Challenge: Your Best "Blue Hour" Image

landscaper1 · Jul 26, 2020

Post your best, or at least your favorite, blue hour image, and tell us where it was made. According to Google (Aug. 30, 2014) ...

"The blue hour generally lasts the 20 to 30 minutes just after sunset and just before sunrise. For example, if the sun sets at 5 p.m., the blue hour would last from approximately 5:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.. If the sun rises at 5 a.m., the blue hour lasts from about 4:30 a.m. to 4:50 a.m."

NOTE: To forestall any unpleasant exchanges, all participants in this thread hereby agree, absent specific evidence to the contrary, that all images posted are each member's own images and that any attached EXIF data is factual (allowing for time zone variations).

Here's mine. It was my first attempt at making a blue hour image as well as artificially illuminating a foreground subject. The EXIF shows EST time, two hours ahead of the actual time at Cape Royal (No matter where I always forget to reset the time in my camera from EST).

Illuminated Pinyon pine at Cape Royal, North Rim, Grand Canyon N.P., AZ

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Jeff Bondono · Jul 26, 2020

Calder's Flamingo, Chicago, Illinois, in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building, during blue hour

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landscaper1 · Jul 26, 2020

Beautiful, Jeff. Well done!

kodakrome · Jul 26, 2020

One of my favorites. Myrtle Beach SC, 30 minutes after sunset.

Blind Bill · Jul 26, 2020

Portland Head Lighthouse taken on October 15, 2019. Canon 5D III / 16-35 f/4.

App 1/2 hour before sunrise on the same day a Nor'easter was to make landfall.

Bing Chow · Jul 26, 2020

From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Tom59 · Jul 26, 2020

Houston skyline taken from Eleanor Tinsely Park.

Rodger in Edmonton · Jul 26, 2020

Three Cheers for the Blue Hour!

The Anglican Archdiocese in Edmonton Alberta.

I have no National Park blue hour shots - only astro stuff from there have poked around the whole city and surroundings looking for other Blue Hour game.

When you stand at some venues , the change in appearance of the settings around you becomes quite remarkable as the hour descend upon the landscape.,

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gavin · Jul 26, 2020

La Jolla Shores, California

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myb17 · Jul 26, 2020

Taken along the shore of Jackson Lake at the Signal Mountain Lodge.

Aug 24, 2010,

Did some pre-planning for this event.

D300 and probably the 18-200mm lens

Bryan

David1961 · Jul 26, 2020

landscaper1 said:
NOTE: To forestall any unpleasant exchanges, all participants in this thread hereby agree, absent specific evidence to the contrary, that all images posted are each member's own images and that any attached EXIF data is factual (allowing for time zone variations).

Thank you for your opinion but after seeing many images with false exif data on the www over the years I no longer blindly accept exif data as being 100% accurate.

As long as the embedded colour space is accurate then an image's colours should display correctly on my screen.

Whether the other exif is accurate or not is irrelevant for me.

I took this photo about 15 minutes after sunset on Brighton Beach many years ago now.

landscaper1 · Jul 27, 2020

David1961 said:
landscaper1 said:

NOTE: To forestall any unpleasant exchanges, all participants in this thread hereby agree, absent specific evidence to the contrary, that all images posted are each member's own images and that any attached EXIF data is factual (allowing for time zone variations).

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Thank you for your opinion but after seeing many images with false exif data on the www over the years I no longer blindly accept exif data as being 100% accurate.

It's not a matter of opinion; it's just common courtesy we members extend to one another unless it can be proven that something is not what it claims to be. Apparently, though, courtesy isn't all that common in some quarters anymore.

David1961 · Jul 27, 2020

No problem.

It would have been better then, if you worded it so that it didn't appear that you were speaking on my behalf and maybe every other participant in this thread.

If you were speaking on my behalf, then your opinion is not accurate because of the reason in my previous post.

As I posted, it's irrelevant to me whether the exif is accurate or not.

Rod Baakkonen · Jul 27, 2020

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Paul Donaldson · Jul 27, 2020

Some might think it's a stretch for the blue hour Landscaper?

But Given the location and the time, I think it qualifies?

Taken across the river Tyne (at Tynemouth) looking northeast.

Taken with Canon 5dsr @ 70mm, 6.0Sec at F/4.0 (EF70-200mm F2.8L IS at ISO400

Time taken 2.32am July 12th

The attempt was to catch the Comet Neowise, but I did manage to get some Noctilucent Clouds as well as the early morning sun glow (hence the blue hour)

Unfortunately, I do have some star trails (proof of the 500 rule ) I would have upped the ISO to 600 and dropped the shutter speed by 2.0sec if I had thought it bit more about it, but I still think its a nice image.

Regards

Paul

MikePDX · Jul 27, 2020

Inside Passage, British Columbia

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landscaper1 · Jul 27, 2020

Looks like a beautiful image to me, although I might've used a longer focal length myself.

landscaper1 · Jul 27, 2020

Rod, it appears the sun is clearly above the horizon, so this doesn't meet the definition of "blue hour."

Paul Donaldson · Jul 27, 2020

landscaper1 said:
Looks like a beautiful image to me, although I might've used a longer focal length myself.

Thanks Landscaper1

I understand what you mean about the longer focal but I was intentionally wanting to get the ruined Tynemouth Priory and Castle (the area that is lit up) and the Collingwood Monument (statue to the left of the ruins) to bed the location of the photograph.

You can see a photo of the Comet Neowise and of Noctilucent clouds anywhere, but they mean so much more when over recognizable locations.

Thanks for your input and suggestions as always they are always welcome.

Good thread

Paul

Val Bueno · Jul 27, 2020

Aloha,
Val

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