Posted by io_bg
Hi guys! This month's theme is The Golden Hour. Via Wikipedia:
In photography, the golden hour (sometimes known as magic hour, especially in cinematography) is the first and last hour of sunlight during the day, when a specific photographic effect is achieved due to the quality of the light.
In other words, during sunset or sunrise the light is really soft, there are no harsh shadows and the colours are more vivid. Many photographers use it to capture landscapes, cityscapes, etc, I've even heard of landscapers who never take out their camera during normal daylight (at noon for example).
A few (clickable) examples:
The usual rules apply here, too:
- Picture must be taken with a cameraphone
Picture must be taken during March 2012
No photo post-processing allowed
Picture taken must be in accordance with the theme
You can change your entry once only
Full size picture must be uploaded to http://www.esato.com/phonephotos/, then post here a resized picture and a link for its full size. (add "_n" before ".jpg" in the full size link of your pic to get the thumbnail version)
Let the competition begin now! Good luck to all participants and thanks to everyone who voted for me last month
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Posted by Bonovox
Nice theme I just hope I can get the weather
Posted by hihihans
Nice theme. link:
The Golden Hour
I suppose we can also capture The Violet Hour. When the sun goes down.
Posted by rikken
Nice theme, hoping for better weather now
Posted by io_bg
I suppose we can also capture The Violet Hour. When the sun goes down.
Hehe, there is actually a Blue hour
They say the best night shots are taken exactly during it since there is still some light in the sky. However this isn't easy as it requires a tripod or steady hands, plus we already had a similar Night landscape contest
Let's hope for a lot of entries this month!
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Posted by Bonovox
But isn't this basically just sunset/sunrise??
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Posted by io_bg
Not quite, you don't have to shoot the sunset/sunrise itself. Just try to capture the soft light the sun produces at these times
Edit: like these pics here:
http://500px.com/photo/5448261
http://500px.com/photo/3847707
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Posted by Bonovox
OK,am with you
Posted by mochuothp
really nice theme
Posted by tranced
I'm in!
Love this theme. Congrats, io_bg!
Posted by hihihans
Thick fog here all day. No sun in sight.
Will it show up before the 28th at midnight
Posted by mriley
Great theme choice iobg I love the right, I love the example photos
Posted by Bonovox
Damn i have an abundance of these type of photos taken ages ago. Need a trip to the coast this month
Posted by io_bg
Yeah I'm also thinking of having a morning walk to the beach tomorrow or on Sunday
I'm glad everyone likes the new theme, I hope this means we'll have a lot of entries in the following 4 weeks
Posted by Sassho
It's very hard theme - the magic shot wait a long long time
Posted by Bonovox
Sorry I won't be taking part this month or maybe for sometime. My dad had a heart attack on Sunday :'( so not gonna have time or be in the mood. But keep shooting everyone and enjoying photography
My dad will be well again
Posted by pohuman
On 2012-03-05 23:38:00, Bonovox wrote:
Sorry I won't be taking part this month or maybe for sometime. My dad had a heart attack on Sunday :'( so not gonna have time or be in the mood. But keep shooting everyone and enjoying photography
My dad will be well again
I hope you'll get better soon..
I hopefully heal your daddy..
Posted by Bonovox
Thanks
Posted by tranced
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Posted by Ricky D
v nice tranced
Posted by tranced
Thanks, Ricky!
Posted by io_bg
Yay, we already have an entry! And a nice one!
Bonovox, I hope he'll get better soon
Posted by tranced
And I thought I was wrong.
Posted by Bonovox
Guys I managed to capture a shot whilst the sun was going down in my brothers car on the motorway. It was freezing cold but a warm golden glow there was!!
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Posted by hihihans
I like the birds
Posted by io_bg
Yeah it's a good shot! By the way, what white balance did you use? I think the pic has a greenish tint.
Posted by Bonovox
Auto :-/
Posted by Bonovox
Think that may have been the windscreen slight tint. It was actually sunrise through fog
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Posted by wawawee
Hahaha i knew it!hehe ill be getting that moment and capture it and post it here!nice theme
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Posted by hihihans
Sorry wawawee. You're supposed to capture the sun.
Posted by io_bg
Not quite. Anything shot at sunrise or sunset light is allowed. So you can shoot landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, nature... almost anything
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Posted by rikken
Beautiful picture
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Oops, in that case I owe wawawee an apology. Sorry mate. PM for you.
Posted by Ricky D
A rare blue sky day in Beijing. Just opened the curtain this morn and saw this.
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Posted by rikken
That is one great shot
Posted by Ricky D
Thanks rikken, although it actually looks a better on my arc, you can see the lens flaring clearer and it's beautiful. Maybe it's the Bravia engine doing it or maybe it's just the difference in screen quality compared to my Series 9 laptop.
Posted by blackvodka
my congrats to all on the great entries
lovely pics from all corners of the world, that's fantastic!
here's mine, taken in Pattaya, Thailand from the roof of our hotel.. I was using the swimming pool then
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Posted by rikken
Very nice entry
Posted by io_bg
What a great shot, interesting perspective too!
Ricky, nice entry too, unfortunately even DSLR lenses would produce similar flares when shooting into the sun. They're mostly unavoidable.
Posted by io_bg
Here's my current entry... Taken about 45 minutes before sunset
I hope I'll be able to take a better one soon
Posted by etaab
I was going to enter this but here in the UK we're struggling with weather as always. Im afraid we dont have such sunsets as those in Thailand and the others posted here.
Posted by hihihans
I keep missing the right time :-S
Posted by 9_Destiny
My proposition of Golden Hour.
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Posted by rikken
Great picture
Posted by Ricky D
I likey 9_Destiny. Just when I thought I might have a chance this month...
Posted by 9_Destiny
Thx guys
Keep shooting Ricky. Don't you give up
Posted by ceaser2008
Evening Bliss
Hope you guys like it.
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My other attempts.
http://www.esato.com/phonephotos/viewphotos.php?pid=54518
http://www.esato.com/phonephotos/viewphotos.php?pid=54519
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Posted by tranced
Guess we'll have a winner soon. Nice shots this month
Posted by hihihans
soon indeed, closing for entries tonight.