Long Exposure – Towering Facade of Abbot Hall

This past Saturday, the conditions were perfect during the day for a long exposure - deep blue skies, fluffy white clouds interspersed and wind to move everything above. When I headed out to gather signatures on Atlantic Avenue (see yesterday's post for info on that), I also made sure to pack up the camera bag and tripod. Immediately after finishing, I headed to Abbot Hall and walked around the building looking for a new vantage point from which to shoot. A number of ideas wouldn't work due to the wind gusts but I finally found myself at this spot looking [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-03-24T09:07:54-04:00March 26th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: Abbot Hall, black and white, long exposure|0 Comments

Day 3 – A Long Exposure Sunset After the Storm

Continuing with this week's theme of showing images from each of the 5 days of our recent Spring storm, here is the one from Friday, March 8th. If you haven't blocked out all memories of this storm, Friday was a whopper. We started the day with about 8 inches of snow on the ground. What was supposed to let up by noon ended up adding another 8 inches throughout the day. School was cancelled and roads were a mess. I was at work but got out a bit early and had the forethought to bring my camera gear with me. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:01-05:00March 13th, 2013|Categories: Sunset|Tags: bench, Chandler Hovey park, long exposure, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Reflections on Little Harbor

In February 2012, I was just starting to get the hang of these long exposure images. On this particular day, I had gone out in hopes of capturing Gerry Island at sunset. While I started to photograph the island and little harbor surrounding it, my eye quickly latched on to the collection of houses along Fort Sewall Terrace that faced the harbor. As the sun began to set, the colors in the sky took hold and I started to shoot longer and longer exposures in the fading light. I had previously shared an image with the houses reflecting in little [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:01-05:00March 5th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: Little Harbor, long exposure, sunset|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Misty Waves at Castle Rock

It's Long Exposure Tuesday and this week features an image from Castle Rock taken on December 21st. I can't remember if a storm had just come through or just left but the waves were pounding at Castle Rock. I decided to climb to the top of a rock for a more expansive view and had to watch for sea spray that was coming up to the level of the rock at one point! As the sun started to set, my exposure got longer and I ended up with this favorite that took 176 seconds to capture. Those crashing waves have [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:02-05:00February 19th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: black and white, Castle Rock, long exposure, waves|0 Comments

Long Exposure – A Bench in Memory of

On Wednesday January 30th, a strong wind and some great clouds developed in the afternoon and I decided to head out to Chandler Hovey park for some long exposure images. I started off trying to capture the setting sun but the combination of long exposure and wind gusts wasn't working so well. I took shelter behind one of the rocks near the edge of the harbor and saw this scene before me. I decided to use the bench as a foreground element and allow the exposure time of 129 seconds to blur the water and add some movement to the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:02-05:00February 12th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: black and white, Chandler Hovey park, long exposure|1 Comment

Long Exposure – From the Top of Fountain Park

On Sunday, January 20th, after attending my son's swim meet at the JCC, I noted the clouds starting to form as we neared sunset. I had a location in mind for a long exposure shot for some time and decided to head there in hopes that the light would work. As I got to Fountain Park, the clouds were just starting to reach the lighthouse. The light was starting to fade and I got to work setting up my camera with the 10-stop filter to help limit available light and extend the time the shutter could be opened. It turns [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:03-05:00February 5th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: black and white, clouds, Fort Sewall, lighthouse, long exposure, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Rocks in a Milky Harbor

Tuesday means another Long Exposure image. This one comes from last Wednesday morning on an ill-fated attempt to shoot sea smoke. Despite the 10 F temps, the harbor was eerily clear when I arrived at dawn to photograph this scene. Rather than giving up, I decided to wait til sunrise and see what the clouds and light might offer. As it turns out, the image came out great and I ended up sharing it last week. Before the sun rose, however, there was just enough light to play with some long exposures. This was still the blue hour and I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:03-05:00January 29th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: black and white, fine art, long exposure, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments

Long Exposure – The Tree and the Harbor

This image is a year old and has been hanging in my office for just about that long but I just realized that I have never shared it here. In early January 2012 (the same day as my color image of this scene from the end of Doak's Lane), I made this image that was intended as a square crop. The color photo from sunset remains one of my favorites but this black and white is a close second. I love the feel of black and white for these long exposure images (180 seconds in this case). The processing was [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:05-05:00January 22nd, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: black and white, Little Harbor, long exposure, tree|0 Comments

Long Exposure – The Lighthouse at Sunset

On December 23rd, I headed out to Chandler Hovey Park to photography the lighthouse draped in its holiday best. I had just finished shooting the sunset at Devereux Beach both as fiery and smokey tendrils and had found a nice angle from which to shoot the lighthouse and old oil house. As I walked back to the car, I couldn't help but grab one more shot of the lighthouse at sunset. As the light was fading, this ended up as a 30-second exposure (thus qualifying it for Long Exposure Tuesday). If you look closely at the sky, you'll see a [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:05-05:00January 15th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: light, lighthouse, long exposure, stars|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Smoking Tendrils on Devereux Beach

Tuesday means it's time for a Long Exposure image and this time we turn to Devereux beach. I shared an image in color and of much shorter duration taken during the sunset on December 23rd. I had noted these great tendrils that formed as the surf pushed through at certain points. The previous image showed the reflections of sunset [see it by clicking here]. This image was created as a 30 second exposure. The longer duration turned the ocean into mist and I processed this to accentuate the water below and clouds above. I'm curious which you like more - [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:05-05:00January 8th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: beach, black and white, Devereux Beach, fine art, long exposure, ocean, sunset|0 Comments