Foggy Morning in Marblehead Harbor

Earlier in the week, I became a bit overwhelmed by the number of images I had waiting to post and turned to Facebook to see what everyone was most interested in seeing. The answers included the expected foliage shots but also a strong vote for more images taken in the fog. This image comes from the morning of September 11th when an incredibly dense fog rolled in and enveloped Marblehead Harbor. I began shooting from near the State Street Landing but moved toward Fort Beach as the sun rose in the morning sky. This was one of the last images [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:49-05:00October 17th, 2013|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: fog, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sailboat|1 Comment

Calm Waters in Marblehead Harbor

This seemed like a good photo to finish off the week and get the long weekend off to a nice start. I shared two images from this vantage point already - the Harvest Moon and the 116 Megapixel panorama that immediately preceded it. While I was at this unique spot overlooking the perfectly calm waters in Marblehead Harbor, I couldn't help by shoot all the compositions that came to mind as the sun set and the pink colors of sunset reflected off the water. I don't often shoot verticals - especially when the horizontal offers so much more to take [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:49-05:00October 11th, 2013|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Marblehead Harbor Under a Beautiful Sky

Do you remember that Storm Chasing image I shared in mid-September? This is what I had been after that day. Great cumulus clouds were forming over Marblehead Harbor and I drove out to try to capture the scene of the harbor filled with boats under a beautiful sky. By the time I reached this spot, the clouds seemed to be chased by rapidly darkening sky. I only managed two frames before the darkness caught up to and seemed to consume these fluffy white clouds. I wasn't long before I would race out to Chandler Hovey Park and capture the storm [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:50-05:00October 9th, 2013|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, clouds, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Sunset over Marblehead Harbor – A Panorama

I'm catching up on photos on this grey, rainy Sunday and found a set of 15 vertical images I took immediately before the Harvest Moon rose on September 19th. Here is the stitched panorama which weighs in at 116 Megapixels.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:50-05:00October 6th, 2013|Categories: Marblehead Harbor, Uncategorized|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, panorama, sunset|0 Comments

The Harvest Moon rises over Marblehead Harbor

The Harvest Moon was due to rise tonight and I had been racking my head trying to decide on a new vantage point from which to capture the year's best full moon. Last year, I had taken an image from Crocker Park and lucked out as the tree there had just started to change color owing to an early cold snap. This year, I planned to include more of the harbor and figured on shooting from the State Street Landing. I circled twice to find parking and finally had to stop in the Crosby's lot (shhh...don't tell). I then walked [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:50-05:00September 19th, 2013|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, Harvest moon, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Foggy Morning in Marblehead Day 3 – Red Sun Rising

For those who might have missed the start of this week's posts, I mentioned going out on the morning of Wednesday, September 11th on what ended up being a 90 degree day. This was in large part thanks to the personalized forecast I received from Matt Noyes over Twitter the night before. On Monday, I shared a shot from dawn and Tuesday featured some early Fall colors at Crocker Park. I returned to the spot of my earlier dawn shots in anticipation of the sunrise and found that the fog had significantly increased. I still had my medium telephoto lens [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:51-05:00September 18th, 2013|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, fog, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sunrise|0 Comments

Foggy Morning in Marblehead Day 1 – Marblehead Harbor at Dawn

On the night of Tuesday, September 10th we were on the cusp of a 90 degree day and so I turned to my weather apps to try to predict the next morning's sunrise conditions. I was disheartened to see clear skies in the forecast and turned to twitter to see if Matt Noyes might help me out. As a testament to his availability and knowledge, I received the following information from him that night: "Well...the app likely says clear b/c it's tied to computers which also mostly say clear after 3am clearing trend commences. But..Presence of cloud deck now, including [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:51-05:00September 16th, 2013|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, reflection|0 Comments

Storm Chasing at Chandler Hovey Park

People's Choice Award - Marblehead Festival of Arts 2014 I went out this afternoon to chase after some big cumulus clouds that had formed over Marblehead harbor. While I managed to get a few shots of those with a harbor still filled with boats, I began to feel a bit dismayed as grey skies seemed to swallow up those cumulus clouds. I decided to head towards Chandler Hovey Park to see if I could get a better angle on the approaching cloud formation and saw this. This image is a 6-shot panorama at 17mm which should give you some sense [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:51-05:00September 13th, 2013|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, dramatic sky, lighthouse|3 Comments

Old Glory on the Fourth of July

I don't think anyone of our generation will forget where we were on the morning of September 11th. I have to admit to never quite understanding that concept when my parent's generation spoke of a similar feeling with JFK's assassination or seeing a man walking on the moon - but now it makes perfect sense. As today marks the 12th anniversary of that tragic day, I wanted to find an image that might serve well to counter the darker connotations of the anniversary. I looked in my archive and found this image taken on July 4th, 2013 before the sun [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:52-05:00September 11th, 2013|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: American flag, boats, lighthouse, Little Harbor|0 Comments

Watching the Storm Roll In From Cove Beach

We had what seemed like an endless run of rainy days to end August and begin September. On this particular day (Sept 1st), the sky cleared shortly before noon and promised only a few hours of relief. I decided to take advantage of the brief respite to head out and shoot under what should have been good light. I quickly decided to head to Marblehead Neck and then made stops at most of the public ways. I ended at Cove Lane and stopped at the top of the chairs to survey this scene that lay before me. As you can [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:52-05:00September 10th, 2013|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: black and white, Cove Lane, dramatic sky, lighthouse, Public way, sailboat|0 Comments