Where in Marblehead – Hydrangeas in Bloom
Continuing with this week's dive into the archives and the Where in Marblehead series we have this image from June 2012 featuring hydrangeas in bloom. Do you know Where in Marblehead this is? Answer:
Blue Hydrangeas and Marblehead Harbor
What a difference three years makes. I first spotted the blue hydrangeas on Peabody Lane in July 2011 and captured an image of the hydrangeas and Marblehead Harbor in the distance on an early July morning. I had gone back each year but seemed to miss the peak of the flowers or caught poor light. On July 27, I had been chasing a sunset developing over Marblehead Harbor when I passed Peabody Lane and spotted the blue hydrangeas in full bloom. I stopped while the sun was still fairly high in the sky but with clouds and haze serving to [...]
Rain Drops on a Cherry Blossom
Couldn't think of a better image to finish off the week than this one of a rain drops on a cherry blossom. Enjoy the warm weekend everyone.
Flowers on Beacon Street
I'm not much of a flower photographer (with the exception of cherry blossoms in the Spring and sunflowers in Summer) but I had to stop and capture these flowers along Beacon Street when I passed them in the late Fall. With Spring officially here but without the warmth that all of us are waiting for yet to arrive, I figured an image of flowers was in order.
Sunflowers in Marblehead
I shared a single image of a sunflower last week and decided to share more to finish up this week. As I mentioned then, these sunflowers were a gift from someone in town whose crop I had admired last Summer. This crop now resides outside my office window and I took the opportunity last week to photograph some of them in great light and in various stages. Enjoy a gallery of images below.
A Perfect Spring Day in Marblehead
I mentioned on Friday that the two flowers I strive to photograph each year are sunflowers and cherry blossoms. Since living in Washington, DC and being spoiled by the view of cherry blossoms lining the tidal basin there, these flowers have become synonymous with the start of Spring. This year, I happened upon the most incredible display of cherry blossoms since moving to Marblehead five years ago. I discovered this crop of trees in the midst of the Harris Street Cemetery one day and ended up coming back to shoot for three days in a row in early morning and, [...]
Half-Opened Sunflower
Anyone who has followed this site for a while might have heard me state that I am not a flower photographer. The exceptions to that rule are cherry blossoms which will always signal the start of Spring to me and the sunflower which is tied to the warmth of Summer. Last year, I found a particular patch of sunflowers with great petals and details. I inquired about obtaining some seeds from their owner and received a gift of seedlings and seeds earlier in the Summer. My daughter and I went to work one afternoon carefully planting the seedlings and scattering [...]
Cherry Blossoms Reach Peak Bloom on Washington Street
Don't get too excited...these images were taken in 2012. But that just means that we have these beautiful blossoms to look forward to in the days to come. As you may remember from last year's posts, I explained that Spring and cherry blossoms will forever be intertwined for me after living in Washington, DC for 4 years. I completed my residency in Internal Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital and would head to the tidal basin each Spring to photograph the cherry blossoms as they reached peak bloom. While we don't quite have the same number of trees in a concentrated [...]
Flower Boxes on Ocean Avenue
I wonder how many of my viewers will instantly recognize these three flower boxes that adorn the back of a house facing Ocean Avenue. I've passed this house numerous times and would frequently catch myself gazing at the flower boxes decorating the back section. On this day, the impatiens (I had to ask my wife for the name of these purple flowers) seemed to complement the colors of the house especially well and I decided to try to photograph them in a unique way. I ended up shooting at a wide open aperture of f/1.8 which allowed me to focus [...]
Bees Hard at Work
This image would likely scare a number of people (including a fair number of my patients). As you can gather from this Sunflower Week, I'm a big fan of these flowers and the feeling they give that Summer has not yet ended. For good or bad, my time spent shooting the flowers included waiting for bees to gather pollen and move away from the subject of my photo. On a few occasions (such as the one above and the other below) I couldn't help but include the bee in the image. In the image above, you can clearly see the [...]