Silhouettes on Preston Beach

The rule of thumb is that you should put away the camera when the sun is high overhead. The light tends to be fairly flat and very bright making it difficult to get a solid landscape or any other shot. As it happened, I was out with the kids at Preston Beach on this late August day and had my camera and a long lens with me. I managed a few decent shots of the kids but, as we walked back from the tide pools, I saw this great scene. A boat tied up off the shore, people in and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:10-05:00September 13th, 2012|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, boat, ocean, people, Preston Beach, silhouette|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Scattered Rocks at Preston Beach

Two and a half minutes - that's how long this image took to produce. I had set out at the end of May to photograph Preston beach at sunset. The clouds and sunset didn't offer much so I decided to simplify the scene by composing it for a long exposure black and white image. The rocks in the foreground balance out the houses beyond. The long exposure turned the ocean into a mirror to reflect the light in the sky.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:13-05:00July 17th, 2012|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: beach, black and white, long exposure, Preston Beach, rocks|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Crumbling Sand at Preston Beach

Another early image - this is the first long exposure that I took in Marblehead and again seems fitting for a theme of the week. I was exploring Preston beach at sunset on May 27th and found the outflow track from the drainage pipe had formed this great channel in the sand. I set up the camera on a tripod and took a few images as the sun set and the blue hour began. The sand kept crumbling into the rushing water and, during this 25 second exposure, it had just calved and created this beautiful passage. Make sure you [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:15-05:00June 19th, 2012|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: beach, blue hour, long exposure, Preston Beach, sand, water|0 Comments

Fishing off Preston Beach

This day has put me in a monochrome mood and this is a recent favorite in black and white. I was out at Preston beach at the end of May shooting the sunset and some long exposures when I saw this guy make his way out to the edge of the rocks. I ran across the beach to try to place him in alignment with the distant island. The sea was calm and the sky cloudless so I focused on the main elements with a plan to convert this to a black and white image. I love how you can [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:15-05:00June 13th, 2012|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, black and white, fishing, ocean, people, Preston Beach|0 Comments

Long Exposure – The Grate at Preston Beach

So I seemed to have mixed up my days this week - From the Rooftops (well, from the air) was posted on Tuesday instead of Thursday so I'm swapping in a Long Exposure today (which normally would go on the Tuesday)... With that figured out, on to today's image. Back in mid-February, we had a warm spell and I was just getting the hang of these long exposure images. I was waiting for high tide around sunset and was rewarded on this day with those conditions and just enough clouds in the sky to make that interesting. I set up [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:17-05:00May 3rd, 2012|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: beach, black and white, long exposure, ocean, Preston Beach|1 Comment

Dawn over Preston Beach

I had another gravestone from Old Burial Hill planned for today's post but yesterday's sunrise and possible UFO sighting pre-empted it. This is the shot I was taking and during which I captured a possible UFO flying over the ocean. First, some background: I had first spotted this anchor at Beach Bluff Park several months ago but the sun was rising too far to the east for the composition I had in mind. On Wednesday morning, I woke at 6:30 and checked the skies and was delighted to see a break at the horizon. I quickly grabbed my camera and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:24-05:00October 27th, 2011|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: anchor, beach, ocean, park, Preston Beach, sunrise|2 Comments

Iron Bars – Preston Beach

There is an old storm drain that opens up at Preston Beach. The pipe has corroded with time and, on the other side, stands an iron grate. Over the years, it has accumulated tiny stones of many colors that serve to accentuate the rust, mossy greens and large rocks all around. This scene changes rapidly with the tides - I happened upon it at just the right moment. Technical: Canon 50D with EF-S 10-22 lens. 6 exposure bracket.

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-05T21:52:17-04:00September 29th, 2010|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, HDR, ocean, Preston Beach, rocks|0 Comments

Preston Beach

Silhouettes on Preston Beach

Long Exposure – Scattered Rocks at Preston Beach

Long Exposure – Crumbling Sand at Preston Beach

Fishing off Preston Beach

Long Exposure – The Grate at Preston Beach

Dawn over Preston Beach

Iron Bars – Preston Beach

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