After a bit of a hiatus, we’ll take a slight detour from the infrared part of the light spectrum and visit the blue hour. Using this part of the time before sunrise or after sunset, during which the sun’s longer, reddish wavelengths are scattered to provide a blue tint to our sky. During the workshop, Loren Fisher guided us to great locations and did all the hard work of suggesting our camera settings and painting the location with just the right amount of light.
Here’s one of my captures…
Even though the shot was all about the blue hour, I like the look of this image in black and white. It lends the location a sense of mystery.
To reduce some of the mystery, here’s the color version…
I’m curious which version you favor.