Congratulations Erno--Assignment #80: Blue Hour Photography

I can not emphasize how hard you all made selecting finalists. My first cut I wanted 9 shots as finalists, then I got it to 7, then I went back through and it increased as the more I looked as some shots the more I appreciated them. But, a selection had to be made. Below are the 5 finalists for Assignment #80: Blue Hour Photography

The description:

The blue hour is the part of twilight before a sun rises or sets when predominately blue light makes it through the atmosphere. While being somewhat famous for its soft diffused light and color, it has also be used by artists as a "time of confusion and mystery" as the time that is neither night nor day. The topic for this assignment is to use this confusion, mystery, color and famously soft and even light as a key element of your image.

The finalists:

M_Six: Blue Hour at the County Fair

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3842/...b994301f_b.jpg

Erno: Golden Gate Bridge with Moon, Fog, and Wind

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5141/...f30b6613_b.jpg


Neuroanatomist "L'Arc de Triomphe"

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7691/1...36f58bdb_b.jpg


CLS "Blue Hour at Burj Khalifa"

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1631/...372e6be0_c.jpg


Joel Eade "Blue Back Yard"

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....99184357-4.jpg

The poll will be open for 5 days. Good luck to all the finalists.

Canon 6D
TS-E 24mm f3.5L II
1.6s @ f10
ISO 50

Blue Hour at the County Fair https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3842/...b994301f_b.jpg
Coles County Fair 2014 by Mark Johnson, on Flickr


Canon 6D
EF 135mm f2 + Kenko 1.4x TC for 189mm
F2.8
30 sec

Christian Science Building - Boston
http://bimmermail.com/Boston2013/csb08-md.jpg

Camera
Canon EOS 6D

Focal Length
189mm

Aperture
f/36

Exposure
30s

ISO
200

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5141/...f30b6613_b.jpgGolden Gate Bridge with Moon, Fog, and Wind by ernogy, on Flickr

Great topic! Here are my entries:

L'Arc de Triomphe - Taken from the median of Avenue des Champs-Élyséeshttps://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7691/1...36f58bdb_b.jpg
EOS 1D X, TS-E 17mm f/4L, 8 s, f/10, ISO 100

Kapellbrücke at Night - Chapel Bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/313/18...0889696e_b.jpg
EOS 1D X, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ 50mm, 20 s, f/11, ISO 200


Rhine Basel - Panorama of the Rhine River as seen from the Basel Münster Pfalz (click here for 5000px wide version)
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5823/2...9470b2f7_b.jpg
EOS 1D X, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ 59mm, 10 s, f/9, ISO 400; 13 shots in portrait orientation


Thanks for looking!

—John

The last assignment, together with this one, reminded me of a favorite from long ago. I did not post-process then, so I tried now.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1581/...913565fa98.jpgPonte Sisto by Danny Watson, on Flickr

One from the archives: An old coal-mining train in Banff, Alberta (illuminated with my flashlight, 30 second exposure)

Ghost Train
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q...2/_MG_9569.jpg

"Le Tour"

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5734/...7eb8d277_b.jpg
Paris, Tour Eiffel by Andrea Magnelli, su Flickr

"Paris, Composition"

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1504/...698cddf4_b.jpg
Paris by Andrea Magnelli, su Flickr

"Highlands Ocean"
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3899/...01734651_b.jpg
Night Ocean, Kinlochbervie, Scotland by Andrea Magnelli, su Flickr

On a trip to Arizona, we took the time in New Mexico to get a Blue Hour shot for the assignment. Later the number of stars in the sky was amazing.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1674/...639d3d0d_c.jpg
El Malpais, NM_S5O5361 by Pat Conroy, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1659/...b718c616_c.jpgCanyon sunset by Danny Watson, on Flickr

A little different mood of the Grand Canyon than Bryan's example. Better post-processing now as compared to when first shot.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1538/...86edc85a_b.jpgConverging Clouds by Zachary Thompson, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/764/2...392274bd_c.jpga 43 by Zachary Thompson, on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5760/...eac578a3_b.jpgFlower Swan taking flight by Zachary Thompson, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1526/...93fb09f7_z.jpgMichigan spring by Danny Watson, on Flickr

Some great entries. One more week to submit!

This shot is quite similar to another shot I shared a while ago, but this one is taken 5-10 minutes later (“deeper” into the blue hour).

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1631/...372e6be0_c.jpg
Blue hour at Burj Khalifa by cls-70, on Flickr

Last weekend to enter.

Blue back yard
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....99184357-4.jpg

Some great entries. Coming up with finalists was not easy.

But, now Voting!

One more day to vote.

Congratulations Erno!!

I will PM you regarding the next topic.

Congratulations, Erno! The sky color became an important element of the photo.

Kudos, Erno. Great image.

CLS, I loved "Blue Hour at Burj Khalifa". Stellar work.

Congrats Erno, great shot! (And thanks Mark for the kind words.)

Many thanks - all were wonderful entries- ERNO