Last Call in Little Harbor

As I wait for leaves to change around town, I thought I would look back in the 'to be posted' folder to see if I had any nice foliage shots to share. I happened upon this image of boats tied up in Little Harbor on September 28, 2014. With the leaves starting to change color on Brown's Island and the light turning golden, a few boats seemed to have broken from their tie ups to call it a night. Given the festivities that accompany these tie ups, I thought it only appropriate to title this one 'Last Call in Little [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-01T22:39:20-04:00October 2nd, 2017|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: boats, Little Harbor, people|5 Comments

Old North Church and the Harbor

Today's image comes from a trip out to Gerry Island in August 2015. I crossed the land bridge to Gerry at low tide just before sunset and as I looked back, I found this perfect composition with Old North Church rising above the houses along Doaks Lane. The boats in the water and that lone cloud in the sky made for a picture perfect scene of Little Harbor.

By Eyal Oren|2017-08-23T20:52:38-04:00August 24th, 2017|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: Doaks Lane, Little Harbor, Old North Church|3 Comments

Summer Days on Little Harbor

The past few days have served as a very welcome reprieve from the cold and rainy Spring that didn't seem like it would ever end. We finished off Sunday at Preston Beach and I returned home in the mood to share an image that would convey the feel of Summer Days in Marblehead. I found a few candidates but decided on this panorama captured in August 2015 that I've never shared. When I arrived at the small boat yard at the end of Doaks Lane, I found this picture perfect scene before me. I ended up making my way to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-06-12T06:31:42-04:00June 12th, 2017|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: Little Harbor, panorama, Summer|0 Comments

Morning Fog at First Harbor

When I woke on Saturday, February 25th and spotted fog outside my window, I quickly pulled up the webcam at First Harbor and saw this view before me. I quickly decided to skip coffee and ran out the door to capture the view of morning fog in First Harbor before the sun burned it away. It was only much later that I realized the fog would win out against the fog for several hours but the scenes I captured on this morning in Marblehead more than made up for a delayed coffee and breakfast.

By Eyal Oren|2017-02-26T19:52:07-05:00March 3rd, 2017|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: fog, Little Harbor, sunrise|0 Comments

Browns Island from Doliber’s Cove

My second stop on February 25th was Little Harbor and I couldn't pass up the chance to shoot the sun rising over Brown's Island and reflecting in the waters of Doliber's cove. I shot this scene before capturing the one of the rowboat shared on Tuesday but came back to it after and found a bird had perched on the nearby rock to take in the peaceful scene. I preferred this image with the bird to add a bit of life to the morning view.

By Eyal Oren|2017-02-26T19:47:44-05:00March 2nd, 2017|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: Brown's island, Doliber cove, fog|0 Comments

Burning Through the Fog at Little Harbor

One of my first stops on February 25th was Little Harbor and this was my favorite image taken from along Beacon Street. The sun had burned through enough of the fog to allow sunlight to reflect on the still water of the harbor. I composed this shot to include the lone boat moored in First Harbor along Fisherman's Beach and then lucked out when a seagull flew over Brown's Island.

By Eyal Oren|2017-02-26T19:36:56-05:00February 28th, 2017|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: boat, Brown's island, fog, Little Harbor|3 Comments

First Harbor at Dawn

On a late October morning, I headed down to First Harbor in the hopes of capturing dawn break and some nice colors. I drove up Orne Street to where it meets Beacon Street and parked in front of the Marblehead Lobster Company (now closed and awaiting a planned reopening). As dawn broke, I was treated to soft light in the sky and calm waters in First Harbor to reflect the pinks and oranges. As it happened, a single boat named Sea Nymph sat moored alone in the still waters. I composed this image to include Marblehead Light situated between Gerry [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-01-09T21:19:13-05:00January 10th, 2017|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: dawn, lighthouse, Little Harbor|7 Comments

A Very Marblehead Christmas

Taking a quick break from my top 10 of 2016 countdown to wish everyone a very merry Marblehead Christmas (and happy Hanukkah which starts tonight as well). On the morning of December 16, the air temperature was 2F and I had gone out to chase sea smoke. I had a spot at Fort Sewall picked out as a backup option but first drove by a few spots to see if they offered better vantage points. As I drove along Beacon Street and glanced across Grace Oliver Beach and Dolliber Cove, I spotted a picture perfect Christmas Tree at the end [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-12-18T11:00:10-05:00December 24th, 2016|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: Christmas, Crowninshield road, Dolliber cove, sea smoke|16 Comments

Leaves Aglow in Doliber’s Cove

In 2014, I sent my older camera to be modified so that it could shoot infrared images. The benefit of this is that foliage reflects infrared while a deep blue sky (and ocean) absorbs this wavelength of light. Once the infrared images are converted to black and white, the result can be a dramatic image that is not possible to achieve with an unmodified camera. For a while, I was shooting more black and white and sharing those images quite regularly. It was only when I dove into my archive that I found a collection of infrared black and white [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:34-05:00April 12th, 2016|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: black and white, Brown's island, Doliber cove, infrared|0 Comments

Crooked Tree on Peach’s Point

I've been fascinated by this crooked tree on Peach's Point (or is it Peaches Point?) since moving to Marblehead in 2008. The tree seems to be in such a precarious position along the ocean's edge and with only the thinnest of trunks to keep it upright. Meanwhile, the surrounding homes in this area of Marblehead are truly magnificent in stature and architecture thus serving to exaggerate further the oddity of this simple crooked tree. This image is another from the series captured last Wednesday and was taken only 15 minutes after yesterday's shot of the boat ramp. The sun had [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:37-05:00March 11th, 2016|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: Crowninshield road, houses, Peach's Point, tree|2 Comments

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