Boston Skyline from Marblehead – Fifteen Mile View

Though Marblehead is more than fifteen miles away from downtown Boston, the Boston skyline can be clearly seen from a number of spots in town provided conditions are right. With a borrowed Canon 600mm lens in hand (for shooting tomorrow night's supermoon) and a sky that promised a nice show, I headed out to Ocean Avenue on Marblehead Neck to see if I could capture the view of Boston skyline from our North Shore town. As it turned out, the sunset did not disappoint and the 600mm lens perfectly captured the view of the buildings grouped together. The only issue [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-12T20:32:06-05:00November 12th, 2016|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Boston, skyline, sunset|18 Comments

Abbot and the Rooftops at Dawn

Today's image of Abbot and the rooftops was taken exactly one minute before yesterday's view of Grace Community Church. I had been shooting from the back side of St. Michael's Steeple and kept alternating between wide and tighter views of Abbot Hall. As the sky reached its peak of pink color, I couldn't help but zoom out to capture the full extent of color in the morning sky as well as the rooftops interspersed with trees in this part of downtown Marblehead.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T17:07:38-05:00November 11th, 2016|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: Abbot Hall, dawn, houses, pink, rooftop|1 Comment

Morning Grace in Marblehead

Today and tomorrow's images come from my trip to the top of St. Michael's steeple and the beautiful dawn and sunrise which greeted us. Given the tight space, there end up being only a limited number of compositions available but the differing light of dawn and sunrise more than makes up for the loss in variety. I discovered this composition of Grace Community Church juxtaposed with Old North Church on a previous trip to this spot and couldn't help but shoot it again this morning. The soft pastel light of morning helped bring the entire scene together from the foreground [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T17:02:58-05:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: dawn, Grace Community church, rooftop|1 Comment

Pink Sky and the Hint of Moonrise

October's Hunters Moon came up during a surprisingly nice sunset and, between the two phenomena, I was like a kid in a candy store from my perch at Crocker Park. It was only fitting then that at the first hint of moonrise over Marblehead Neck, the sky turned cotton candy pink. I composed this image to include the boats in Marblehead harbor reflecting the last glow of sunlight and with Marblehead Light's green beacon signaling the sunset.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-09T07:28:03-05:00November 9th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, lighthouse, moonrise, pink, sunset|4 Comments

Quiet Reflections at Redd’s Pond

In early August, I had gone out at mid-day to explore Marblehead under perfectly cloudy skies. I stopped at Redd's Pond at what seemed like the perfect time as the light breeze abated and allowed the water to calm - reflecting the house across the water and trees surrounding it. I had to wait for the sun to poke out through the clouds to get the lighting I wanted and, during that time, spent a while in quiet reflections at Redd's Pond. Not a bad spot for that...

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T16:49:11-05:00November 8th, 2016|Categories: Pond|Tags: Redd's pond, reflection|3 Comments

Marblehead Rock under an Orange Sky

As dawn broke on October 16, I was surprised to find a brilliant display of color looking East as the weather forecast had called for clear skies. I was counting on a clear sky for the moonset I shot a few minutes later but was thankful for this display as I waited for the moon to descend. I've shot Marblehead Rock at dawn and sunrise before but found the striations of color behind it mesmerizing and couldn't help one more view. I decided to shoot this as a panorama of vertical images which, when combined, created an 88 megapixel final [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T16:36:02-05:00November 7th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, Marblehead rock, panorama|0 Comments

Muffin Shop at Dawn

Back to the top of St. Michael's steeple for today's image of the Muffin Shop at dawn. I was moving around and around the top of the steeple on this October morning hunting for new compositions when I spotted this one of the Muffin Shop surrounded by a canopy of trees and backed by Marblehead Harbor and our lighthouse. I'm sure the employees were hard at work producing muffins for their early morning customers. I wish it was cold enough to catch a few wisps of smoke coming up from their kitchen...

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T16:29:24-05:00November 4th, 2016|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: dawn, keep it local, Muffin Shop, rooftop|8 Comments

Sailing Past the Eastern Yacht Club

Another image from October 15 and one that came as I waited for the full moon to rise over Marblehead harbor. I had set up at Crocker Park and used a borrowed lens with an incredible 400mm of zoom to explore the familiar harbor. I spotted this sailboat coming into the mouth of the harbor and captured a few images of it as its sails reflected the light of the evening sun. Finally, I caught the boat in perfect light while sailing past the Eastern Yacht Club. The appearance of the two sails and masts intrigued me - does anyone [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:26-05:00November 3rd, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boat, Eastern Yacht Club, sailboat|2 Comments

Dawn on Little Harbor

This past weekend, I had an Allergy conference to attend in Boston. That meant early morning wake ups and, on Saturday, I noted an incredible dawn from our house and quickly scanned the webcams in marblehead to find that the water had turned to a brilliant red display in one of the more impressive views of dawn on Little Harbor I had seen. Unfortunately, all of this played out on my computer screen. As Sunday's conference schedule was due to start a bit later, I decided to leave the house for Little Harbor and hoped for a nice repeat dawn [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-01T21:20:42-04:00November 2nd, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, dawn, Gerry island, lighthouse, Little Harbor|2 Comments

Last Sail of the Season

Long before the Hunters moon rose on October 15th, I had made my way onto Marblehead Neck and discovered just a hint of Fall foliage across the shore. I had my longest lens on the camera in anticipation of the moon rise later in the night and composed this image to include Abbot Hall, the Boston Yacht Club and houses all surrounded by spots of Fall color. Just when I thought I had the perfect composition, I spotted this sailboat returning from what was presumably its last sail of the season. Speaking of the BYC, I will be participating in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:26-05:00November 1st, 2016|Categories: Fall|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Fall, foliage, Marblehead Harbor|1 Comment

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