Wednesdays in Marblehead

A Light After the Storm

Yesterday was an awful, terrible, gut punch of a day... I shared a photo of the Marblehead varsity football game that I had shot on Friday night and left at 8am to shoot the JV game. I was excited to capture moments that these kids would hopefully take to heart and love the idea of finding those moments of camaraderie and greatness that seem to only come in the younger years. But then, 10 minutes into the game, an awful leg injury occurred. I literally dropped my camera and headed to the fallen player to see if there was anything [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-09-25T22:48:52-04:00September 26th, 2021|Categories: Storm|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, rainbow|0 Comments

Still Chasing Those Rainbows

Since I wasn't able to capture a rainbow on my most recent outing, here is one from May 12th that I haven't had the chance to share yet. Between the rainbow and interesting cloud formation, I had ample opportunities to come up with different compositions from my spot at the end of Commercial Street. Here I brought the camera down to the ground just inches above the water level to accentuate the reflections in the still water and only later noticed the flared end of the rainbow where it met the causeway.

By Eyal Oren|2021-07-25T20:14:21-04:00July 29th, 2021|Categories: Storm|Tags: clouds, rainbow, reflection|4 Comments

Rainbow after the Storm

Not even 10 minutes after capturing the bolt of lightning from Fort Beach, the sun broke through the clouds and lit up water vapor to create a beautiful rainbow after the storm. I went with a wider composition to keep the trees at Fort Sewall and the boats at Fort Beach in the frame while managing to catch a nice reflection of the rainbow in the water. The dramatic sky was a nice bonus as was that deep blue sky near Marblehead Light. Make sure you check in Sunday morning for "Nature's Fireworks" that I captured one hour later when [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-07-01T22:16:17-04:00July 2nd, 2021|Categories: Storm|Tags: boats, dramatic sky, Fort Beach, rainbow|5 Comments

Rainbow Weather

The restore finally finished after over 200 hours and it appears all images are back safe and sound and a new larger hard drive array. As a test run, I took a look at some recent images that were in my To Be Published folder and, with the recent rain, instantly gravitated to this one. It seems that spring really does set up perfect conditions for rainbow weather. And yet, all the elements need to come together with just the right break in the clouds at just the right time as on the evening of May 12th when I raced [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-06-15T06:48:50-04:00June 15th, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, causeway, rainbow|6 Comments

First Rainbow of the Season

There's nothing quite like catching that first rainbow of the season ;-) I had already gone out once today but had come back without any photos to show for the quick drive. So I was laying on the couch after a nice meal from Howling Wolf and watching TV when I hear what sounded like rain. It took me a few seconds to realize the sound was coming from outside rather than the show and, as soon as my brain made that connection, little alarms went off in my head. Anytime I spot a shower within an hour of sunset, [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-05-12T20:30:26-04:00May 12th, 2021|Categories: Storm|Tags: boats, causeway, Marblehead Neck, rainbow|25 Comments

National Find a Rainbow in Marblehead Day

I didn't know there was a National Find a Rainbow Day until I saw the Corinthian's post today (April 3rd). Figured I would look back and see just how many rainbows I have captured in Marblehead and was surprised to find more than 40 in these past 10 years. Here are 27 of my favorites (link in profile on IG).

By Eyal Oren|2021-04-03T08:56:16-04:00April 3rd, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: rainbow|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2020 – #5 – Rainbow Sky over Castle Rock

I don't think this has ever happened before but there are three images in my top 10 all captured on the same day (though two outings). It's probably a testament to the fewer times I went out this year but also goes to show just how much the light can change in the span of a few hours. This is the second shot from August 19th (the first was #10 of boats in the harbor) and the third will be tomorrow's image (though I kept switching the positions of these and had a hard time deciding which I liked more). [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-12-26T09:21:55-05:00December 29th, 2020|Categories: Favorite|Tags: Castle Rock, favorite, rainbow|4 Comments

Summer Rainbows over the Causeway

If we are going to continue with temps in the high 80s this late in September, I may need to continue to revisit some favorites from this past summer that hadn't seen the light of day. On June 28, 2020, I headed to Riverhead Beach and was rewarded with a nearly perfect double rainbow forming over the causeway. The outing would last over an hour and include some incredible sunset images as well leading to a fairly large trough of images in the 'to be published' folder from this one summer evening.

By Eyal Oren|2020-09-23T21:37:46-04:00September 24th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: causeway, rainbow|1 Comment

Little Rainbow

It's a bit ironic that I had gone out on July 30th in the hopes of capturing a rainbow over Little Harbor but ended up wiht such a nice sunset that this shot of that little rainbow ended up as the fifth (and last) of the images shared from this outing. I had arrived to the Little Harbor Lobster Company lot at a little before 7:30pm and stayed in the car watching for signs of a rainbow after a summer rain passed through. I only noticed the one you see here by chance and managed to get this one shot [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-09-08T22:18:28-04:00September 9th, 2020|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: boats, Gerry island, Little Harbor, rainbow|3 Comments

Rainbow Sky over Castle Rock

What a night! I went out initially at 4:15pm after a storm passed south of Marblehead and came away with only one favorite. When I spotted another storm on the radar, I hesitated and debated if it was worth heading out once more and am very glad I did. I started off at Riverhead and along the causeway where I found a very dramatic and dark sky over Marblehead Harbor. I shot toward the harbor, across the causeway and towards Tinkers before the rain caught up with me and I had to hunker in the car. A quick check of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-08-19T22:23:38-04:00August 20th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, rainbow|0 Comments

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