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io_bg
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Posted: 2012-03-01 13:41
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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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Bonovox
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Posted: 2012-03-01 14:32
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Nice theme I just hope I can get the weather
Phone?? What phone??
hihihans
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Posted: 2012-03-01 17:38
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Nice theme. link:

The Golden Hour

I suppose we can also capture The Violet Hour. When the sun goes down.
rikken
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Posted: 2012-03-01 19:59
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Nice theme, hoping for better weather now
io_bg
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Posted: 2012-03-01 20:10
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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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Bonovox
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Posted: 2012-03-01 20:38
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But isn't this basically just sunset/sunrise??
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Phone?? What phone??
io_bg
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Posted: 2012-03-01 21:39
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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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Bonovox
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Posted: 2012-03-01 23:02
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OK,am with you
Phone?? What phone??
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Posted: 2012-03-02 01:59
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really nice theme
tranced
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Posted: 2012-03-02 14:19
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I'm in!

Love this theme. Congrats, io_bg!
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hihihans
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Posted: 2012-03-02 14:52
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Thick fog here all day. No sun in sight.
Will it show up before the 28th at midnight
mriley
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Posted: 2012-03-02 15:32
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Great theme choice iobg I love the right, I love the example photos
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Posted: 2012-03-02 16:14
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Damn i have an abundance of these type of photos taken ages ago. Need a trip to the coast this month
Phone?? What phone??
io_bg
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Posted: 2012-03-02 21:49
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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
Sassho
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Posted: 2012-03-03 07:25
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It's very hard theme - the magic shot wait a long long time
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