Maybe one other first in a top 10 list – the top two entries both feature the same subject; Tinker’s Island.

As soon as I saw this scene and clicked the shutter, I knew it would end up being one of my favorites of the year. Captured on an arctic morning on January 15th, I had made my way to Devereux Beach hoping for a bit of sea smoke. Rather than shoot towards Marblehead Light, I thought this view would be more interesting.

It truly was arctic this morning and I kept dashing back to the car as the sun slowly rose over the deep fog created from rising steam. When the sun finally came into view, it backlit the sea smoke and created an other-worldly scene. I shot frame after frame but this one, with a seagull flying over Tinker’s, was my favorite.

For the warm glow on a freezing morning and the luck of that one bird flying into a perfect scene, this is my favorite image of Marblehead taken in all of 2022.

Stay tuned for the annual New Year’s Day slideshow premiering at 7am…