Top 10 of 2015 – Smoke on the Water

Another image from the Winter of deep cold and mountains of snow. In the original post, I wrote "On Thursday, January 8, Marblehead was blasted by an arctic cold the likes of which I had not felt in my time here. The temperature this morning was -4F throughout my one hour photo shoot and that does not take into account the wind chill that likely pushed it below -20F. As I drove across the causeway to Marblehead Neck, I saw sea smoke to my right at Devereux Beach but then looked to the left and saw wisps of it inside [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:51-05:00December 26th, 2015|Categories: Favorite|Tags: Abbot Hall, favorite, Marblehead Harbor, sea smoke|0 Comments

Sea Smoke and Abbot Hall

One week after yesterday's image of a frozen Redd's Pond, the temperatures dipped to previously unseen lows and I headed out at dawn in hopes of capturing sea smoke. Since first witnessing the phenomenon of smoke rising from the ocean, I have ventured out at every opportunity to capture the incredible sight. However, until this day, I had never witnessed sea smoke within Marblehead Harbor. I previously shared a wider view of the sea smoke in Marblehead Harbor with the pink-purple sky of dawn over Marblehead's skyline. This image was taken a few moments later when the sun had risen [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:09-05:00March 6th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, Marblehead Harbor, sea smoke|1 Comment

Sea Smoke in the Harbor – Corinthian and Marblehead Light

Back to the incredible display of sea smoke in Marblehead Harbor that took place on January 8, 2015. This image was captured on my first round at Foster Street (I would come back after capturing the sun rise at Castle Rock before racing to work). I had just photographed the sea smoke in the harbor with a purple sky over Abbot Hall and turned to find the sea smoke was even thicker looking out toward the Corinthian Yacht Club with Marblehead Light towering behind it. The wind was moving the sea smoke off the water and it took a few [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:14-05:00January 14th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Corinthian Yacht Club, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, pier, sea smoke|0 Comments

Tom Moore Rock Engulfed in Sea Smoke

Hope no one is tired of the beauty of sea smoke captured on a truly arctic morning earlier this month. I had made it back to Castle Rock just before the sun rose and captured this image of Tom Moore Rock engulfed in sea smoke. The smoke-formed clouds served to reflect the light of the rising sun with pastel pinks to bring color to the scene. As I worked on this image, I started to wonder about the history of Tom Moore Rock. The best I have been able to figure out is that it started off as Nanepashemet rock and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:14-05:00January 12th, 2015|Categories: Island|Tags: dawn, island, sea smoke, Tom Moore rock|0 Comments

Sun Star and Sea Smoke at Castle Rock

Yesterday morning's sea smoke was responsible for one of the most frenetic and harried photo shoots I have ever had. I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had crossed the causeway a little after 6:30 and noted sea smoke coming off the Atlantic ocean as well as within Marblehead Harbor. Over the next hour, I shot at Castle Rock (twice), Corinthian Lane (once) and Foster Street (twice). Each outing lasted 10 minutes and was followed by a mad dash to the next location. With temperatures of -4F and wind chills of easily -20F, I could not stand more than 10 [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:14-05:00January 9th, 2015|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Castle Rock, sea smoke, sun star, sunrise|0 Comments

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 [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:14-05:00January 8th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, dawn, Grace Community church, Marblehead Harbor, purple, sea smoke, St Michaels church|0 Comments

Lobster Boat encircled by Sea Smoke

There's only one good thing about the arctic conditions that periodically descend upon Marblehead - Sea Smoke. I had first witnessed the phenomenon in January 2012 when the temperature dropped to the single digits with a wind chill bringing it to well below zero. On that day, I was rewarded for braving the cold with a truly awesome view of Marblehead Light. As the sun rose and the sea smoke continued to rise from the Atlantic ocean, I sought other compositions from my spot along Front Street. I have a few left to share in my 'to be posted' archive [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:14-05:00January 7th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boat, Marblehead Harbor, sea smoke|0 Comments

Flying through the Sea Smoke

Back to the morning of January 4th and the awesome experience of capturing sea smoke rising off the Atlantic Ocean from Devereux Beach. I had captured the sunrise over Tinker's Island at this point but the increasing angle of sunlight was backlighting the sea smoke and making for an even more impressive display. I tried to time the shots to the waves coming to shore and loved this particular image for the lobster trap encircled by water and the sea gulls that can be seen flying through the sea smoke. As incredible cold as it was that morning, it was [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:46-05:00January 30th, 2014|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, Devereux Beach, ocean, sea smoke|2 Comments

Sea Smoke and Orange Clouds at Marblehead Lighthouse

Back to Saturday's arctic conditions for this image of Marblehead Lighthouse and sea smoke. After capturing Sunday and Mondays' images of sea smoke from Devereux Beach, I circled back and drove down to Front Street. I stopped at Lovis Cove (the location for yesterday's image) and used my longest zoom to capture the incredible colors that lay before me. The sea smoke around Marblehead Lighthouse was not as impressive as the last time I had captured it [LINK] but the sky more than made up for that. The low lying clouds were bathed in the orange glow from the just [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:45-05:00January 8th, 2014|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: clouds, lighthouse, orange, sea smoke|0 Comments

Sea Smoke – Cold Dawn on Devereux Beach

Saturday morning brought truly arctic temperatures to Marbleheadwith measurements of 2 F (before the wind chill). I drove around Marblehead Neck to find the best examples of sea smoke coming off the relatively balmy Atlantic Ocean waters and decided the best view could be had from the causeway near Devereux Beach. I started shooting at dawn when the light cloud cover erupted in pink hues before the sun rose and lit the whole sky in a fiery red (I shared that image yesterday). I sought to include as much of Devereux Beach and the Neck with Tinker's Island out in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:45-05:00January 6th, 2014|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, clouds, Devereux Beach, pink, sea smoke|0 Comments