Thursday, January 21, 2010

Fade to black and blue



My favorite new thing is to capture the sky with the last available daylight still in it so that it's not yet black, but instead a deep and glowing blue. Sometimes this is easier with a brilliant moon lighting the way, or a nearby city. It happens here in the northwest winter around 5 p.m. these days.

The top image from Lake Chelan is pretty emblematic of what I'm shooting for. The bottom photo of Traci, taken here in Seattle, is from several minutes before the peak time of day. But Henry was cold and we had to walk home.

1 comment:

MartiTestiMartiTesti said...

Kurt-- this is Marti, you took the photo of Al's in Wallingford for my column... wanted to tell you fabulous job. The picture is stunning. Take care.