Another image from Sunday’s dawn and sunrise photoshoot at Crocker Park.  I had just captured those great clouds overlooking Marblehead Harbor in the deepest part of the blue hour and the light had not yet brightened enough over Marblehead Light and so I decided to walk up to the grassy area at Crocker Park.  Almost immediately, I found those some clouds hovering between the gazebo and Abbot Hall in the distance.

As you may know, Abbot Hall is currently undergoing some restorative work on its tower and, as such, scaffolding and red netting have surrounded the iconic structure.  With the red wrapping covering Abbot Hall, I had decided to explore compositions that would exclude the tower as much as possible.  Then, several weeks ago, someone donated money to adorn the red tower with a large letter M representing Marblehead’s school colors and emblem of the sports teams.  Since then, the tower has returned as a focal point of my photography and I feel fortunate to be capturing it during the unique moment in its history.

With Crocker Park’s gazebo on one end, Abbot Hall on the other, that great tree in between and nice clouds overhead, the scene was too nice to pass up.  As we get ready for the school season to begin again, Abbot Hall’s Tower stands tall and pronounces: M is for Marblehead