On August 27, a late Summer heat wave set up atmospheric conditions that resulted in an explosion of colors at sunset. I was at Crocker Park shooting toward the lighthouse when I turned and saw the light show begin behind me. I have shared one other image from this set thus far but couldn’t wait to share this one.
One of the first decisions I need to make when capturing a scene is the composition and, right off the bat, the orientation. Of the 1,000 images I have shared of Marblehead, 75% are horizontal and 25% vertical. With this particular scene, I initially chose the vertical orientation and shared that image immediately after working on it.
However, one minute later, I decided to capture the same scene in a horizontal orientation. This was meant to include a larger amount of the brilliant color in the night sky as well as the structure of the cloud on the left. I’ll leave it to you to decide which version of the light show at Crocker Park you prefer:
