Surfing in Marblehead

After the strong Winter storm came through leaving about 6 inches of snow on the ground (much better than DC's 2 feet), incredible waves formed off Devereux Beach. I had just taken the kids sledding at Seaside Park and decided to head to Devereux on a friend's recommendation who had spotted surfers in the water. We arrived and parked along the causeway as the lot was closed. The scene that awaited us was straight out of Hawaii. Huge waves, green water and surfers riding the frigid Atlantic ocean. The waves were the tallest I had ever seen in Marblehead and the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:46-05:00January 24th, 2016|Categories: Beach|Tags: Devereux Beach, surfing|0 Comments

Dune Grass at Riverhead Beach

I had gone out to chase a sunset on Saturday, December 19 and found myself at Riverhead Beach marveling at the height and extent of the dune grass. I don't remember it ever looking as lush as that seen on the Cape and decided to find a composition that would do the scene some justice. I walked down towards the causeway and found this dense section where no sand could be seen. I set up the tripod lower to the ground and captured this image just as the last rays of the sun were reflecting off the houses on Marblehead [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:49-05:00January 12th, 2016|Categories: Beach|Tags: Riverhead beach|0 Comments

Rocky Beach at Castle Rock

Continuing with the week's exploration of Marblehead using a super wide lens, I headed out to Castle Rock at low tide hoping that this lens would allow me to capture the entire beach from a vantage point other than the overlook. One of the tricky parts of this lens is that it is so wide you have to be careful of including your own shadow in the final image. With the sun behind me, I walked along the rocky beach at Castle Rock and ended up in the shade afforded by a large rock formation. I used the nearby rock [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:59-05:00September 17th, 2015|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, Castle Rock|0 Comments

Lifeguard Chair on an Empty Beach

I was searching in the archives for an image to share and found this one of a lifeguard chair on an empty Devereux beach that I thought fit with the current heatwave making it finally feel like Summer. Then I looked at the date this photo was taken - July 21, 2014 (exactly one year ago) - and that clinched it. I don't remember the fog that descended on Marblehead last Summer but the view of a lone lifeguard chair and a beach seeming to go on forever into the foggy mist was one that I thought others might enjoy.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:02-05:00July 21st, 2015|Categories: Beach|Tags: Devereux Beach, fog|0 Comments

The Secret Beach

So this was where I was headed on Fathers Day and why I had spent some time on Nahant Street to capture the sunset shared yesterday. I've been to the 'secret beach' on Cove Lane several times but felt that I had not fully explored the possible compositions there previously. The sunset had started to fade at this point and the angles for shooting the setting sun and the secret beach were few. I spent some time capturing the view of Marblehead Light (and I would return to this exact spot the following day to capture the aurora borealis as [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:03-05:00July 1st, 2015|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, boats, Cove Lane, lighthouse, sunset|0 Comments

Beauty in the Clouds

On May 12, I headed down to Devereux Beach having chased these clouds from my house. Though I usually use clouds to help highlight another element in the scene, for this image I wanted to focus on the beauty in the clouds. The intricate structures within the expansiveness of these clouds made for a great subject and I used the still Atlantic ocean as a reflector of the bright colors.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:05-05:00May 26th, 2015|Categories: Beach|Tags: clouds, Devereux Beach, ocean|0 Comments

Rainbows and Storm Clouds

On Tuesday, May 12th, I decided to play hooky from a meeting that promised to be both boring and less than useful by heading to Devereux Beach. There wasn't anything interesting predicted for sunset but, when I arrived at Devereux, I found impressive clouds with great structure extending up from the horizon. As I waited for the clouds to build and for the sun to drop lower in the sky, I set up for a panorama along the causeway that would end up as a more than 87 megapixel image when all was said and done (I'll share that later in the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:06-05:00May 18th, 2015|Categories: Beach|Tags: clouds, Devereux Beach, ocean, rainbow|0 Comments

Framing the Sunset

On Friday night, I borrowed a wide angle lens from a friend in order to shoot the Milky Way later that night/early the next morning. With a new lens in hand, I couldn't help looking for something to shoot and drove around town as the sun slowly set and clouds moved across the sky until I settled on Devereux Beach as the best vantage point. I photographed the ocean for a while as the clouds began to take on the pink hue of sunset and then quickly walked up to the pavilion and placed the tripod close to the ground. I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-04-19T20:02:13-04:00April 21st, 2015|Categories: Beach|Tags: Devereux Beach, sunset|0 Comments

Cold Water and Warm Sunsets

While this image was captured in December 2014, you would be hard pressed to differentiate the view from one in Summer. We had a fairly mild start to what would turn into a record-breaking Winter and I had gone out on this evening to photograph at Devereux Beach. The cold water got me a few times as I set up to capture this warm December sunset looking out over Marblehead Neck.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:07-05:00April 15th, 2015|Categories: Beach|Tags: Devereux Beach, ocean, sunset|0 Comments

A Study in Waves at Castle Rock

The running theme this week may well be the 'way back machine' as this image also comes from 2012 - May 16 to be precise. I had just purchased the Canon 5D mk III full frame camera to replace my aging Canon 50D and was out on a foggy day putting the new gear through its paces. I found myself at Castle Rock watching as wave after wave crashed onto the rocky shore. I tried to time this exposure to capture the wave at its peak formation before it began to curl into itself and slam into the rocks. Three [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:07-05:00April 7th, 2015|Categories: Beach|Tags: Castle Rock, waves|0 Comments