After photographing dawn from Hammond Park last Wednesday, I decided to drive out to Doaks Lane and shoot Gerry Island as well as the houses that line Little Harbor.  If you have followed this site for a while, you will likely recognize this composition.  I have shared some long exposures taken at sunset from this vantage point but never thought to photograph at sunrise.  It turns out that the sun was coming up at just the right angle to bathe these houses in great light.  The image needed amazingly little work at the computer apart from removing one wayward duck who had wandered into the scene.  I chose to leave the buoy as it seemed to break up the water in the harbor.

If all goes well, I should be out shooting on this Wednesday in Marblehead as well (posting this in advance in case conditions work out as I hope).