Bright Stars and Dark Moon

Well that was a fun morning! I mentioned in my other posts this week that I had gone out on Sunday to catch an early view of the nearly full beaver moon rising as I was unsure if I would have a chance to capture it in the days ahead. With a total lunar eclipse occurring as the moon set (and the sun rose) this morning, I made sure to plan ahead with predicted tracks and lighting and clouds. I had my gear ready to go and set an alarm for 5am in the hopes of getting to see and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-11-08T19:07:42-05:00November 8th, 2022|Categories: moon|Tags: Abbot Hall, eclipse, full moon, moonset|2 Comments

Summer is Back (for a few days at least)

With today's high predicted to hit 70, I had to pull out images of summer from the to-be-posted archive. When I hit this batch of images captured from a friend's boat on a mid-July evening, I knew I had the perfect depiction of summer to accompany the warm up. Also a perfect night to catch high school football with the first preseason game taking place at Piper Field tonight at 7pm. Tickets must be purchased online in advance. Link for tickets - https://gofan.co/app/events/763329?schoolId=MA14627

By Eyal Oren|2022-11-04T07:01:08-04:00November 4th, 2022|Categories: From the Water|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, from the water, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Steeple Chase

And now to late June and my venture up the ladders of Grace Community Church to the temporary scaffolding fora revisit of my From the Rooftops series. Here St. Michael's steeple appears to compete with Abbot Hall for height supremacy.

By Eyal Oren|2022-10-05T12:45:55-04:00October 5th, 2022|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: Abbot Hall, rooftop, St Michaels church|0 Comments

Fall Day in Marblehead

Yesterday, I drove around Marblehead to get a sense of fall colors on what will likely be a muted foliage season due to the drought of summer. I found little in the way of color but decided to get out of my car when I reached Foster Street on the Neck. I made my way to one of my favorite spots at the edge of the Pleon pier and waited for a cloud to pass so that some sun could make its way to the surprisingly full harbor. As the sunlight appeared, so did a sailboat making its way up [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-09-27T18:08:55-04:00September 28th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor|1 Comment

Sailboats and Sun Rays

I'm going to profess my ignorance again and admit that I do not know what to call these two beautiful boats other than 'sailboats'. As we headed out of Marblehead Harbor on a quick trip with friends, I looked back and spotted sun rays breaking overhead. As we passed these two sailboats, I noticed the angles of the rays seemed to mimic the lines on the masts and quickly composed this image to capture the two boats on their moorings, Abbot Hall in the background and a great sky above.

By Eyal Oren|2022-09-20T21:18:47-04:00September 21st, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, Marblehead Harbor, sailboat, sun rays|1 Comment

Moonset over the Harbor

In a month when I did not expect to shoot the moon once, I somehow managed to capture the Harvest moon twice at moonrise and once at moonset! Of these, the most planned out was the moonset on Saturday morning when I woke at 5:15 and drove across the causeway to Chandler Hovey Park. I had mapped out this spot as giving me the best composition with the setting full Harvest moon adjacent to Abbot Hall. I arrived to find two other photographers had similar ideas in mind and was awed by the deep orange/pumpkin color of the moon (likely [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-09-12T06:44:33-04:00September 12th, 2022|Categories: moon|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Harvest moon, Marblehead Harbor, moonset|0 Comments

Crepuscular Sunset

On July 12th, I was fortunate to witness (and capture) a great sunset over Marblehead Harbor. This is the fourth image from that outing which began with golden light over the harbor and exploded into a pink-red glow. At this point, crepuscular rays formed with the sunlight pushing through clouds and being broken up into these rays of light. It was tough to decide how to frame the shot to showcase the incredible sky but not sacrifice the golden glow of Marblehead Harbor. Side Note: I started Wednesdays in Marblehead to share my images of this town. I was thrilled [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-30T22:11:42-04:00August 31st, 2022|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

The Golden Chestnut Tree

Today's image comes from a June sunset with another shot from this set now featured in the 2023 Marblehead Calendar (available for Pre-Order now at wednesdaysinmhd.com). After capturing that wider angle, I moved to get this tighter shot setting the chestnut tree in full bloom against Abbot Hall in the background with golden light filling the sky and the blossoms.

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-24T20:29:27-04:00August 25th, 2022|Categories: Park|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, sunset, tree|0 Comments

Hint of Blue Light

I had two favorite images from the second outing on August 7th and as a band of thunderstorms approached town. The first shot I shared became a quick favorite of mine and yours to take first place in the voting to represent August in the 2023 Marblehead Calendar. This shot was captured just a few minutes later and, while not as impressive with the golden light of sunset, has a really cool hint of blue light in the top of the frame. I'm guessing lighting was firing above the cloud to give off that blue light and I made a [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-21T19:46:48-04:00August 24th, 2022|Categories: Storm|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, dramatic sky, storm|0 Comments

Moored in Mid-Harbor

This is another from our outing on July 14th aboard a boat heading out (and quickly back into) the harbor. As we made our way through mid-harbor, I spotted this view of Abbot Hall framed by beautiful sailboats and backlit by a dramatic sky. I had a few seconds to compose and shoot this but between the spacing of the boats and the soft light reflected in the harbor water, it was a fast favorite.

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-02T23:01:23-04:00August 4th, 2022|Categories: From the Water|Tags: Abbot Hall, from the water, sailboat|0 Comments