This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is The Golden Hour
In photography, the “golden hour” is the first and last hour of sunlight of the day. Photographers venture out on sunrise hikes or sunset treks to capture a magical shot, due to the quality of the light during that time of day. For this challenge, we want you to go out and snap a photograph, wherever you may be, during this Golden Hour — and pay attention to the natural light around you.
Last weekend we were staying on the boat in Chichester Harbour. The sunsets were beautiful & i took hundreds of photos. Then on Sunday morning I woke up at 5am, and realising it was close to dawn I crept out again with my Camera again.
I think WordPress really are looking at what photos I am planning to share and are writing their posts around them!!
Here are some of the photos I took;
Langstone Village
Please click on the images below to see them full size & let me know which ones are your favourites, I can’t decide!
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- I had a UV filter on my lens & the sun reflected on it, I like the effect
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- I was playing with the focus in these photos
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- Langstone Village at Dawn
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- I was not alone!
Finally, As I was watching the sunrise, this song was in my head, so I thought I’d add a musical accompaniment to your viewing!
Day One 
Wow..you out did yourself on this one!
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Thank you 🙂 Do you think I went a bit over the top? I simply can’t narrow the photos down enough!!
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They are ALL beautiful!
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Lol, thank you 🙂
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🙂
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The consistent tone of your shots is lovely!
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Thank you, the light was fantastic, I was trying to focus on different parts of the view to compare the outcomes. I love the reflections in the water
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Thanks for the soundtrack. It made picking out my favourites very pleasant: sunset 4,7,12,13,14,18 and sunrise 4,7,9 and 18. I was looking mainly at the overall composition. I preferred ones where the sun wasn’t central. I also liked the ones where you could see the sun’s reflection repeating in a vertical line from background towards the foreground. The foreground detail in sunrise 18 is great. They are all lovely though. 😀
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I’m glad you liked so many of them! I don’t often photograph sunsets in this country as we live in the east so the sun sets over the land. What I liked about this spot like you said, is the way the sun reflects in the water, a sight not so common from this side of the UK
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Beautiful! The orange colour is so rich.
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Yes, the orange colours were amazing 🙂
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That’s awesome that WP is posting themes that mesh with what you had already planned to share. 😎
Here’s to the golden hour . . . after the break of day.
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It’s very convenient! Next week sea birds please 🙂
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Exquisite! Love it when the sunlight paints the water like that. Your shots look all so serene, surreal…..
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It was a wonderful sunset… I just managed to capture it for a few moments! 🙂
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It’s funny, on the sea at sunset, the water often calms right down, as if it knows to be peaceful as the sun sets!
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Stunning, so very beautiful Barbara, I love them all
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Thank you 🙂 I had to chose just a few…. it was so hard!
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what a wonderful series you managed to capture
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Thanks 🙂 I was thrilled to get the sunset and the sunrise from the same spot
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I love the reflection on the water.
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I have loads more from this weekend too…. just to find the time to share them!
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I have not started to look at my photos from last week yet, never mind this weeks.
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lol We’ll get there eventually
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These are beautiful Barbara. The one through the reeds is actually should be blown up, framed and mounted on a wall. These shots prove your worth as “keeper of the royal shutter”!
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Thank you 🙂
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Sorry people, Al has just told me that the song on you tube won’t play in America due to licensing restrictions. If you’d like to hear it try searching the song; Raglan Road sung by Sinéad O’Connor
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