FUN Category
The Magic hour, or Golden hour is the first & last hour of sunlight.
It's the 1/2 hour before the sun rises, & 1/2 after the sun rises. It's also the 1/2 hour before sunset & 1/2 hour after.
So with this challenge you will need a tripod & a timer or a remote.
You will also have a month to work on this. You can use a file photo, but I think it would be good if we can all try to get out & do this challenge with new photos.
I plan on taking a number of photos during the magic hour to see how the colors change. This is a personal challenge for me & I welcome all to this challenge.
This challenge starts Today May 23 & will end June 26(updated). It will be our last JUDGED category until the fall.
More info, go here ....Magic Hour Times Two
8 comments:
I'll have to see what I can do, Marie...this should be fun. Linda in WA
Wow Marie, this is a neat idea. Maybe I can add another hour to my twenty-five hour day and squeeze this project in. The "Magic Hour" is also known as Civil Twilight, I think.
( definition here: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/RST_defs.php#top )
I can hook up the computer, using Nikon software and program it to snap an image every five minutes and then make a slide show, showing the gradual transition. Here is the US Naval Observatory site for sunrise times for any location in the world, if anybody wants to try it. >
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html
Thanks for the link to Ron Bigelow's great website, The Nature of Light.
http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/light/light.htm
Now, I'm off to pack a lunch and find a good spot. :-)
Clyde
I woke up & looked out the window of the camper....I couldn't believe my eyes. It was so beautiful. I opened the camper door...stood there in my nightgown and snapped this picture. Linda in Washington state http://journals.aol.com/lsfp1960/LindasWorld/entries/2008/05/27/aol-community-photo-challenge/2716
heres my attempt..lol
http://journals.aol.com/swmpgrly/Lostinmyownthoughts/entries/2008/05/27/click-here-aol-community-photo-challenge-the-magic-hour-fun/1333
Here you go my entry http://journals.aol.com/rap4143/MyDayMyInterests/entries/2008/05/28/aol-community-photo-challenge-the-magic-hour-fun/2752
Betty
Great challenge, I'll play along if at all possible :-)
It took me a while to find the time to get these shots, but I finally did! Here are my entries for the Fun category...
http://journals.aol.com/cmishvicki/visionsbyvicki/entries/2008/06/14/aol-community-photo-challenge---the-magic-hour/1781
Vicki
Here is mine...Ü
http://journals.aol.com/mariebm56/PhotographsAndMemories/entries/2008/06/24/aol-community-challenge-the-magic-hour--fun/2374
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