Orange Sky over Crocker

On Saturday night, I had headed to Crocker Park ahead of a thunderstorm hoping for a rainbow. I arrived to find an incredible orange sky had developed as the last light of sunset lit up the clouds of an oncoming storm. I shared a tighter shot of Abbot Hall and its surrounding houses on Sunday but this was the grand view as seen from near the walkway leading to the float (not in quite yet). While the prior shot was taken at 105mm, this one was at 27mm to allow me to capture the entirety of that orange sky with [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-05T16:54:52-04:00June 6th, 2022|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, orange, sunset|0 Comments

Last Night at Crocker

What incredible light we had last night at Crocker park ahead of that sunset rain storm that washed over Marblehead! (and a first test of my new email system) I was alerted to incoming rain at 7:30pm last night and, seeing how it was potentially timed with sunset, I figured there was a decent chance of capturing my first rainbow of the season. I decided to drive out to Crocker Park to give me options of shooting back towards the sunset light and then pivot to get a possible rainbow over the harbor. As the rain approached and the sun [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-05T07:52:22-04:00June 5th, 2022|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, sunset|0 Comments

Adrift

For this being my first (and likely only) outing in March, the night of March 18th proved to be quite productive with 7 keepers captured between Foster Street and Corinthian Lane. When I first arrived at Corinthian Lane, I was immediately drawn to this small boat. I titled this 'adrift' but the boat was tied up securely and not very far from the shore at low tide. I used a telephoto lens to help compress the expanse of harbor between the boat and Abbot Hall in the distance. I also chose a slightly more open aperture of f/5.6 to give [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-03-27T22:50:06-04:00March 28th, 2022|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boat, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

A Beautiful Sunset on an Awful Day

Many of those who see these images have ties to Marblehead but no longer reside within its 4.4 square miles. As such the title of today's post may sound odd or be assumed to be about me...it's not. A tragic car accident took the life of a Marblehead High School senior on March 18th and the community has been rocked by the loss. As any father would, I felt the news as a gut punch. After a long day, I felt the need to get out and made my way across that causeway and onto the Neck having no plan [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-03-20T18:26:00-04:00March 20th, 2022|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|Comments Off

Golden Light of Summer

I really hate the end of Daylight Savings Time and so, with that in mind, I instantly gravitated to this shot taken after 8pm (!!!) on June 15th when an awesome sunset shifted to shades of gold. That golden light seems to be most strongly associate with early summer evenings and I was thrilled to be out there to witness and capture it. As we trudge toward colder days and ever earlier sunsets, I to hold on to the memory of warm and long days of summer in Marblehead.

By Eyal Oren|2021-11-07T21:20:29-05:00November 8th, 2021|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Unexpected Sunset

“The best things in life are unexpected because there were no expectations.” ? Eli Khamarov I wrote entirely too much about may crazy running around last Wednesday but this was easily the best part of the day. I had woken up in the pre-dawn hours and managed to capture a sliver of the Hunter's moon setting over Abbot Hall and the harbor and then drove all around town trying to figure out where to shoot the moonrise. On a whim, I headed to Harding Lane and then crossed to Brown's Island since it was low tide. As I crossed, I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-10-24T20:50:30-04:00October 25th, 2021|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Brown's island, Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, Marblehead Neck, sunset|0 Comments

Casting Shadows on the Water

I drove around on Saturday trying to figure out this year's foliage situation. The maples had turned early as usual and hadn't put on much of a show. I had spotted some vibrant colors in spots in the past week but not as much as I hoped for. Knowing that peak foliage had taken place on October 17 last year, I figured I had a decent shot of finding some color. Well, I drove around for an hour and just about gave up. Meanwhile, the clouds seemed to hold promise so when I got a text from a friend out [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-10-17T20:38:04-04:00October 18th, 2021|Categories: Sunset|Tags: abbot, Chandler Hovey park, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Sunset in the Rain

On Saturday night, I had headed out of the house when the rain began to fall and ended up at Crocker Park just in time to capture a rainbow over Marblehead Harbor. You may have noticed the boats were bathed in golden light...I sure did. Which prompted me to turn around and find this view of Abbot Hall awash in gold during a sunset in the rain. I captured 7 frames over a span of 2 minutes from Crocker Park while holding the camera in one hand and an umbrella in the other. This was the last frame and the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-09-26T21:08:57-04:00September 27th, 2021|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, sunset|0 Comments

Endless Sunset

On June 15th one of the best sunsets of the year formed over Marblehead Neck and I happened to have picked the perfect spot from which to capture it. This is the eighth capture I will have shared from that night shooting every which way at Crocker Park. This was just after the peak of light over the Neck which had bathed the water in a golden reflection. In this image captured a few minutes post-peak, the gold had become a bit more muted and introduced pinks and purples to the edges of the cloud as the sun dipped lower [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-09-21T21:46:14-04:00September 22nd, 2021|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, cloud, Crocker park, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck, sunset|0 Comments

In the Nick of Time

I couldn't make up my mind about tonight's sunset and, by the time I did, almost missed the peak light. I had a late start and my first stop at Parker Lane was a no-go with the angle of light being just a bit off. From there I headed around to Foster and then went down to the Pleon's pier where I set up and composed this shot just in the nick of time. Within a minute, the light had already become more muted. I shot a few more frames but quickly realized the best light had passed and packed [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-08-08T20:22:03-04:00August 8th, 2021|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments