dawn Archives - Wednesdays in Marblehead

Sky-Blue Pink

The internet is a strange and wonderful thing. I was looking for an image to share and stopped at this one of a brilliant pink and blue sky captured at dawn in mid-April. I shared two other images from this morning but, between the changing light and flexibility of composing with a zoom lens, had a number of 'keepers' from the morning. When it came time to come up with a title, I was lost. I decided to type in 'sky-blue pink' into Google and ended up going down a rabbit hole starting with finding it to be a modern [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-05-12T15:30:26-04:00May 13th, 2019|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: blue hour, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, pink|17 Comments

Dawn on an Empty Harbor

On a Sunday morning in mid-April, I lucked out with a brilliant dawn on an empty harbor. I began by shooting at the longest end of my zoom lens to capture the incredible colors near the horizon. However, I also wanted to showcase the empty harbor and the interplay of dawn's colors with the light of the blue hour that otherwise colored the rest of the scene. This shot was taken near the widest part of the zoom lens and allowed me to realize that feeling of dawn and the morning sun pushing away the last light of evening and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-25T06:51:29-04:00April 25th, 2019|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, Marblehead Harbor|11 Comments

First Light – Abbot Hall

I headed out on the morning of March 20th to capture the moon setting over Old North Church and lucked out with a nice shot of the sun coming up over the Atlantic as well. With those images captured, I turned back toward town and spotted this familiar view of Abbot Hall and the houses surrounding it. As the sun came up, it shone its first light on Abbot Hall bringing out the brilliant red color of its brick facade. Without boats in the harbor, Abbot Hall was able to dominate the composition and the subtle pink-purple hues of light [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-17T06:26:04-04:00April 17th, 2019|Categories: Landmark|Tags: Abbot Hall, dawn|2 Comments

Dawn’s Early Light in Marblehead

I mentioned in my last post that I had a dream about missing the sunrise and had lamented a few missed opportunities in the past few weeks. With a storm heading our way, I decided to check on cloud forecasts for Sunday morning and found the results promising. With that in mind, I set an alarm and went to bed hoping for a nice showing of dawn's early light... I left the house before dawn and drove down Pleasant Street heading to Crocker Park. As I drove, I looked up at the sky and thought I saw hints of purple [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-15T06:36:42-04:00April 15th, 2019|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, dramatic sky, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, purple, reflection|24 Comments

Ocean Wave

I spent New Years Day at Devereux Beach capturing wave after wave coming ashore as the dawn broke. I alternated between fast exposures to capture detail in the water and longer ones that highlighted the sense of movement in the ocean. This was one of my favorites from the set with an ocean wave about to curl onto itself before hitting the shore and the sand reflecting the brightness of the morning sky.

By Eyal Oren|2019-03-13T21:53:05-04:00March 14th, 2019|Categories: Beach|Tags: dawn, Devereux Beach, ocean|5 Comments

Star and Steeples under a Pink Sky

Today's image comes from late December and a sunrise outing to capture the setting moon. While waiting for the moon to drop in the sky, I kept myself busy shooting scenes of the Marblehead skyline from across the harbor. I first shot (and shared) a wider view of a pink-purple sky but then decided to zoom in and focus on the star atop the crane standing between the St. Michaels steeple and that of Grace Community Church. If you look carefully, you'll notice the star glowing in the dawn light with a seamless pink sky serving as a perfect backdrop.

By Eyal Oren|2019-03-10T20:44:48-04:00March 12th, 2019|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: dawn, Grace Community church, St Michaels church|8 Comments

The Pull of the Ocean

On New Years Day, I headed out to Devereux Beach for the first sunrise of the year and shared an image of the sun backlighting waves shortly after I came home. Before the sun came up, I busied myself capturing the waves coming to shore and then receding in response to the pull of the ocean. Once I figured out this composition, it was a matter of timing to get just the right wave and just the right moment where the motion of the water returning to the ocean could best exemplify that cyclic pull.

By Eyal Oren|2019-01-06T20:08:14-04:00January 14th, 2019|Categories: Beach|Tags: dawn, Devereux Beach, ocean|3 Comments

Shining Star at Sunrise

On December 23rd, I had headed out before dawn to capture the full cold moon setting with a plan to capture it besides the shining star atop the crane at the State Street Landing (watch for that image tomorrow morning). Before the moon could descend into frame, I found this composition of St. Michael's Steeple, Grace Community Church and that shining star in between with the perfect colors of dawn painting the sky above. As luck would have it, two birds came into the frame and broke up the otherwise empty sky.

By Eyal Oren|2019-01-02T20:34:29-04:00January 3rd, 2019|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, Grace Community church, skyline, St Michaels church|2 Comments

Stormy Weather at Dawn

Today's image comes from a dawn outing at the end of October 2016. I was stuck on a name for this image until I zoomed in and read the name of the boat with the red hull - Stormy Weather. I couldn't help but play with that name in the title to share this beautiful pink-orange dawn over Gerry Island and First Harbor.

By Eyal Oren|2018-06-06T22:02:10-04:00June 7th, 2018|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: boats, dawn, Little Harbor|11 Comments

Dawns Early Light

The morning of April 24th proved to be one of the most beautiful and longest lasting dawns/sunrises I have experienced in Marblehead. The light show began at 5:30am and, within minutes, I witnessed orange, pink and purple light paints the sky and Marblehead Harbor in dawns early light. The light quickly changed and strengthened as I stood watch at the end of Ferry Lane (near the Landing). If you look closely, you can see that Marblehead Light's green beacon is shining against the orange backdrop. Thanks again to all who voted yesterday and helped me narrow down my selections for the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-05-06T22:45:31-04:00May 7th, 2018|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boat, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, orange, pink|11 Comments