Top 10 of 2016 – #10 – Tendrils of Sea Smoke at Sunrise

As we near the end of the year, I wanted to share my top 10 images of 2016 leading up to the annual New Years Day slideshow recapping every image shared on Wednesdays in Marblehead (253 images this year). This image of tendrils of sea smoke was taken on Valentine's Day and was the most impressive display of sea smoke I had even witnessed. The angle of the morning sun added much needed backlight to the smoke and created an other-worldly display making this an easy favorite for #10 on the Top 10 of 2016 list.

By Eyal Oren|2016-12-18T10:19:16-05:00December 19th, 2016|Categories: Favorite|Tags: favorite, lighthouse, sea smoke, sunrise|4 Comments

Smoke on the Water – Fire in the Sky

This morning, air temperatures of 2F and water temperatures of 50F held the promise of sea smoke to make up for the otherwise miserable cold. Any chance to see, let alone photograph, smoke on the water will get me out of the house and so, bundled in layers, I headed out. I drove around trying to find the perfect spot and made my way just before dawn to Fort Sewall. I was perched there braced against the wind gusts hoping for good light when I started to see breaks forming in the clouds. Sure enough, as the sun rose behind [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-12-16T17:09:34-05:00December 16th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, dawn, lighthouse, sea smoke, sun star, sunrise|31 Comments

Sunrise over Marblehead Neck

Please read/share - updates on future postings Since starting Wednesdays in Marblehead in August 2008, I've shared over 1,500 images of this incredible town. For the past few months, I've felt my creativity dwindling and have begun to feel the need to keep up with daily postings as more chore than enjoyment. I know I still have much to explore but feel that to do so, I need to stop the daily morning postings (at least for now). For the foreseeable future, I plan to share a favorite image (or more) soon after an outing but the timing of those [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:27-05:00October 9th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, rooftop, St Michaels church, sunrise|11 Comments

Sea Smoke at Sunrise

I was going through images in my 'to be posted' folder to share this week and passed by the series of sea smoke shots captured on a freezing Valentine's Day. It's hard to believe that this was the scene at sunrise in Marblehead Harbor only 6 weeks ago with temperatures well below zero (even before taking into account the wind chill). I've shared a few images of the sea smoke rising from the ocean but still have many more to show. As the light changed and the smoke danced across the water, the compositions seemed to be endless.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:36-05:00March 28th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: lighthouse, sea smoke, sunrise|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

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

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

Snowy Sunrise at Castle Rock

I've made it a point the last few years to go out on the morning of my birthday to capture the sunrise. As I was born in mid-February, that means I have a pretty good chance of capturing a snow filled scene. Such was the case in 2014. On February 19, I headed out with a plan to capture a snowy sunrise at Castle Rock. It had snowed the night before and I hoped the snow would remain undisturbed for my morning shoot. I was thrilled to see this blanket of snow at Castle Rock as well as the almost [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-01-24T10:57:28-05:00January 27th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Castle Rock, snow, sun star, sunrise|0 Comments

A Shining Star on New Years Day – First Sunrise of 2016

A photographer friend of mine recently commented that New Years doesn't begin at midnight for us...it starts with the first sunrise. And so, while most were just waking up to the new year, I headed out in the predawn hours for St. Michael's church and a trip to the top of the steeple. I had made some plans a few days earlier to meet Steve Clay and Ed Nilsson at the church and capture this first sunrise of 2016 from this unique vantage point. As a quick aside, I had welcomed 2012 with a sunrise shoot atop Old North Church and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:50-05:00January 4th, 2016|Categories: Rooftop, Sunrise|Tags: lighthouse, Marblehead Neck, rooftop, sunrise|0 Comments