Sunset Archives - Wednesdays in Marblehead

Summer is Back

Summer is Back

It was too early to have to deal with 40 degree mornings so I'm glad to see that summer is back at least for a few days of warmth. To celebrate, here is one of my favorite sunsets from last summer when I lucked out with perfect light after a boat ride around Marblehead harbor. Captured on July 19, 2019 at 8:24pm (hard to imaging with sunset now taking place around 6:30), I shot at the end of Village Street for only 5 minutes as the light peaked but came away with 6 keepers. This is the fifth one of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-09-22T21:58:42-04:00September 23rd, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: sunset, Village Street|8 Comments

Smoky Sunset

Smoky Sunset

With fires raging along the west coast, it was only a matter of time before the fine particulates made their way across the country to our next of the woods. Thankfully the result was limited to cloud-like conditions during the day. I had a hunch that the haze might create perfect conditions for capturing the sun as a red ball tonight so I drove across the causeway right after dinner to chase this image. As I drove, I spotted the sun in my rear view mirror and was please to find the red ball I had hoped for. From there [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-09-16T19:28:48-04:00September 16th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Corinthian Lane, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|17 Comments

Foggy Sunsets on the Harbor

Foggy Sunsets on the Harbor

I found this shot in the To Be Posted archive last night and figured it was about time it saw the light of day. I captured this shot almost exactly 4 years ago (Sept 20, 2016) from the low tide area accessible from Corinthian Lane. I walked the length of this stretch of the Neck until I found the composition I was looking for with the sun setting aside Abbot Hall, a pier to the left with its flag limp due to lack of wind and layers of boats in the harbor. The mix of fog and late sun created [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-09-15T22:08:05-04:00September 16th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|2 Comments

Afterglow of a Summer Storm

Afterglow of a Summer Storm

This was my last stop of the night on Wednesday August 19 after shooting at Riverhead, the Causeway, Fort Beach and Castle Rock. By the time I arrived at the Pleon Yacht Club, the sun had dipped below the horizon and I thought I had missed the best light. As I set up and composed a tighter shot, the afterglow of the summer storm seemed to breathe a second wind into the evening light and I captured this view of the harbor and Abbot hall in the distance.

By Eyal Oren|2020-08-25T21:15:27-04:00August 26th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|8 Comments

September Sunset

September Sunset

I spent this weekend at a virtual photography workshop put together by Sony and learned several new ways of processing images that I hadn't appreciated previously. As the instructors went over various tools in Lightroom, I chose some images from my 'to be posted' archive that I had never been all that happy with and tried my hand at reprocessing them. This September sunset captured last year from the end of Peabody Lane was one such image. The original edit of this shot was way too dark with much of the color in the evening sky lost and, my favorite [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-08-17T07:02:31-04:00August 17th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Little Harbor – After the Storm

Little Harbor – After the Storm

That was quite the storm that passed overhead before sunset! Our home weather station recorded rainfall of 3 inches per hour before the storm finally departed and, as soon as it did, I was in my car and headed out in search of a rainbow. I drove to Hammond Park and then decided to visit Little Harbor where I spotted the faintest rainbow overhead. It wasn't the image I hoped for but I spotted some interesting clouds coalescing behind Gerry Island and decided to watch and see if the sun might shine at the right moment to illuminate the scene. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-07-30T20:58:54-04:00July 30th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Little Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Bass Rock Sunset

Bass Rock Sunset

This photo was taken 40 minutes after yesterday's rainbow over the causeway and lamp posts. After the rainbow disappeared, I was treated to an incredible sunset at Devereux Beach full of vibrant orange color. By 8:15pm, I had shot the same clouds from every angle imaginable and packed up to head home. As I drove down Atlantic Avenue, I noticed the sky turning shades of pink and quickly turned onto Rockaway Avenue and then walked out to the end of the public way at Bass Rock Lane where I saw this. I couldn't decide between the tighter shot of the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-07-08T21:21:00-04:00July 9th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Bass Rock Lane, Ram island, sunset|0 Comments

Rainbow Sunset

Rainbow Sunset

I was pretty happy after capturing the double rainbow over the causeway but, since the clouds were sticking around, I figured I would wait until the sun set. Exactly 30 minutes after shooting the panorama from the causeway, I was rewarded for my patience with an incredible sunset. You can just make out the last remnants of the rainbow touching the clouds which had reached what I thought was peak color over the Atlantic ocean. I packed up after this shot thinking the light was done and headed back home only to make one more stop when the clouds exploded [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-25T22:31:35-04:00June 26th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Devereux Beach, dramatic sky, rainbow, sunset|0 Comments

Moonlit Sunset

Moonlit Sunset

Today we go back 7 years to July 15, 2013 and this moonlit sunset over Devereux Beach. I had decided to push the exposure time to 6 seconds by lowering the ISO to 50 and the aperture of the lens to f/22 which served to turn the ocean water into a perfectly calm canvas for reflecting the soft pink light of sunset. The half moon was a nice bonus to break up that patch of sky over the clouds.

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-17T22:22:51-04:00June 18th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Devereux Beach, long exposure, sunset|0 Comments

Milking the Sunset

Milking the Sunset

Last shot from last Wednesday's sunset and, as the title says, it really did feel like I was milking the sunset for all it was worth... I captured images of the setting sun from along the water's edge and then headed back up the ramp to find one last cloud reflecting the light of the setting sun. I quickly set up and composed this image capturing that cloud over Marblehead Light with its lights just visible behind the Corinthian Yacht Club and more than a few boats having found their moorings for the summer.

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-09T21:30:49-04:00June 10th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments