Brown’s Island Engulfed in Smoke

After sharing some relatively warm images this week, I thought I would go back to February 14 and the arctic conditions that made for an incredible display of sea smoke. I finished shooting from Fort Sewall toward Marblehead Light and ducked back into my warm car to make the short trip over to Doak's Lane. From there, I shot Gerry Island and then Brown's Island engulfed in smoke. As a relative newcomer to Marblehead (we moved here in 2008), I don't think I'll ever lose the sense of awe I feel when seeing smoke rising from the ocean.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:38-05:00March 3rd, 2016|Categories: Island|Tags: Brown's island, sea smoke|0 Comments

Sea Smoke Sunrise

With past outings to capture sea smoke, one issue that has come up is that the mist rising from the ocean usually forms a thick band of fog at the horizon blocking any hopes of accompanying sunrise color. On Sunday, February 14, I arrived at Fort Beach to find the sky turning pink as pillars of sea smoke formed in front of and behind Marblehead Light. I captured several frames before the sun rose above the fog bank but this image of a sea smoke sunrise may be my favorite of them. You can see the light of the sun [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:39-05:00February 24th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, sea smoke, sunrise|0 Comments

Smoke in the Harbor

As the sun rose on Sunday, February 14, I made my way across the causeway and onto Marblehead Neck to capture images of the still present sea smoke inside Marblehead Harbor. Despite the sun, the air temperature remained below zero and the smoke kept rising from the water. Unfortunately, the wind had shifted slightly and was blowing straight at me. I drove into the lot at Chandler Hovey park only to quickly turn around having not seen any photographic opportunities. I made my way down to the causeway and spotted these two working boats moored near shore. I had to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:40-05:00February 19th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, sea smoke|0 Comments

Smoke Crashes Over the Causeway

My first stop on Sunday was Riverhead Beach which offered a great location for scouting out the morning's sea smoke. While the temperatures of -10F meant that sea smoke would likely occur, the predicted winds of 20MPH made me nervous that any rising smoke would quickly disappear with the gusts of wind. As soon as I pulled into the lot at Riverhead, those fears disappeared and the beauty of sea smoke rising from Marblehead harbor greeted me. I quickly got out of the car and felt the arctic temperatures for the first time. I had dressed perfectly it turned out [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:40-05:00February 18th, 2016|Categories: Storm|Tags: causeway, lamp post, sea smoke|0 Comments

Tendrils of Sea Smoke at Sunrise

Sunday's arctic air resulted in a display of sea smoke the likes of which I had never seen before in Marblehead. The display kept me busy capturing various compositions as the wind and light changed to drastically alter the scene before me. On Monday, I shared a wide view of the sun just rising over the cloud of sea smoke and setting a nearby patch aglow. Exactly five minutes after that scene, this one appeared. The sun had risen enough to clear the smoke at the horizon and it created the most incredible backlighting for the tendrils of sea smoke forming [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:40-05:00February 17th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck, sea smoke, sunrise|0 Comments

Gerry Island Bathed in Sea Smoke

Sunday, February 14th saw record low temperatures and the most incredible display of sea smoke in Marblehead. I spent much of the morning shooting from Fort Beach and Fort Sewall toward Marblehead Light. When the sun rose high enough in the sky to make further compositions less interesting, I got back into the warm car and drove off to capture other familiar scenes bathed in sea smoke. Gerry Island was only a short way from my spot on Fort Beach so I drove past the lobster shanties and made my way there next. I had checked the tides the night before [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:41-05:00February 15th, 2016|Categories: Island|Tags: Gerry island, sea smoke|0 Comments

Lighting up the Sea Smoke

This morning I was fortunate to witness and capture the most incredible display of sea smoke in Marblehead Harbor. I started shooting at 6:30am and clicked the shutter for the last time at 8:00am. During that time, I took more than 100 images and, only after coffee and a hot shower, did I finally go through them to find and process my favorites. I shared one image already but found that I had 13 favorite images of sea smoke from this morning and really wanted to show one wide view as well. The relatively warm ocean was producing copious amounts [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:41-05:00February 14th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sea smoke, sunrise|0 Comments

Pillars of Sea Smoke in Marblehead Harbor

This morning's record low temperatures (the coldest Marblehead has been in over a decade) meant that sea smoke was likely to occur. Since moving to Marblehead in 2008, sea smoke has become one of my favorite subjects to photograph. While I've taken photos of this incredible phenomenon of steam coming off the relatively hot ocean (with air temperatures of -10F above it), I've never seen a display of sea smoke as occurred this morning. After dressing appropriately for the arctic temperatures (it must have been -20 something with the wind chill), I left the house and made my first stop [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-02-14T17:25:03-05:00February 14th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, Marblehead rock, sea smoke, sunrise|0 Comments

Sea Smoke on Marblehead Neck

Here is another image from my dawn outing to capture sea smoke in Marblehead harbor. I shared a close up view of the lighthouse surrounded by the incredible image of sea smoke rising from the water last week. As the sun rose (and my time ran short - I had to be at work by 7:30am), I made my way towards the car with regular looks across the water. At 7:23am when this image was taken, the sun had finally risen in the morning sky to illuminate the clouds over Marblehead Neck. I quickly composed this shot to include the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:49-05:00January 13th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Neck, sea smoke|0 Comments

Sea Smoke – Arctic Morning in Marblehead

The sea smoke was an incredible sight to behold on this arctic morning in Marblehead - going out in 7F (without the windshield) definitely paid off. When I first saw the projected temperatures of single digits for this morning, my first thought was that I would finally have a chance to replicate and improve upon my favorite image of sea smoke from 2012. That was the first year I had witnessed this phenomenon of arctic air over a relatively warm ocean creating billowing smoke on the water. With that vision in mind, I bundled up and headed to Fort Sewall [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:49-05:00January 5th, 2016|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: dawn, lighthouse, sea smoke|0 Comments