Ware the Colors Shine

I had just about given up on capturing any foliage images this fall as the trees seem to all share a muted color tone after excessive rain this summer. As luck would have it, I was off today (a bonus Thursday in Marblehead) and received a text from my wife with a photo of Ware Pond she had seen posted to Facebook that day. The photo had been taken by Rachel Sullivan who happens to have several large prints of mine hanging in her home which overlooks this spot in town - small world... Having noted the building clouds, I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2023-10-19T18:08:13-04:00October 19th, 2023|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Ware pond|0 Comments

Under the Shade of a Maple Tree

Back to Waterside Cemetery for this shot taken under the shade of a maple tree with a sunstar captured at the edge of the frame. It's rare to get nice light and peak foliage so I made sure to exhaust the compositions at Waterside before heading off to the next location in town.

By Eyal Oren|2022-10-30T22:00:30-04:00November 1st, 2022|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Waterside Cemetery|0 Comments

A Sea of Red at Waterside

And back to Waterside where I found that huge maple tree had reached peak color just after capturing the view at Hawthorne Avenue. I've captured this tree from a few different angles but never from Cemetery Road as I did on Sunday afternoon. I had to get the camera between the iron bars and find just the right angle to capture the sunburst through the tree's branches. Between the leaves on the tree and those already fallen to the ground, it was a sea of red at Waterside on this sunny afternoon.

By Eyal Oren|2022-10-16T21:57:57-04:00October 19th, 2022|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, maple tree, Waterside Cemetery|0 Comments

Fall Reflections on Redd’s Pond

I mentioned in yesterday's post that it took me four visits to hit peak color at Waterside Cemetery. Well, each time, I would continue a look that took me along West Shore drive to Beacon Street and then past Doliber Cove to Norman Street where I would pass Redd's Pond. On the third visit, I found Redd's to be at peak color and with barely any wind to break up the fall reflections in the water. I decided to compose this shot to include all of Pond View and its full reflection while extending out to grab the bright red [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-10-16T21:54:00-04:00October 18th, 2022|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Redd's pond, reflection|0 Comments

Peak Foliage on Hawthorne Avenue

I started Wednesdays in Marblehead twelve years ago and have tried to explore every part of this town but, two weeks ago, I happened upon a new spot on the back of Waterside Cemetery. I found this amazing composition with a tree's branches perfectly framing the view of gravestones and revisited this spot four times until I found peak color on Sunday. With the different shades of yellow and orange layered in the canopy and the side light casing long shadows from the gravestones, this may be my favorite fall view of Marblehead. If you look at this on a [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-10-16T21:48:00-04:00October 17th, 2022|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Waterside Cemetery|2 Comments

Under the Shade at Waterside

On Wednesday, I headed out to capture foliage at Waterside Cemetery and found several trees nearly at peak foliage. I tried to get as many compositions as I could knowing the wind and rain predicted might bring an early end to this leaf hunting season. Here red leaves lay under the shade of one of my favorite trees in town. I'm curious how it will look this weekend...

By Eyal Oren|2022-10-13T21:54:28-04:00October 14th, 2022|Categories: Cemetery|Tags: Fall, foliage, gravestone, trees, Waterside Cemetery|0 Comments

Foliage Moon

So this was my first shot at the Hunter's moon on Friday night when I thought it was full. With the moon rise timed to occur before the sun set, I was able to capture a pastel sky as well as some foliage bathed in sunset light. I was pretty happy with this image not realizing that, five minutes later, I would get a stronger composition aiming towards the Corinthian Yacht Club. Also, the fact that this wasn't actually a full moon (that would come the next night over Tinker's), took away from my initial excitement. Still, any chance to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-10-12T22:11:08-04:00October 13th, 2022|Categories: Fall|Tags: boats, Fall, foliage, houses, moonrise|0 Comments

Bird’s Eye View – Fall in Marblehead

On October 23rd, I had flown my drone from the parking lot of the Masonic Temple and was disappointed to find very few trees had changed colors. I made it a point to return and, on November 10th, after capturing a great scene at Ware Lane, I did just that. I flew the drone just as I had before and was very happy with the foliage and the angle of the sun reflecting off the leaves. The few clouds over Chandler Hovey Park were a nice bonus. I returned home happy to view the images only to find that the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-11-14T22:04:29-05:00November 15th, 2021|Categories: Aerial|Tags: Abbot Hall, aerial, Fall, foliage, trees|0 Comments

Ware the Leaves Fall

Despite living only a few blocks away from this spot, it had been a few years since I last captured the view of Ware Lane. A picture perfect canopy of trees erupts into beautiful colors each year and I have made it a habit of checking this spot on my walks with the dog every autumn. So it was on Wednesday when we walked along Humphrey Street and passed Rose Avenue, I looked to my left and spotted this scene. It was cloudy when I first saw the canopy of foliage so I made it a point of heading back [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-11-10T17:08:45-05:00November 11th, 2021|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, leaves, Ware Lane|1 Comment

Fading Fall Views

I drive by this view four days a week and keep wishing that someone would expand the small bridge crossing Leggs Hill Road where it meets up with Loring Avenue so it was easier to stop and grab a photo or just stare out at the Forest River Park. It really is a great spot for a view but a terrible spot to stop a car and I've passed by views that put this one to shame but been unable to pull over and capture the moment. Maybe those moments are all the more precious for being so fleeting...

By Eyal Oren|2020-11-10T23:18:29-05:00November 11th, 2020|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Forest River, Leggs hill|8 Comments