Some people will never take a picture like this in their lifetime. Getting up at 3:45AM seven days a week isn’t much fun but I feel pretty blessed to be able to experience scenes like this.
Gloucester At Dawn- Thatcher Island 4:45AM 7/31/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Gloucester At Dawn- Thatcher Island Taken From Long Beach






















way cool brother. i have seen almost that same photo many mornings on my way out to haul traps. my favorite times were early morning with the sun coming up , going through the harbor and hearing the woosh of the waves aginst my bow and hearing the slap of striped bass as they chase bait fish, then hearing the clicking sound of claws as i pull up my first trap of the day, ahhhhh gloucester mornings in july.
Good stuff Shawn!
Great pics Joey! I woke up @ 4:30 this morning. Got a drink of water,took a leak then crawled back to bed. I knew you would come through!
Joey quit cha Whining! And keep those beautiful morning shots comming.
Wonderful Joey, but I was on Jay’s schedule. Come winter when the sunrise is at 7:00, I’ll be there!
…Unless it’s too damn cold.
makes me wanna get up at 4AM..kinda
These pic’s are so great to see first thing in the morning.I’m a newcomer to this site.Who takes these beautiful shots? I’ve seen these images a million times and just taken it for granted. I must be getting old. Keep em coming!!
In each post there is an author- in this case I took this picture. Sharon Lowe and Mike Lindberg contibute great photos here along with David Cox