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Purple Light and the Coming Storm

I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had gone out at dawn to capture images of Doliber Cove specifically because a storm was forecast for later that day.  A coming storm usually signals good light at dawn as in the old adage 'red sky in morning, sailor take warning'.  As it turns out, the coming storm would bring some incredible purple light with it later that evening... I had gone out again on the night of July 1 to participate in the Marblehead Festival of Arts Awards Night ceremony at Abbot Hall.  Since the full moon was due to rise [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:04:02-05:00July 8th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Sunstar and Purple Clouds

Ten minutes - that's how much time elapsed from yesterday's image of a golden sun and this one of purple clouds.  I had been jumping in and out of my tree cover until the rain finally stopped and the sun began to sink below the horizon.  As it did so, the sky turned from a golden glow to deeper blue with beautiful purple light reflecting off the clouds. Knowing that I had a small window of opportunity for capturing a sunstar, I adjusted the composition and closed the lens aperture to its smallest.  As the sun began to disappear behind houses [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:04:03-05:00June 17th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Warm Nights and Purple Sunsets

Today's image comes from August 1, 2011 and was taken at 8:11pm as the sun set over another warm Summer day in Marblehead.  There's something about those warm nights that seem to lend themselves to these purple sunsets.  I don't recall seeing them nearly as often during the rest of the year. Won't be much longer before boats begin to fill Marblehead Harbor.

By |2016-11-06T12:04:08-05:00March 26th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Purple Sky and Smooth Sand at Devereux Beach

On September 9, 2014, I witnessed one of the most incredible sunsets of my life.  The view was made even more amazing by my choice of Devereux Beach to serve as backdrop.  Some combination of storm and incredibly low tides had transformed what is normally a fairly rocky beach into this beautiful smooth sand version. I'll bet many longtime 'Headers would have been hard pressed to name this as Devereux Beach based on the conditions. More images of Marblehead without snow coming throughout the week.  Stay tuned...

By |2016-11-06T12:04:09-05:00March 10th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

Smoke on the Water – Marblehead Harbor filled with Sea Smoke

In 2012, I was fortunate to witness and capture sea smoke on what was easily the coldest day of that year.  Since first seeing the incredible beauty of smoke rising off the ocean at dawn, I have sought to capture it again.  I went out a number of times in 2013 but the conditions were never right for sea smoke to develop.  In January 2014, I photographed backlit sea smoke as the sun rose behind Tinker's Island.  With all prior attempts, I had hoped to see sea smoke rising within Marblehead Harbor.  I'm not exactly sure what conditions favor the [...]

Purple Dawn over Marblehead

On the morning of October 8, a lunar eclipse was set to take place right at moonset/sunrise offering the chance to capture a 'blood red moon'.  Unfortunately, the skies were not cooperating when I arrived at Chandler Hovey Park and found thick cloud cover at the horizon as a storm passed just to the north of us. While I waited and hoped for a break in the clouds, the morning sun lit up the clouds in a brilliant purple hue.  There was very little light to work with and, even with a fairly high ISO of 800, the shutter speed [...]

By |2014-10-19T19:34:35-04:00October 21st, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Summer in Marblehead – 3 – Purple Light from Parker Lane

Another image from Saturday's spectacular sunset over Marblehead harbor.  I had started off shooting at the Pleon Yacht Club but moved to Parker Land after the sun dipped below the horizon. On Monday, I shared the incredible pinks that filled the sky shortly afterwards. It wasn't long before the pinks gave way to the purple colors you see here.  I decided to keep the skyline as silhouette to minimize the scaffolding around Abbot Hall tower.  Between the amazing sunsets and warm days, there really is nothing quite like Summer in Marblehead.

By |2016-11-06T12:04:26-05:00July 2nd, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Purple Dawn from Fountain Park

Time to go back to the archives as the cold weather and recent return from time in the sun has kept me from shooting this week. This image comes from a dawn outing in December 2011.  This was the start of a very foggy early December day in Marblehead and I had decided on a shot from atop Fountain Park to begin the day as the high tide held the promise of reflecting good morning light.  As you can see, the sky did not disappoint and the water did end up serving as a very good reflector of the purple [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:04:47-05:00January 29th, 2014|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Purple Summer Sunset over Marblehead Harbor

It seems as though we have had some incredibly varied sunsets this Summer and this image taken from a particularly nice one in late July is no exception.  I shared an image from near the end of the good light focusing on Abbot Hall previously [LINK].  The great thing about these Summer sunsets is that they seem to last forever (even long after the sun has dipped below the horizon) and, depending on cloud cover, the colors can be truly spectacular. I moved all around the pier at the Pleon Yacht Club on this particular evening trying different compositions.  This [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:05:53-05:00August 26th, 2013|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Chasing the Light – One Sunset, Five Unique Photos

This will be a bit of a longer post to recap this great Summer sunset.  I also want to point out that there will not be any posts for the next few days as I am driving up to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont to try and capture the incredible color up there. Today, I wanted to share the last image from a spectacular sunset that took place back in mid-August and explain some of my thought process at the time.  To refresh your memory, for a stretch of 3-4 nights in August, we had been getting these incredible deep [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:06:09-05:00September 30th, 2012|Categories: Sunset|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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