Flash of Color at Abbot Hall

On Sunday, I finally found some foliage around town and will share five favorite images from two outings this week. Today's image of a flash of color at Abbot hall quite literally snuck up on me as I was driving along Washington Street out of historic downtown on my way home and spotted red foliage on this tree backlit by the 11:00am sun. I quickly turned and pulled over to try to capture this beautiful scene. I decided to use my circular polarizer on my widest lens and started off shooting from directly under the tree but found the composition [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-22T21:55:50-04:00October 23rd, 2017|Categories: Fall|Tags: Abbot Hall, Fall, foliage, tree|24 Comments

Fall in the Air over Seaside Park

On Sunday, I watched the sky fill with clouds in the morning but then show signs of breaking up in the afternoon. I had to pick up my son on the Neck and so I threw the drone in the car and stopped at Seaside Park after picking him up and forcing him to join me. I was surprised to find another drone at the park - this one was a racing model flown by a boy with first person view goggles on. I was a bit jealous as I set my much larger drone down and flew it in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-16T22:32:18-04:00October 18th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, boats, drone, Fall, foliage, Marblehead Harbor, Phantom 4 Pro, Seaside park|0 Comments

Hint of Fall at Crocker Park

The last image from Saturday's dawn visit to Crocker Park illustrates this year's lackluster foliage season (thus far). I had just walked up from my spot where I captured three great images of dawn when I turned to look at this familiar tree. I had found the early fall season to be disappointing as far as foliage goes - likely due to the dry and too-warm conditions (though I'm not complaining about either of those). As I mentioned yesterday, the sun had disappeared behind thickening clouds and I was able to grab just a bit of sunrise color behind the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-09T19:18:11-04:00October 13th, 2017|Categories: Fall|Tags: Crocker park, Fall, foliage|1 Comment

Granite and Foliage at Waterside

As the calendar turns to October, I've started to look for signs of foliage around town. The maple at Gatchell has long since turned and started to lose its leaves while the one at Seaside Park has a dull burnt look so far this year. I found this brilliant display of foliage from Waterside Cemetery taking in mid-October 2012 and thought I would share it today. Have you found any good displays of foliage around town yet? Please let me know where in a comment below. Thanks!

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-04T06:34:19-04:00October 4th, 2017|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Waterside Cemetery|13 Comments

Fall Colors at Tedesco Country Club

Last Fall proved to be a down year for foliage in Marblehead after the drought took hold of our town for much of the Summer and Fall. And so, when I spotted this crop of trees displaying their Fall colors at the Tedesco Country Club on an early November evening, I had to pull over and capture the scene. The light of sunset was soft and not at all dramatic but that seemed to suit the subtle colors in this small group of trees.

By Eyal Oren|2017-03-15T20:58:28-04:00March 17th, 2017|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Tedesco Country Club|0 Comments

Marblehead Football is in the Superbowl

Though I took this photo of a tree displaying Fall foliage in October 2012, it seemed only appropriate to share it with the upcoming Marblehead football game against Falmouth for the Division 2A championship. When I visited Gatchell park to shoot the lone tree displaying its foliage, I hadn't expected to find the tackle dummies in a perfect position and with complementary colors to make for a stronger shot. With those jerseys on display, this quickly became an easily recognizable Marblehead football image and I figured I would share it today in case some in town did not know about [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-29T23:52:36-05:00December 1st, 2016|Categories: Fall|Tags: foliage, Gatchell's park, Magicians Football|1 Comment

Last Sail of the Season

Long before the Hunters moon rose on October 15th, I had made my way onto Marblehead Neck and discovered just a hint of Fall foliage across the shore. I had my longest lens on the camera in anticipation of the moon rise later in the night and composed this image to include Abbot Hall, the Boston Yacht Club and houses all surrounded by spots of Fall color. Just when I thought I had the perfect composition, I spotted this sailboat returning from what was presumably its last sail of the season. Speaking of the BYC, I will be participating in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:26-05:00November 1st, 2016|Categories: Fall|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Fall, foliage, Marblehead Harbor|1 Comment

Peak Foliage at Waterside Cemetery

This year's drought and weather meant poor conditions for catching peak foliage in Marblehead. As it turned out, October 2012 offered ample opportunities to capture trees in their full Autumn brilliance - and especially so at Waterside Cemetery. This shot of a maple tree displaying peak foliage at Waterside Cemetery was captured on a picture perfect mid-October day. I decided to include the rock wall as a frame for the image to counter the sky and tree (as well as hide other elements to the right of the image).

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:27-05:00October 25th, 2016|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, Waterside Cemetery|0 Comments

Moonrise over the Causeway

The full moon is upon us again with the Beaver moon set to rise tonight around sunset. This image comes from October and features the Hunter's moonrise over the causeway. I had shared another image of this moonrise previously focusing on the causeway leading towards the large full moon. After taking that image, I headed back towards the parking lot at Devereux Beach and captured this version with the causeway's concrete wall now serving as the leading line and allowing me to featured more of the Fall foliage on Marblehead Neck. Conditions are looking good for watching the full moonrise [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:54-05:00November 25th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: causeway, foliage, full moon, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments

Hunter’s Moon over the Causeway

I mentioned in yesterday's post that I hadn't captured any images of Fall foliage in Marblehead this year. As I wrote that post, I was also scouting the full Hunter's moon expected location and had an image in mind that I hoped to capture. I finished up my last note at work at 5:15pm and drove straight to Devereux Beach and the causeway. I had packed my camera and tripod that morning in case I was able to make it out on time for the 5:30pm moonrise and 5:45pm sunset. I arrived at the Devereux parking lot at a little [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:57-05:00October 27th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: causeway, Fall, foliage, full moon, lamp post, moon|0 Comments