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Vallery 🌉🚎 Yes on L & J, No on I
@isthelaststop
I've stumbled across something in my photos that I don't have a word for. There's a well known lighting phenomenon called golden hour - when the sun is low above the horizon, you get a yellow/orange light at a sharp angle. It's great for photography. 1/3
A range of hills with a distinctly brightly lit top. The lower portion is in shadow.
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Vallery 🌉🚎 Yes on L & J, No on I
@isthelaststop
There's a less known term called blue hour, which is when the sun is a fair bit UNDER the horizon. It gives things a dim, cool look. For example, the yellow-brown grass is a cool grey (sample it and see). Like golden hour, there are various definitions of exact angle ranges. 2/3
A photo of red and orange lights, between two forrested hills.
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Vallery 🌉🚎 Yes on L & J, No on I
@isthelaststop
A lot of people say golden hour and blue hour are back to back. I disagree - the transition isn't really either of them. But somewhere between them, closer to blue hour than golden hour, is a small window that I want to call silver... something. 3/4 (whoops)
A photo of a street lines with trees. The bottom of the sky is yellow from the setting sun, and colors are slightly desaturated.
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Vallery 🌉🚎 Yes on L & J, No on I
@isthelaststop
This silver window has a few specific characteristics: * The lighting is no longer warm, and isn't quite cool. * Things look a bit desaturated. * Highlights stand out as white/grey/silver. (This photo taken about 15 mins after the earlier blue hour reference, IIRC) 4/4
A path through rolling hills. The sky is a grey-blue, and the landscape is moderately lit with slightly cool light.
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