Top 10 of 2021 – #5 – First Rainbow of the Season

On Wednesday, May 12th, I heard rain falling within an hour of sunset and quickly grabbed my gear, hopped in the car and drove. As I headed down Humphrey then Smith and onto Atlantic, I kept looking every which way but couldn’t spot any rainbows. I decided to turn down Commercial Street to the float near Hammond Park and only when I crested the small hill did I spot the brilliant light. I had lucked out with the rainbow appearing near the end of the causeway where it met the Neck. I jumped out and threw on a circular polarizer [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-12-19T17:57:39-05:00December 27th, 2021|Categories: Favorite|Tags: cloud, favorite, Marblehead Neck, rainbow, reflection|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2021 – #6 – Boats in the Harbor and Fire in the Sky

It's a sure bet that anytime I'm able to capture a sunset as vibrant as this, it will make the top 10 list. This was the scene on May 16th at the awesome time of 7:58pm as the sun broke through a small gap above the tree line and below the clouds. As the sun disappeared from view, the light became more and more vibrant until it formed this fire in the sky. For the sheer awesomeness of color in the sky as well as memories of 8pm sunsets, this is my 6th favorite image of 2021.

By Eyal Oren|2021-12-19T17:12:06-05:00December 24th, 2021|Categories: Favorite|Tags: Abbot Hall, favorite, reflection, sunset|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2021 – #7 – Panoramic Gold

On June 15th, I chased some promising clouds to Crocker Park and left one hour later with 13 images that I shared over the next few weeks. This panorama was made up of 16 vertical images captured with my widest lens at the peak of golden light (it would later shift to pink). Though I came away with 13 keepers, this is the best representation of the night and the numerous available compositions looking towards the mouth of the harbor and causeway. For the perfect clouds, perfect light and the joy of feeling like a kid in a candy store [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-12-19T16:41:48-05:00December 23rd, 2021|Categories: Favorite|Tags: boats, favorite, harbor, panorama, sunset|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2021 – #8 – October Dawn

I wrote at the time: "As a photographer, I’ve learned to trust my sixth sense which includes when I wake up before dawn, it means conditions are good for a sunrise shoot. With that in mind, I silently left the house at 6am and drove along Humphrey Street trying to judge the light. I spotted some faint pinks in the sky and turned onto Ocean then Atlantic before deciding to make my way to Front Street where the light seemed strongest." Strong turned out to be an understatement as pink-purple light positively erupted in the sky over Fort Beach on [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-12-19T16:28:21-05:00December 22nd, 2021|Categories: Favorite|Tags: dawn, favorite, Fort Beach, Front Street, low tide, pink|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2021 – #9 – Ware the Leaves Fall

It had been a few years since I had last captured an image of the fall foliage along Ware lane. Despite this spot being 3 blocks from my house and my looking at it on nearly every walk with the dog, years passed without a composition calling to me like 'Liquid Gold' had in the past with a perfect pool of rainwater reflecting the colors of fall. On November 10th, that changed with perfect conditions including just enough wind for me to set up and capture a leaf falling in the shaft of sunlight creating a dynamic composition. For the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-12-19T16:29:04-05:00December 21st, 2021|Categories: Favorite|Tags: favorite, foliage, Ware Lane|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2021 – #10 – Moonrise over the Neck

I'm not sure how many times I've shot the moonrise at this point and so, when I come upon a new composition, I get excited. The full pink moon rose on April 26 and I decided to shoot it from Screaming Lady Cove along Front street just to the right of the Barnacle restaurant. The timing of the moonrise coupled with clear skies created a pink glow in the sky while the houses along the Neck were bathed in golden light. The lone beautiful sailboat perfectly situated on its mooring...instant favorite. For the shear joy of finding a new composition [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-12-19T16:16:41-05:00December 20th, 2021|Categories: Favorite|Tags: boat, favorite, full moon, houses, moonrise|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2021 – Honorable Mention – ‘The Catch’

As I do at the end of each, I have looked back at every one of the 100 images I captured in Marblehead in 2021 and selected my top 10. 2021 served as a 'comeback' year from the low of 77 images taken in 2020 to closer to the 150-200 taken each of the past 10 years now. This was also the year where I took up sports photography when my son joined the Marblehead High School JV football team. I captured every one of their games and was able to shoot at a number of the varsity games including [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-12-19T14:13:25-05:00December 19th, 2021|Categories: Favorite|Tags: favorite, Magicians Football|0 Comments

Winter Sunrise, Devereux Beach

This is likely going to be my last new image shared in 2021 as I start my Top 10 Countdown on Monday morning. Taken 10 minutes after the red dawn behind Tinker's Island and with a very fast lens change, I waited for just the right amount of swash (had to look up the technical term for the 'turbulent layer of water that washes up on the beach after an incoming wave has broken'). The sky had moved from red to a mix of purple and gold and yet the sun never did make an appearance due to the thick [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-12-18T18:41:32-05:00December 19th, 2021|Categories: Beach|Tags: Devereux Beach, ocean, sunrise|0 Comments

Tinkering at Dawn

This was not what I had envisioned shooting this morning... I had set out early in the hopes of capturing the setting moon as the cloud predictions suggested a break near the horizon line but as I sat and watched the sky lighten, I realized the moon was not going to show. I had stopped at Devereux Beach on Wednesday midway between shooting the sunrise from Front Street and the second part of the sunrise from across the causeway. When I did, I had spotted the sun behind Tinker's Island and that led me to pull over at the parking [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-12-18T07:53:17-05:00December 18th, 2021|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, Tinkers island|0 Comments

Morning Light – part 1

And this is how the morning light began on a Wednesday in mid-December... I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had missed the sunrise on Monday and Tuesday of this week so made a point of heading out on Wednesday just in case. I decided to shoot from Front Street and was thrilled to find broken cloud cover overhead. I waited from the break of dawn to this point at 6:53am when the angle of sunlight reflected off the clouds above painting them in shades of red. I left just after the peak of light and drove across the causeway [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-12-16T06:29:17-05:00December 16th, 2021|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: lighthouse, sunrise|3 Comments

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