A Christmas Full Moon

The first Christmas full moon in nearly 40 years rose tonight over Marblehead and I had envisioned an image of the small dinghy in Little Harbor with its Christmas Tree as a perfect foreground for the shot. As the fog and cloudy skies of this morning finally broke at 2pm, I started to wonder if I might actually be able to capture a shot of the Christmas full moon. I headed to Beacon Street and the Marblehead Lobster Company where I set up my camera and waited. As I watched the darkening sky for any hint of the Christmas full [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:51-05:00December 24th, 2015|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: boat, Christmas, full moon, Little Harbor, tree|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2015 – Watching the Moon Rise

When the blue moon rose over Marblehead in late July 2015, I was more than ready with a borrowed super telephoto lens. By shooting this scene at 400mm, I was able to capture an incredibly large moon as well as the people watching the moon rise from Chandler Hovey Park. The juxtaposition of the beautiful moon, iron works of Marblehead Light and people in various positions made for an instant favorite image. The first of two moon images in the top 10 list reaches #8 in the Top 10 of 2015 Countdown.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:51-05:00December 23rd, 2015|Categories: Favorite|Tags: favorite, full moon, lighthouse, people|0 Comments

Perfect Night for a Moonrise

Wednesday ended up being a perfect night for a moonrise. The first hint of an orange Beaver moon erupted into the sky behind Childrens Island and continued to climb as the sun set and the night took hold. I shared one image from this evening that had immediately grabbed my eye but found two more shots to share as I worked on images on Thanksgiving. This image took place only 4 minutes before the one I shared on Wednesday night. The moon can be seen with barely any clouds obstructing the view and had nearly cleared the small hill at [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:54-05:00November 27th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, Childrens Island, full moon, lighthouse|1 Comment

Life is Good – the Beaver Moon rises over Marblehead

It's been 25 days since I last took a picture of Marblehead and, in the past few days, I've started to feel the need to get out and capture a view of this town. As I mentioned in this morning's post of last month's Hunter's moon, conditions seemed good for viewing tonight's full Beaver moon rising over Marblehead and I decided to take full advantage of that. I headed out a little before 4 and had scouted out the moonrise to determine where I might have the best vantage point. The perfect location was just down the road from the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:54-05:00November 25th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, full moon, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, moon|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

A Seat for the Moonrise at Crocker Park

In late September, I headed out to Crocker Park to capture the moonrise. This was to be a supermoon given its proximity to Earth and the lunar eclipse was due to take place the following night. I had hoped to capture some foliage in the trees at Crocker Park to go along with the moonrise but the warm temperatures had kept the leaves from changing to their Fall colors. Instead, I sought out different compositions and ended up behind the swing bench with a nice view of Marblehead harbor still filled with boats. The moon rose a bit before sunset [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-10-18T19:27:03-04:00October 20th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, Crocker park, full moon, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

The Corinthian Moon

On Sunday evening, the Harvest moon was labeled as a supermoon due to its proximity to the Earth and everyone was abuzz about the total lunar eclipse that was to take place later that night. I had gone out to shoot the Harvest moon rising over Marblehead Neck the night before but it came up a bit too early for a nice golden glow to reflect off its surface. On Sunday, I knew I would go out later at night and had just put some chicken on the grill when I looked at the clear sky and made some quick [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:59-05:00September 29th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, Corinthian Yacht Club, full moon, Harvest moon, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Lunar Eclipse and Abbot Hall

On Sunday, September 27th, a total lunar eclipse was set to take place. Not only was this to be a total lunar eclipse but it was taking place during a full supermoon which lent itself to the hashtag #superbloodmoon due to the expected red color of the moon during totality. I had scouted a few locations in the days leading up to the event and then prayed for clear skies. Thankfully, everything came together perfectly on Sunday night...all except the location of the moon relative to every other object in Marblehead. Note: this final image is a composite of two [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:59-05:00September 27th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: Abbot Hall, full moon|0 Comments

The Sun Circle at Preston Beach

This is the third image this week captured on August 29th though, unlike the others, this one was taken at night. I had spent this weekend chasing the supermoon and had been somewhat thwarted in my attempts to shoot the moon rising from Preston Beach. As the moon rose higher in the sky, I moved out toward Beach Bluff Park wondering if I might be able to fit the bright moon inside the sun circle erected there. Though I couldn't get the moon to show in the circular cutout of stone, it did form a brilliant glow immediately over the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:59-05:00September 25th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, Preston Beach|1 Comment