Fotos - HMS Bounty: Plymouth 400th

A couple of weeks ago, Kris and I went to a fundraiser held by the Plymouth 400th committee aboard the HMS Bounty.  In the year 2020, Plymouth will be celebrating its 400th anniversary.  Mark your calendars to include a visit (or two) to Plymouth in 2020.

The HMS Bounty was built for the 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty starring Marlon Brando. Today, the ship travels the globe.  We had a wonderful night aboard the ship.  Entertainment, appetizers and an open bar added to the enjoyment.  Here are some pictures from our evening aboard the Bounty.

Fotos

I am going to change my "Friday Fotos" posts to just Fotos.  I don't want to be rushed or constricted to publishing on Fridays (and I have had trouble getting photos out on Friday the last couple of weeks).  So, here on Sunday I am posting Fotos.

Before I get to fotos that I took yesterday, I would like to share a web page with photos from World War II.  My cousin Bob sent me a link to a story about one of the most famous and somewhat controversial photos of all time, the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima.  This web page starts with an article about the photographer Joe Rosenthal, the controversy, and then the photos of the flag raising, other Iwo Jima photos, and other WWII photos.  Here is the link to these photos: Joe Rosenthal and Iwo Jima.  After the photos by and about Joe Rosenthal are two links to more WWII photos:  Photos from World War II: The Anniversary of D-Day on the Normandy Beaches, and Photos from World War II: The Pacific and Adjacent Theaters.  Allow yourself plenty of time to view the photos on these sites.  The WWII photos from the Pacific Theater of Operations have special significance to me as my father participated in several of the battles that occurred there.  Thanks Bob for the link!

I don't know if I should be putting my photos on the same post as above, but some of you may be skipping the WWII photos or skipping my photos.  Yesterday, I joined several people from the Plymouth Digital Photographers club to take pictures of Two Bridges Sunrise on the Canal.  Twice a year, spring and fall, the sun rises at such an angle that it appears beneath the Bourne Bridge and the Railroad Bridge on the Cape Cod Canal.  So, hardy souls willing to be at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy at about 5:45 AM get an opportunity to capture dramatic pictures.  That is the theory anyway.  Yesterday's weather did not cooperate, as shortly after my arrival it started misting and then it began to drizzle.   I did not get any pictures of the sun rising beneath the bridges, but I did get a couple of good pictures after which I went to downtown Plymouth and took a few more.  Here are the better fotos.

5:15 AM - Bourne Bridge is barely discernible below RR Bridge

5:30 AM - A little brighter I like the light reflecting off the canal

5:40 AM - Last photo before the mist and drizzle moved in

Mass Maritime Academy building

 5:50 AM - Where is the sun?

I was up and about before the birds at Jenny Mill Pond (near downtown Plymouth)

Jenny Mill

Town Brook

Weather fit for a duck

Friday Fotos - Seals at Manomet Point

I did not take any artistic pictures this week, but seals are always fun to see.  With the warmer days and low tide around 1PM, the seals were out basking (if they can bask on cloudy days) at Manomet Point.  Manomet Point is right next to White Horse Beach, about 4 miles from our home.  It is amazing how many seals there were this week.

The Best Picture I Could Get with my Telephoto Lens

Almost Every Rock Above the Waterline Had a Seal On It

More Seals

And More

Some of Those Objects Are Seals, not Rocks, Many Rocks had Multiple Seals

The rocks off this point have always been a hazard to ships.  Three men lost their lives trying to rescue passengers on the steamship Robert E. Lee in March 10, 1928.  In a couple of weeks it will be the 94th anniversary.

My one attempt at creativity on this post.  This is the relief on the monument shown in the previous photo.