Dawn Breaks over Castle Rock

Have I mentioned how much I love the light that comes with Winter? In late December, I woke up early with the goal of revisiting Castle Rock for a dawn photoshoot. I had last done this in the Summer of 2010 and felt it was long overdue. The tide was just about perfect and I set up with my tripod on the loose rocks that double as a beach. The hardest part about this was trying to balance the longish shutter speed to give some movement to the waves while maintaining a good depth of field. This is the first [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T09:54:39-04:00January 30th, 2012|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, dawn, moon, ocean, sunrise, waves|0 Comments

The Wolf Moon Rises over the Pier

So I had to look up the name for January's full moon and was surprised to see it called the Wolf Moon. On Sunday night, the moon was just about full and I headed to the private beach at the end of Corn Point Road to await its arrival. Clouds arrived instead and I had to settle for the long exposure image posted yesterday. I returned Monday night after racing straight from work and got to the beach just as the light of sunset faded. I quickly scampered onto the beach and setup where I expected the moon to rise. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:21-05:00January 18th, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, moon, ocean, pier, water|0 Comments

The Harvest Moon rises near Abbot Hall

The Harvest Moon rose last night and I had planned out a perfect vantage point to capture it. Then I noticed the clouds at the horizon and had to quickly come up with a plan B. Turns out that plan B was waiting on the corner of Village Street and Highland Terrace. I carefully maneuvered the camera to the top of the fence while on my tiptoes and used it as a makeshift tripod while grabbing this shot. The moon ended up rising a bit too early and too fast so it lacked the color typical of the Harvest Moon. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T08:38:04-04:00October 12th, 2011|Categories: moon|Tags: Abbot Hall, full moon, Harvest moon, moon|0 Comments

The Lifeguard Chair at Midnight

Continuing with the 'Sometime Around Midnight' series, and returning to a personal favorite, here is the lifeguard chair at Devereux beach. I admit to a bit of an obsession with these chairs and had to include one in the midnight series. Again this was taken in the dark but the exposure took two minutes and thus was able to capture all available light. You can see the moon overhead and the stars streaking by. The yellow tint on the chair is from the lights on the causeway. The distant lights to the right are caused by the city of Boston [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:27-05:00October 5th, 2011|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, Devereux Beach, lifeguard chair, long exposure, midnight, moon, stars|1 Comment

Sometime Around Midnight

In the middle of August, I decided to try shooting areas around town under the light of the full moon. I started off around midnight and headed to Devereux Beach. My first image was of the swings and I shot as wide as I could to capture the moon above. With the long exposure (this is a 2 minute shot), the darkness of night is removed and you see a scene that looks a lot like a daytime view. If you look carefully, you'll see the streaking stars in the night sky. More midnight shots to come later this week.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:27-05:00October 3rd, 2011|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, Devereux Beach, long exposure, midnight, moon|1 Comment

The Harvest Moon rises over Crowninshield Island

Tonight's Harvest Moon took a while to get through the low-lying haze but, when it did, put on quite a show. I set up at Grace Oliver beach to capture the moon as it rose along the edge of Crowninshield Island. I kept chasing the moon as it rose from spots along Beacon street but this was the best of the bunch.

By Eyal Oren|2014-04-20T17:06:01-04:00September 13th, 2011|Categories: moon|Tags: Brown's island, Crowninshield island, full moon, island, moon|0 Comments

The Sturgeon Moon rises over Devereux Beach

The Full Moon was due to rise on Saturday, August 13th but clouds threatened to block its ascent. I plotted out where the Sturgeon moon was due to rise and struggled with a landmark that would capture the town of Marblehead as well as the beauty of moonrise. It was when I noticed its position in relation to Devereux beach that I had my answer. After making a study of the lifeguard chairs, I knew they would feature in this image. I backed up so that I could fit the chair and the moon's path with my 200mm lens that [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:28-05:00August 18th, 2011|Categories: moon|Tags: beach, Devereux Beach, full moon, lifeguard chair, moon|0 Comments

The Supermoon Sets over Abbot Hall

First, I want to thank everyone for the incredible response to last week's post. There are two more shots from the rise of the supermoon over Marblehead neck and the harbor posted below. Just as I had planned out the location for the rise of the supermoon, I also charted its descent. Turns out it would fall right next to Abbot hall the next morning. I got up early and made my way to Chandler Hovey park setting up at its outermost point. I watched the moon fall as the sun rose and the two met in perfect concert just [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-05-05T11:18:02-04:00March 30th, 2011|Categories: moon|Tags: Abbot Hall, landmark, Marblehead Harbor, moon, sunrise, water|0 Comments

The Supermoon Rises over Marblehead’s Lighthouse

So the super moon rose on Saturday night marking the closest the moon has been to the Earth in 18 years. The proximity made for an even larger full moon and the atmosphere colored the moon yellow/orange as it rose from the horizon. I had planned out this location in advance and waited patiently for 7:17pm when the moon began its ascent. It was moving fast and light from sunset was fading quickly so I had a few frames to capture the beauty of the moon and the light of Chandler Hovey park. This is my favorite of the set [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:30-05:00March 23rd, 2011|Categories: moon|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, moon|0 Comments

Sailing Under the Harvest Moon

The harvest moon coincided with the first day of Fall this year. I made my way to Fort Sewall hoping to catch the moon as it first came up over the horizon but low lying clouds interfered with the best laid plans. Instead I was treated to the last Wednesday night race and the moon was good enough to come out of hiding for this shot. Technical: Canon 50D and EF 70-200 f/4 IS. Single exposure.

By Eyal Oren|2016-05-05T12:20:08-04:00September 27th, 2010|Categories: moon|Tags: Fort Sewall, moon, ocean, sailboat, sailing, water|2 Comments