White Lines at Castle Rock

Here we go again - this time all the way back to September 8, 2012 for this image of receding waves forming white lines along the shores of Castle Rock. As was the case on Monday and Tuesday, I have never been happy with this image - the white lines were never prominent as the focal point and the surf bathed in sunlight was too bright and stole focus. Again, I hit the 'reset' button and started over with end result finally matching what I had hoped. The white lines are my favorite part of the shot but the golden [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-08-18T22:05:40-04:00August 19th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock|0 Comments

The Young Man and the Sea

While I waited for the moon to rise on July 4th, I decided to look out from the back side of Castle Rock towards Tinkers Island. From there I spotted a young man standing between waves coming ashore and fishing off the Neck. When the waves broke just right, they helped bring the man into contrast and I tried to time this shot to maximize the effect. With Tinkers blurred slightly by the wide open aperture and picking up the last light of sunset, the photo had the feeling of a painting as soon as I clicked the shutter button.

By Eyal Oren|2020-07-15T22:52:49-04:00July 16th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: ocean, people, Tinkers island|0 Comments

Rainbow and Old Glory

Today we go back to the causeway and an incredible outing from two weeks ago when I came upon a huge rainbow crossing from Marblehead neck across the causeway and near the midpoint of Devereux Beach. I started off shooting a panorama of the full rainbow from the causeway before turning toward the bright spot over the Atlantic and then circling back as the light shifted. At this point, the left side of the rainbow had peaked in intensity and shifted in position so that, from the end of the causeway, I was able to line it up with the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-07-07T22:12:28-04:00July 8th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: American flag, causeway, lamp post, rainbow|0 Comments

Double Rainbow over the Causeway

Finally some great light in Marblehead!!! I haven't had a good outing in weeks and had been frustrated on more than one occasion including earlier today when I went out to Chandler Hovey Park hoping to capture an oncoming storm. As luck would have it, each storm banked north before reaching us and I went home but left my gear in the trunk of the car...just in case. After dinner, I checked the radar and found one more storm had formed and was tracking toward us. I hopped in the car and decided to drive to Devereux Beach where I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-24T21:28:26-04:00June 24th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: causeway, Marblehead Neck, panorama, rainbow|0 Comments

Passing Showers

Capturing rainfall sometimes seems more difficult than the rainbow afterwards and yet the reward for being in the right spot is a very dramatic scene such as this with curtains of water coming down over Marblehead Neck. With our first heat wave of the season and only one day of rain in the past 2-3 weeks, this seemed like a good shot to finish off the week.

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-19T06:35:27-04:00June 19th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: dramatic sky, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments

May Nights in Marblehead

Yesterday's off an on rain put me in mind of this May night from four years ago. Looking back at May 19, 2016, I found three already posted images and three more waiting to be shared. On this night, I had driven across the causeway to the Pleon Yacht Club pier and more compositions than I anticipated given the flat blue light. My favorite part of this shot is the hint of orange light being reflected in the water. Something about a splash of orange color amidst the blue keeps drawing my eye towards it...

By Eyal Oren|2020-05-11T21:51:29-04:00May 12th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: blue, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments

Chasing Storms at Castle Rock

In mid-July, I headed out to the Neck as lightning struck to the north and south of Marblehead. I missed a few bolts and was waiting for the two cells to come together when the light changed and the grass seemed to glow. I decided to take a break from chasing storms at Castle Rock and enjoy the peaceful quiet of this view.

By Eyal Oren|2019-07-29T20:49:51-04:00July 30th, 2019|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, dramatic sky|8 Comments

Castle Rock Fly By

Last Wednesday, I headed out a little before 5pm to chase lightning storms offshore. There were two storms to our north and south at the time and I had decided to start at Castle Rock in the hopes of capturing a bolt of lightning. I spotted a few flashes of light as I walked to the large granite formation and set up only to find the storm rapidly disappearing. In its wake, I was left with an even more interesting scene with a dramatic sky overhead serving as a nice counter to the calm water of the Atlantic ocean. I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-07-25T06:44:59-04:00July 25th, 2019|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, dramatic sky|5 Comments

From the Shores of the Neck

On July 22, 2015, I headed across the causeway to Marblehead Neck and then ventured down to the beach from atop Corinthian Lane. I stopped at this point as the sunset had reached its maximum (a bit less than expected/hoped) and composed this image of a pier with the flag waving in the wind and a crescent moon overhead.

By Eyal Oren|2019-06-23T14:34:30-04:00July 8th, 2019|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: American flag, Marblehead Neck|3 Comments

Crazy Light at Castle Rock

Did anyone look out their window tonight and the absolutely crazy light in the sky??? I spotted something other than drab grey skies from my home office window and quickly ran out with gear in hand. I ended up on Harvard Street where I captured a few nice images of the sunset and an interesting formation of light and clouds. As that light petered out, I turned towards the car and saw this crazy bright pink-purple sky overhead. I made a beeline for Castle Rock and arrived just in time to capture this image. I did not play with colors [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-05-29T20:56:41-04:00May 29th, 2019|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, sunset|29 Comments