Walking the Plank to Marblehead Harbor

Yet another shot from a great Tuesday in early-June. I had captured rainbows at Chandler Hovey Park and then drove off as rain approached only to double back and shoot at Parker Lane for a while. When the clouds moved, I did as well ending up on Foster Street in front of the Eastern Yacht Club. I started off capturing a shot of the long pier at the Eastern Yacht Club as the sunset light began to fade. After that, I walked down the pier and to the plank that led down to floats where dinghies are attached. I didn't have [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:03-05:00June 23rd, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

The Northern Lights and Marblehead Light

Update: An incredible G5 solar storm hit on May 10, 2024. See updated photos of the Aurora here - https://photos.wednesdaysinmhd.com/-/galleries/aurora-borealis-over-marblehead I first saw the Northern lights (or aurora borealis) from Marblehead in March 2015 during what was at the time the strongest solar storm to hit Earth in years. I felt incredibly fortunate to have witnessed and captured the scene and never imagined I would have an opportunity to repeat it let alone improve upon it. As it happened, an even stronger solar storm event took place on June 22nd. As night fell, the projected strength (or Kp) of the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2024-05-15T15:41:59-04:00June 22nd, 2015|Categories: Night|Tags: aurora borealis, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

On the Rocks at Chandler Hovey Park

I hope no one is tired of images taken on Tuesday, June 9th yet. I've shared six images from this one outing so far and all have differed by the quality of light, the composition or location. Shortly after I arrived at Chandler Hovey Park, I spotted a rainbow positioned southeast of the lighthouse. The location made compositions tricky even with my widest angle lens. I took a few photos from the edge of the park where the rocks form a cliff-like structure leading into the waters of Marblehead Harbor. From there, I quickly explored other spots near the waters edge. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:03-05:00June 22nd, 2015|Categories: Park|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, panorama, rainbow|0 Comments

Firing the Cannon at the Eastern Yacht Club

As luck would have it, I was finishing off the evening's photo outing just as sunset approached and the nightly tradition of colors and firing the cannon commenced. I spent last Summer capturing this tradition at each of the yacht clubs in town. For the prior version at the Eastern Yacht Club, I had composed the image to include Abbot Hall in the background. I realized on this night, I could capture the view of the cannon being fired at sunset with Marblehead Light in the distance. As the light dimmed, I set up for this shot and again closed [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:03-05:00June 19th, 2015|Categories: Traditions|Tags: cannon, Eastern Yacht Club, lighthouse|0 Comments

The Pier at the Eastern Yacht Club

I left Parker Lane shortly after Wednesday's image was taken and drove down to Foster Street. The light was starting to fade but the lights at the Eastern Yacht Club's pier were on and I couldn't resist this view taking in the full length of the beautiful pier lit by lamps and bathed in the last hints of purple glow from the sunset. The Eastern Yacht Club really does have one of the most impressive piers in Marblehead.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:03-05:00June 18th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead Harbor, pier, sunset|0 Comments

Sunstar and Purple Clouds

Ten minutes - that's how much time elapsed from yesterday's image of a golden sun and this one of purple clouds. I had been jumping in and out of my tree cover until the rain finally stopped and the sun began to sink below the horizon. As it did so, the sky turned from a golden glow to deeper blue with beautiful purple light reflecting off the clouds. Knowing that I had a small window of opportunity for capturing a sunstar, I adjusted the composition and closed the lens aperture to its smallest. As the sun began to disappear behind houses [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:03-05:00June 17th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, clouds, Parker Lane, purple, sunset|0 Comments

Golden Light and Breaking Clouds

Shortly after capturing yesterday's image of Marblehead Light, the storm clouds arrived and rain started to pour down on Chandler Hovey Park. The radar was a bit scary with those areas of red making a beeline for Marblehead and I quickly got in the car and started driving home. As I crossed the causeway, I noted the sun dropping below the heavy clouds and forming a giant ball with golden light exploding around it. The rain had slowed and I quickly decided to turn around at Devereux Beach and head back to the Neck. I pulled over at Parker Lane [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:03-05:00June 16th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, clouds, dramatic sky, Parker Lane, sunset|0 Comments

Between the Storms at Chandler Hovey Park

On Tuesday, June 9th, thunderstorms were predicted for Boston around 7:00pm and their trajectory looked like it might bring them just north of Marblehead. Knowing that storms always make for dramatic light, I headed out to Chandler Hovey Park hoping for some great light. I arrived at 7:15 and at first was disappointed with the too-thick clouds which were blotting out the sun. That is until I looked behind me and spotted the rainbow! I've shared one image of the rainbow already but this week will focus on five images that came afterwards. By 7:30pm, the rainbow had dissipated and I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:04-05:00June 15th, 2015|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, dramatic sky, lighthouse, sunset|0 Comments

Fishing in the Storm

This is an image that I have wanted to share on countless occasions but always managed to find some other image to take its place. In November 2009, I was exploring Fort Sewall when I spotted this small boat in the mouth of Marblehead Harbor. The seas were rough and some good sized waves were coming to shore along Fort Beach. The juxtaposition of someone fishing in the storm while standing on a small boat with waves crashing around Chandler Hovey Park was quite impressive. It was made more so by the relative size of the boat and Marblehead Light.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:04-05:00June 12th, 2015|Categories: Storm|Tags: boat, lighthouse, people|0 Comments

Sailing on a Perfect Summer Day

When we moved into our rental house on Willow Street in May 2008, we had no way of knowing the friends we would make just one door down. Our neighbors would become surrogate grandparents to our then very young children and were more than happy to take us out on their boat when conditions were favorable. Such was the case in early August when we went sailing on a perfect Summer day. As this was one of my first outings on a boat, I was preoccupied with capturing images of Marblehead from the water. I had shot for much of our [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:04-05:00June 11th, 2015|Categories: From the Water|Tags: Abbot Hall, from the water, lighthouse, sailboat|0 Comments

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