Blue Hour

Wow! End of October 2014, already! (Ok, we say this kind of thing every year, one would think we're used to time passing at speed by now!)

I was having a browse through the photos on my phone, and I came across this image of a lone cloud hovering just high enough to catch the very last light of the day after the sun had set, during what photographers call the Blue Hour, where there is often a dim, yet vibrant light - a more forgiving light than that of the Golden Hour before sunset (or after sunrise). I love photographing during the Blue Hour, when the sky reflects the light of the sun which is hidden below the horizon. It used to be quite difficult for me in my film days, requiring a tripod due to slow film speeds, but digital photography has freed photographers from the limits of a single film speed per roll. Admittedly this would have had a lot less noise if I had had my Brikon on hand, but hey, the best camera around is the one you have with you at the time... and I really like the effect the noise has on the mood of this photo.

I wondered lonely as a cloud, Muizenberg Beach