Fall in Little Harbor

After capturing the first signs of autumn across Salem harbor, I drove up West Shore Drive, past the Waterside Cemetery and around Beacon Street. I pulled over just past Gingerbread Hill when I saw these clouds filling the afternoon sky over Gerry Island and Marblehead Light. With the first hint of color in the leaves on Gerry Island and the empty moorings, I thought the scene captured fall in Little Harbor. I'm hoping to find more fall scenes on Wednesday and this weekend as I explore areas around Marblehead. If you have spotted any great foliage around memorable locations (the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-10-15T19:46:51-04:00October 16th, 2018|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, lighthouse, Little Harbor|3 Comments

Autumn Begins

I went out yesterdays hoping to capture a bit of fall foliage as I had seen the maples in town starting to turn a few weeks ago. I hadn't been to Rockett Landing off Village street in a while and was pleased to see the floats still in place. I was even happier to spot some color across Salem Harbor. I composed this image of fall color seen across Salem Harbor with boats still moored in the waters as autumn begins to take shape in Marblehead.

By Eyal Oren|2018-10-14T06:52:55-04:00October 15th, 2018|Categories: Fall|Tags: boats, Fall, foliage, Salem harbor|3 Comments

Little Drummer Boy

On Saturday, I drove around town looking for some early sign of fall and found a couple of trees that started to display their fall foliage at Marblehead High School. I decided to compose a shot of the little drummer boy sculpture with the foliage serving as backdrop and couldn't have asked for better light with the bright blue sky. The angle of the sun shone brightly on the drummer boy's face while adding a bit of shadow under his hat.

By Eyal Oren|2018-10-07T19:41:09-04:00October 8th, 2018|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Marblehead high school|11 Comments

Changing Colors at Seaside Park

As I picked up my kids from school yesterday, I stared at this maple tree at Seaside Park wondering if it might reach the peak colors that I've captured in years past. Whether it was the dry summer or other reasons, this particular maple doesn't look as vibrant as I recall from past visits and went into my 'to be published' folder to find this shot from October 4, 2014 for comparison. That year must have been a perfect one because every single leaf on the tree and on the ground was a picture perfect shade of red, orange or [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-10-03T23:24:09-04:00October 4th, 2018|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, maple tree, Seaside park|18 Comments

Flash of Color at Abbot Hall

On Sunday, I finally found some foliage around town and will share five favorite images from two outings this week. Today's image of a flash of color at Abbot hall quite literally snuck up on me as I was driving along Washington Street out of historic downtown on my way home and spotted red foliage on this tree backlit by the 11:00am sun. I quickly turned and pulled over to try to capture this beautiful scene. I decided to use my circular polarizer on my widest lens and started off shooting from directly under the tree but found the composition [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-22T21:55:50-04:00October 23rd, 2017|Categories: Fall|Tags: Abbot Hall, Fall, foliage, tree|24 Comments

Hint of Fall at Crocker Park

The last image from Saturday's dawn visit to Crocker Park illustrates this year's lackluster foliage season (thus far). I had just walked up from my spot where I captured three great images of dawn when I turned to look at this familiar tree. I had found the early fall season to be disappointing as far as foliage goes - likely due to the dry and too-warm conditions (though I'm not complaining about either of those). As I mentioned yesterday, the sun had disappeared behind thickening clouds and I was able to grab just a bit of sunrise color behind the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-09T19:18:11-04:00October 13th, 2017|Categories: Fall|Tags: Crocker park, Fall, foliage|1 Comment

Granite and Foliage at Waterside

As the calendar turns to October, I've started to look for signs of foliage around town. The maple at Gatchell has long since turned and started to lose its leaves while the one at Seaside Park has a dull burnt look so far this year. I found this brilliant display of foliage from Waterside Cemetery taking in mid-October 2012 and thought I would share it today. Have you found any good displays of foliage around town yet? Please let me know where in a comment below. Thanks!

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-04T06:34:19-04:00October 4th, 2017|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Waterside Cemetery|13 Comments

Fall Colors at Tedesco Country Club

Last Fall proved to be a down year for foliage in Marblehead after the drought took hold of our town for much of the Summer and Fall. And so, when I spotted this crop of trees displaying their Fall colors at the Tedesco Country Club on an early November evening, I had to pull over and capture the scene. The light of sunset was soft and not at all dramatic but that seemed to suit the subtle colors in this small group of trees.

By Eyal Oren|2017-03-15T20:58:28-04:00March 17th, 2017|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Tedesco Country Club|0 Comments

Marblehead Football is in the Superbowl

Though I took this photo of a tree displaying Fall foliage in October 2012, it seemed only appropriate to share it with the upcoming Marblehead football game against Falmouth for the Division 2A championship. When I visited Gatchell park to shoot the lone tree displaying its foliage, I hadn't expected to find the tackle dummies in a perfect position and with complementary colors to make for a stronger shot. With those jerseys on display, this quickly became an easily recognizable Marblehead football image and I figured I would share it today in case some in town did not know about [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-29T23:52:36-05:00December 1st, 2016|Categories: Fall|Tags: foliage, Gatchell's park, Magicians Football|1 Comment

Last Sail of the Season

Long before the Hunters moon rose on October 15th, I had made my way onto Marblehead Neck and discovered just a hint of Fall foliage across the shore. I had my longest lens on the camera in anticipation of the moon rise later in the night and composed this image to include Abbot Hall, the Boston Yacht Club and houses all surrounded by spots of Fall color. Just when I thought I had the perfect composition, I spotted this sailboat returning from what was presumably its last sail of the season. Speaking of the BYC, I will be participating in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:26-05:00November 1st, 2016|Categories: Fall|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Fall, foliage, Marblehead Harbor|1 Comment