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Archive for the ‘Twilight’


All along the watchtower…

We recently had the good fortune to make our way back to the Grand Canyon after some years’ absence. Here’s the first in about a dozen pictures I took there that I’m happy with:

This is the Desert View watchtower at sundown.
The 70 foot tall tower was built in 1932 by the Fred Harvey [...]

Heading out

A little twilight action in San Diego Bay…

Shadowy sundown

I know this is “just another sunset picture,” but I like it:

My daughter (“the pup”) and I were out walking the dog the other night — and as I’m learning to do, I had the camera hanging off my neck. So when I saw this scene on our way home, I just had [...]

Looking for some lunch

Another image from our trip to Alaska — this one from an unusual perspective…

Airborne

Another piece of video in my “Attention Deficit Theater” series — this time of twilight as seen from 35,000 feet above the North Atlantic…

Above the clouds

Today’s picture is another one I took on my recent flight home from New Orleans…

Islands in the sky

Today’s photo comes courtesy of a recent business trip to New Orleans. I took quite a few pictures while I was in town, but I think some of the pictures I took on the flight home are even better than the city pictures. Here’s one of my favorites…

Champ de Mars at twilight

Have I mentioned before how much I am growing to love photography in twilight? This time, the starring attraction is Paris’ Champ de Mars, as seen from the second level of the Eiffel Tower…

Tower twilight

A twilight shot of the Eiffel Tower, looking east from the Arc de Triomphe…

A thin strip of color

One of the things that I’ve already learned from my DSLR is the value of twilight, particularly in urban environments. Dim light forces you to use longer exposures, and these can give you unexpected results when electric lighting is just starting to turn on for the night…