a morning walk at the port
Good Morning and have a great day
Today I will share photos from a early morning walk at the port here in New Bedford
Welcome to the Port of New Bedford—a place where the scent of the sea isn't a perfume; it's a permanent fixture, woven into the very fabric of the city's sturdy, working-class soul.
If you’re looking for a quaint, postcard-perfect harbor filled with bobbing sailboats and people sipping rosé, you’ve missed the channel entirely. New Bedford is the heavyweight champion of American fishing—a gritty, bustling powerhouse that has held the title of the #1 fishing port in the nation by value for over two decades straight.
This is where the serious work happens. The port doesn't sleep; it merely blinks
The fleet is dominated by the scallopers. Scallops are New Bedford's gold standard, the currency of the harbor. These highly specialized boats haul in tens of millions of dollars worth of these tasty bivalves every year
Sony A7iv 17mm F11 1/5 Sec ISO 100
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Went for a mix of mono and color for this one, out on what I think is a temporary pier to allow more access for boats to dock
Sony A7iv 18mm F11 4 Sec ISO 100
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Rusty and worn down from the hard work these ships put in, I have all the respect inthe world for those who work on these boats such hard work in tough conditions sadly I read now and again of fishermen lost out at sea.
Sony A7iv 19mm F11 1.3 Sec ISO 100
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And even though I have never worked on one and it's been years, if not decades, since I have been out on the water on a boat, I do find them cool to see on my early morning walks
Sony A7iv 26mm F11 1.6 Sec ISO 100
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and a last shot to finish off the post
Sony A7iv 17mm F11 1/2 Sec ISO 100
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