Seaside Moonrise

For the first time in what feels like forever, the full moon was set to rise and not clouds or rain threatened to get in the way. I had mapped out the projected location of the moon from several spots including Fort Sewall but decided earlier in the day on a completely different spot. As the sun set, I made my way up the grass hill of Seaside Park and to the backside where it faces the harbor. I found trees in the way so I descended to an open area of granite where I could set up and wait. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2023-08-01T21:30:33-04:00August 1st, 2023|Categories: moon|Tags: causeway, full moon, lamp post, moonrise, Tinkers island|0 Comments

Shining on Washington Street

I went to sleep Sunday night hoping the snow wouldn't build up much more and would continue to fall with first light so I would have a chance to capture some new scenes of downtown Marblehead. Sure enough, I awoke to find the snow falling and headed out the door. I came home with five favorites from the morning and now have at least one shot to represent January in next year's calendar. Normally when I come home from an outing like this, I'll share an image daily and link that to Facebook/Instagram. After a few days, some will end [...]

By Eyal Oren|2023-01-16T17:21:19-05:00January 16th, 2023|Categories: Snow|Tags: historic downtown, lamp post, snow, Washington Street|0 Comments

By the Light of the Moon

Last one from the night of November 5th and a different type of image than what I normally share. As I walked along the causeway exploring the best angle to capture sunset over the harbor, I spotted the moon and quickly realized I could probably line it up with one of the lamp posts. I walked to a spot where I could get the moon 'just right' and took two quick shots - first focusing on the lamp post and then the moon. It's impossible to get a single shot like this in focus for both objects given the incredible [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-11-16T23:05:02-05:00November 17th, 2022|Categories: moon|Tags: lamp post, moon|1 Comment

Natural Light

On November 5th, I had gone out to capture the last late sunset of the year but found myself in the wrong position to capture an unexpectedly strong sunset. I quickly pivoted and decided to make the lamp post on the causeway my focal point and kept moving as the clouds did to keep the brightest light behind the (unfortunately) unlit lamps. Just goes to show that natural light really does outshine the artificial stuff...

By Eyal Oren|2022-11-14T22:11:28-05:00November 15th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: causeway, lamp post, sunset|0 Comments

Rainbow and Old Glory

Today we go back to the causeway and an incredible outing from two weeks ago when I came upon a huge rainbow crossing from Marblehead neck across the causeway and near the midpoint of Devereux Beach. I started off shooting a panorama of the full rainbow from the causeway before turning toward the bright spot over the Atlantic and then circling back as the light shifted. At this point, the left side of the rainbow had peaked in intensity and shifted in position so that, from the end of the causeway, I was able to line it up with the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-07-07T22:12:28-04:00July 8th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: American flag, causeway, lamp post, rainbow|0 Comments

Raging Storm

With warnings of wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour, today's predicted storm put me in mind of this outing on March 3, 2018 when a raging storm hurled waves across the causeway. In this shot, you can judge the height of the splash over as it rises higher than the lamp posts on the causeway and you can make out one of the structures on Tinkers Island in the distance. Even the causeway had white caps on this wind swept day.

By Eyal Oren|2020-04-12T22:21:00-04:00April 13th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: causeway, lamp post, storm, Tinkers island|0 Comments

Thankful for a Thanksgiving Sunset

What a great Thanksgiving this was - started with a Friendsgiving brunch, then a come-from-behind win for the Marblehead Magicians and a pre-dinner Thanksgiving sunset! I had spotted sunlight streaming across the street as I worked on my upcoming Kickstarter campaign and then pulled up some webcams around town to find a very promising set of clouds. With that (and an hour before dinner), I headed out and towards Riverhead Beach. I started shooting from near the water before heading back up to the causeway and capturing the vibrant pink sky over the Neck. I lucked out with little traffic [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-11-28T16:58:56-05:00November 28th, 2019|Categories: Sunset|Tags: causeway, lamp post, Marblehead Neck, sunset, Thanksgiving|1 Comment

Causeway Sunset

A quiet causeway sunset captured on November 23, 2014 at low tide features a large stretch of smooth sand along Devereux Beach

By Eyal Oren|2019-06-23T12:54:05-04:00June 27th, 2019|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: causeway, lamp post|8 Comments

Portrait Mode

On Saturday, I was shooting boats in the harbor with hints of foliage across the water. As the sun began to set, the sky behind the causeway took on interesting shapes and colors and I turned to capture one of the lamp posts along the causeway. I had rented a lens and was putting it through its paces to see if I might want to purchase it. The lens offered me a 200mm focal length and a very fast f/2.8 aperture and I used that combination to focus on the lamp post. As much would have it, a seagull passed [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-10-24T19:31:45-04:00October 25th, 2018|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: causeway, lamp post|10 Comments

Taking the Measure of a Storm

With every significant Nor'Easter, one can count on a group to gather along Cliff Street near Red Steps to watch the waves explode along the causeway. Based on the height of the crash relative to the lamp posts, one can get a good measure of a storm and it's power. This is a popular stop and I wasn't alone here at high tide on the Saturday after the storm. I didn't even have the longest lens of the group ;-) Nevertheless, I watched the waves and chose my compositions while waiting for the breaks in clouds that would offer some [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-03-05T08:14:39-05:00March 5th, 2018|Categories: Storm|Tags: causeway, lamp post, storm, waves|16 Comments

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