dawn Archives - Wednesdays in Marblehead

An Empty Harbor Awaits

An Empty Harbor Awaits

After getting out to shoot for the first time in weeks on Sunday, I awoke early this morning and checked the weather to see if the sunrise might be worth another outing. The cloud cover looked promising and, when Matt Noyes mentioned a nice sunrise on NECN, I knew I had to head out the door. I drove to Hammond Park first but found the composition options limited from there. I then headed to the State Street Landing and walked to the right onto Tuckers Wharf where I found a nice angle for capturing the dawn. As the sun began [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-03-24T07:26:33-04:00March 24th, 2021|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|10 Comments

Top 10 of 2020 – #3 – Little Harbor Dawn

Top 10 of 2020 – #3 – Little Harbor Dawn

I struggle some years with whether to include a recent image not knowing if it will stay a favorite once the short term memories of taking it have worn off. This image of dawn in Little Harbor was not a tough decision. I knew the moment I clicked the shutter that this would be one of my favorites of 2020 and, coming in December after such a long year, made it even more enjoyable. For the sheer beauty of light on a very late dawn (nearly 7am) in Marblehead, this is my third favorite image of Marblehead taken in 2020.

By Eyal Oren|2020-12-26T09:20:40-05:00December 30th, 2020|Categories: Favorite|Tags: dawn, favorite, Little Harbor|5 Comments

Morning Dew and Brilliant Dawn

Morning Dew and Brilliant Dawn

One more image from that brilliant dawn at Little Harbor from the morning of December 12th. I had played around with compositions and moved closer and closer to the Little Harbor Lobster Company to try to line up Marblehead Light in the distance with the boats moored in the mid-field. Rather than zooming in for a tight shot, I decided to use the morning dew on the wall to frame the scene and add more color with the water reflecting the light in the sky. This may be my last shared image in 2020. Going to work on my Top [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-12-23T07:43:27-05:00December 23rd, 2020|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: boats, dawn, Little Harbor|5 Comments

Little Harbor Dawn

Little Harbor Dawn

The light really doesn't get much better than this view of Little Harbor at dawn... On Saturday, December 12th, I woke before the dawn and headed down to Little Harbor hoping the old adage 'red sky in morning, sailor take warning' might prove true with predictions of strong rains later in the day. I arrived to find a mostly empty harbor and the first hint of light in the sky. I started shooting when the lights turned on in one of the working boats headed out for the day and kept at it as the sky brightened. Twenty minutes after [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-12-15T22:40:13-05:00December 16th, 2020|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boat, Christmas, dawn, dramatic sky, Gerry island, Little Harbor, sunrise|2 Comments

Christmas in Harbor

Christmas in Harbor

The now annual tradition of the First Harbor Company placing a Christmas tree in a boat to float in the harbor has drawn a number of photographers so far this year. I was among three shooting away on Saturday morning but have to admit this was the last shot I had taken on this day. I arrived in front of the Little Harbor Lobster Company before dawn in the hopes of capturing the small boat and its tree lit up but the lights weren't on and so I decided to wait for dawn. When dawn broke, the boat almost became [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-12-13T22:32:25-05:00December 14th, 2020|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: boat, Christmas, dawn, Little Harbor|13 Comments

First Harbor Dawn

First Harbor Dawn

I just couldn't wait until Monday to start sharing images from this morning's beautiful dawn over first harbor. I arrived at 6:30am and watched as the light began to break over the horizon. As it did, the captain of Stormy Weather turned on the lights to get ready to motor out for the morning. With the lights on the boat reflecting in the still waters and that small Christmas tree in the First Harbor boat floating on its own, I had an instant favorite. You can just make out the crescent moon in the sky but clouds shifted over it [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-12-12T19:44:44-05:00December 12th, 2020|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: boats, dawn, Gerry island, Little Harbor|11 Comments

Early Riser

Early Riser

Not one to leave well enough alone, I set my alarm for 4am on Saturday morning hoping for another opportunity to capture the comet Neowise. I wasn't quite sure where it might be in the pre-dawn sky so I pulled over at Riverhead beach and used the app to locate it. Unfortunately, the comet was too close to the horizon to be photographed and I was quickly gaining light and losing the chance to shoot the equivalent of a star in the early morning sky. With a camera in hand and this scene before me, I couldn't let the opportunity [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-07-19T15:33:17-04:00July 21st, 2020|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Spring Dawn

Spring Dawn

And today's shot had an even longer wait. Captured on April 23, 2014, I had visited Hammond Park on this morning and found very subtle fog floating over the waters of Marblehead Harbor. I spotted this whaler on its mooring and then waited as the first light of this spring dawn painted the sky and water is pastel orange color.

By Eyal Oren|2020-03-22T20:16:13-04:00March 25th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: dawn, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2019 – #4 – Dawn’s Early Light in Marblehead

Top 10 of 2019 – #4 – Dawn’s Early Light in Marblehead

Another April image (taken two weeks before yesterday's shot of the Jackson Cup) from when I woke up in the pre-dawn hours and headed out to Crocker Park. I really lucked out with the light at dawn and a scene of two boats in their moorings, the expanse of Childrens Island and the lighthouse's green beacon reflecting in the broken stillness of water in the harbor. The light moved from pink to purple and red and I ended up with several compositions but this was my favorite image of the morning. For great light and a painterly scene of early [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-12-25T12:32:56-05:00December 28th, 2019|Categories: Favorite|Tags: dawn, favorite, Marblehead Harbor, purple|0 Comments

Old North Church and the Christmas Tree

Old North Church and the Christmas Tree

This will be my last new image of 2019 as I plan to do a Top 10 countdown starting this weekend leading up to New Years Day. Today's photo of a lit Christmas tree on the rocky shore of Marblehead Harbor was captured ten minutes prior to the wider image of the moon setting. I had spotted this tree from across the harbor and really liked this composition but the cloudless sky detracted quite a bit. As the sun began to rise, it lit up the smoke from a chimney in downtown Marblehead and added a nice pink break in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-12-18T22:12:01-05:00December 19th, 2019|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, Old North Church|0 Comments