Congratulations Erno--Assignment #80: Blue Hour Photography

[Kayaker72]

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



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




Neuroanatomist "L'Arc de Triomphe"




CLS "Blue Hour at Burj Khalifa"




Joel Eade "Blue Back Yard"



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

[M_Six]

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

Blue Hour at the County Fair
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

Camera
Canon EOS 6D

Focal Length
189mm

Aperture
f/36

Exposure
30s

ISO
200

[erno james]

Golden Gate Bridge with Moon, Fog, and Wind by ernogy, on Flickr

[neuroanatomist]

Great topic! Here are my entries:

L'Arc de Triomphe - Taken from the median of Avenue des Champs-Élysées
EOS 1D X, TS-E 17mm f/4L, 8 s, f/10, ISO 100

Kapellbrücke at Night - Chapel Bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland

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)

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

[Minerve101]

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.
Ponte Sisto by Danny Watson, on Flickr

[Jonathan Huyer]

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

Ghost Train

[jamsus]

"Le Tour"


Paris, Tour Eiffel by Andrea Magnelli, su Flickr

"Paris, Composition"


Paris by Andrea Magnelli, su Flickr

"Highlands Ocean"

Night Ocean, Kinlochbervie, Scotland by Andrea Magnelli, su Flickr

[conropl]

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.


El Malpais, NM_S5O5361 by Pat Conroy, on Flickr

[Minerve101]

Canyon 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.

[Zach]

Converging Clouds by Zachary Thompson, on Flickr

a 43 by Zachary Thompson, on Flickr

Flower Swan taking flight by Zachary Thompson, on Flickr