Abbot Hall and Historic Downtown Marblehead

Today's image came about as a lucky accident as I had another image in mind when I launched the drone over historic downtown Marblehead. Taking care to keep vertical over the launch area and keep the drone in site the entire time, I found Abbot Hall quite literally shining below me with all of 'Old Town' spread out beyond. I could not have asked for better light and lucked out with the angle of the late Summer sun shining on the red brick facade of this beautiful building.

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-17T20:44:32-04:00September 20th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: Abbot Hall, aerial, drone, historic downtown, Phantom 4 Pro, Washington Street|44 Comments

Weathered by Time

I captured today's image at the end of June but have been staring at the color version of it for a while wondering why I hadn't bothered to share it. Last week, as I converted another image to black and white, I decided to do the same with this image of a tree weathered by time and flanked by benches on Chandler Hovey Park. The black and white served to accentuate the textures in the tree, bench and sky while helping with the too bright light of this pre-sunset image.

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-17T20:39:42-04:00September 19th, 2017|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: bench, black and white, Chandler Hovey park, dramatic sky, tree|6 Comments

Sunset Sky over Marblehead Harbor

Last week, I shared an image taken by drone of Chandler Hovey Park from ten feet above the water and the green marker leading into harbor. Today's image comes from a shot two minutes and 390 feet higher as I took the drone up as far as I could and captured the incredible view of Marblehead Neck, the causeway and a full harbor under a picture perfect sunset sky. The otherwise clear conditions allowed for endless visibility and you can just make out the familiar Boston skyline at the horizon line to the right of the causeway. With the remnants [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-17T20:35:42-04:00September 18th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, boats, drone, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck, Phantom 4 Pro, purple|14 Comments

Lightning Strikes Marblehead Light

So the title above 'lightning strikes Marblehead Light' may be a bit of creative license but when I saw this bolt and the image on the back of my camera's monitor, I just about lost my mind. A bit about the shot: What an incredible lightning storm we just had pass through town! I saw the sky darken as we finished dinner and ran out the door when I saw the radar image of the storm. I quickly decided that Front Street offered me the best view and wondered if I might get a lucky shot of a lightning strike [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-15T07:05:56-04:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, lightning, storm|67 Comments

Catching the Sunset at Chandler Hovey Park

As the sun set on September 10th, I quickly flew my drone back from its spot over the green buoy at the mouth of the harbor to Chandler Hovey Park. I returned just in time to angle the camera toward the familiar landmark of Marblehead Light and lucked out with a slight gust of wind that set the flag flying in the air. It wasn't until I returned home that I discovered the best part of the image - silhouettes of people enjoying and catching the sunset themselves. As you look around the scene, you'll find a number of silhouettes [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-13T22:20:05-04:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, Chandler Hovey park, drone, lighthouse, Phantom 4 Pro, sunset|1 Comment

Mid-Harbor Sunset

On Monday, I shared an image of the sunset over Marblehead Neck and mentioned having chased another sunset a couple of days before. On Friday, September 8, the sky seemed to hold promise with a buildup of thin clouds overhead and a break at the horizon which promised some nice light to reflect off the high clouds. I decided to head out to the Neck and brought both drone and camera with me. I ended up at the pier of the Pleon Yacht Club and shot with both camera and drone as the sun set and the colors took hold [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-12T22:21:46-04:00September 13th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, boats, Marblehead Harbor, Phantom 4 Pro, sunset|0 Comments

Walking in Marblehead

On Thursday, August 3rd, I rushed back to Marblehead from my office to take part in my very first Marblehead Walking Tour with Bette Hunt. Though I have lived in Marblehead since 2008 and have met Bette Hunt on a few occasions, the timing of her walking tours never quite matched up with my schedule. As this was the last one of the Summer season, I made it a point to get there on time. We started in front of the Jeremiah Lee mansion and then walked as a group down Hooper Street, through Crocker Park and along Front Street. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-11T21:08:58-04:00September 12th, 2017|Categories: Old Town|Tags: American flag, black and white, historic downtown, house|12 Comments

Sunset Views from the Mouth of the Harbor

For the past few nights, I have been chasing clouds and sunsets over Marblehead and been less than thrilled with the results. I returned home from a barbecue at the Marblehead Community Charter Public School at 6:30pm eyeing the sky all the way home and made a beeline for Chandler Hovey Park as soon as I could. The clouds held promise and the sun was descending over a cloudless patch of sky but, as I drove, I realized the angles were all wrong for shooting from the Neck. As luck would have it, I had the drone with me and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-11T06:40:31-04:00September 10th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, buoys, Chandler Hovey park, Marblehead Harbor, Phantom 4 Pro, sunset|3 Comments

Vigilante under the Corn Moon

As the full Corn moon rose the other night, I had nearly endless compositions open to me by slightly adjusting my position and the zoom on my lens. For this shot, I wanted to focus on the J105 I spotted standing alone among a crowd of boats in Marblehead Harbor. With the naked eye, I couldn't make out the name but, upon coming home and working on images, I realized I had a Vigilante under the corn moon. With the filled harbor, grand houses on the Neck and a perfect full moon overhead, I knew I had to share at [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-06T22:33:01-04:00September 7th, 2017|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, full moon, Marblehead Harbor, moonrise|3 Comments

Red Sun Rising

It had been a long time since I had woken up early enough to catch a sunrise but, with a storm coming, I figured odds were in my favor for a decent showing this morning. I had originally planned to capture the moon setting from Chandler Hovey and turn around for the sunrise when that had finished. As I drove across the causeway, the moon disappeared behind clouds and I changed my plans. I ended up at Hammond Park where I hadn't shot in ages and found a familiar seen of boats as far as the eye could see. I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-06T09:44:26-04:00September 6th, 2017|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, Hammond Park, Marblehead Harbor, sunrise|2 Comments

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