Chasing Rainbows and Storm Clouds

We have had an incredibly dry Summer in Marblehead which has translated into very few opportunities for chasing rainbows. I have only had once chance thus far when a storm cloud passed through town (conveniently on a Wednesday evening) and I ran out of the house to the nearest vantage point. I arrived at the edge of Bass Rocks Lane as the light began to fade and had only seconds to capture this view of a rainbow, storm clouds and the white haze of falling rain over the ocean and Tinkers Island. I'm hoping for a few more chances to chase rainbows [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-07-21T06:53:59-04:00July 21st, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: clouds, rainbow, storm, Tinkers island|3 Comments

A Churning Sky over Marblehead Light

On August 4th, a strong thunderstorm passed over Marblehead and I ended up chasing the lightning around town trying to catch bolts from various locations. This image was taken from the beginning of the storm as the grey clouds formed and overtook the sky over Marblehead. I wasn't sure how to describe these impressive cloud formations but they seemed to form a churning sky over Marblehead Light so I stuck with that terminology. If someone has a better description, please let me know. Here are more images from this outing on August 4th:

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:56-05:00November 3rd, 2015|Categories: Storm|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, clouds, dramatic sky, lighthouse, storm|0 Comments

The Lightning Show at Castle Rock

To finish off this 'lightning week', here is an image from August 4th captured from Castle Rock. I was in the midst of a hiatus from sharing images of Marblehead and had been rediscovering the joy of capturing the beauty of this town. On this night, I was fortunate to capture a beautiful sunset as well as a lightning storm. I'll share the sunset photo on another day... This image is actually a composite including the five bolts you see from five different (sequential) exposures to make up the final lightning show. I'll leave it to you to decide if the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:01-05:00August 21st, 2015|Categories: Storm|Tags: Castle Rock, lightning, storm|0 Comments

Preston Beach Lightning – Forked Bolt over the Ocean

While not the brightest bolt of lightning captured on this Saturday night at Preston Beach, I really liked the appearance of the forked bolt and its reflection in the wet sand. At this point in the evening (this was taken between Monday and Tuesday's captures), the sky took on a more dramatic and menacing appearance which added an extra dimension to the scene.

By Eyal Oren|2015-08-16T14:00:21-04:00August 20th, 2015|Categories: Storm|Tags: dramatic sky, lightning, Preston Beach, storm|0 Comments

Preston Beach Lightning – Cluster of Bolts Ends the Show

After capturing images from Preston Beach, I rechecked the radar on my iPhone and saw an approaching rain storm was nearly upon us. I quickly moved up to the top of the rock wall and positioned myself behind the old anchor for the last few shots. As the light had faded, I was able to leave the shutter open for much longer exposures and greatly increase my chance of capturing bolts of lightning. During this exposure, I managed to capture a cluster of bolts situated in the same location and placed perfectly in relation to the old anchor.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:01-05:00August 19th, 2015|Categories: Storm|Tags: anchor, lightning, Preston Beach, storm|0 Comments

Preston Beach Lightning – Near Miss at Ram Island

Continuing with 'lightning week' on Wednesdays in Marblehead - here is an image of the opposite viewpoint as yesterday's capture of twin lightning bolts. This image was taken 40 minutes after yesterday's as the storm moved across the horizon. The position of the lightning bolt makes it appear as if it just missed striking Ram Island.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:01-05:00August 18th, 2015|Categories: Storm|Tags: lightning, Preston Beach, Ram island, storm|0 Comments

Preston Beach Lightning – Twin Bolts at Sunset

On Saturday night, a lightning storm took shape over Boston at 6:30pm. I decided to head down to Preston Beach in the hopes of capturing some of the lightning bolts from a safe distance. The storm ended up being a very active one and, despite many, many missed shots, I came home with a handful of images of lightning striking over the Atlantic Ocean. In this image, you can see twin bolts at sunset. This was only a 0.4 second exposure which meant luck was firmly on my side in capturing the twin bolts. You can just make out the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:01-05:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: Storm|Tags: lightning, Preston Beach, storm|0 Comments

The Storm Cloud

On Friday, July 24th, my family and I were driving back into Marblehead from dinner in Beverly where we had barely escaped heavy rains. As we drove down Lafayette Street, I spotted an enormous rainbow taking shape over Salem Harbor and received permission to pull over and capture it (I had luckily put the camera bag and tripod in the trunk just in case). With sunset fast approaching and fearing little time to capture any other great clouds over Marblehead Harbor, I convinced my wife and kids to join me on a quick photo shoot. When I turned onto Front [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:01-05:00August 13th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, dramatic sky, Fort Beach, Marblehead Neck, storm|0 Comments