The Blue Hour

Sundown after the snowstorm ends – wondering when we will be able to get into the greenhouse and start growing green things again.

Sundown after the snowstorm ends – wondering when we will be able to get into the greenhouse and start growing green things again.
A calm end to a February day settles over the river in Baie-D’Urfé
This photograph marks the return to life of my photo-specific website. I hope you enjoy whatever follows … meanwhile, the sun is shining over the garden
Photographers often sing the praises of “the golden hour” at sunset or “the blue hour” just after and they are worth making use of. However, I often find that to my eye, maybe not yours, the really interesting light is in the middle of a heavy shower of rain when there are no shadows, the light is diffused and the colours of flowers positively glow.
As the snow finally melted away, there was still a considerable amount just to the right of this, the morning air was filled with ‘snowiest’ as the temperature rose. Auguries of good things to come.
Overnight the river froze across – nights at -16C do that. This was late afternoon with the sun giving a hint of sunset pink.
Fishing/lobstering boats manoevering in the dark in the harbour at North Head on Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy (2017).