors pop in a painterly way (the Canvas wraps also don’t require framing).

contact me at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com if you would like one for yourself or for a gift. Be sure to click on it to see the detail present when blown up.

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