Weekly Assignment: There's Gold in Them There "Golden Hours"

[PWS-Staff]

One of the keys to making great outdoor photos on a consistent basis is to use lighting that flatters your subject, and that's true whether you're photographing a portrait, a landscape, a close-up, or a travel photo. By far the best time to find attractive lighting is to go scouting in the "golden hours" -- the first hour or 90 minutes after sunrise and before sunset. For this assignment, whatever subject you decide to photograph, restrict your shooting to the "golden hours." Read your local paper or go online to determine when the sun rises or sets in your area and limit yourself to shooting within 90 minutes of that time.

From "Exposure," by Jeff Wignall

[pstivers]

Here's a photo I took of the Mississippi River on a road trip from Louisiana to South Carolina. We stopped at a rest area and I went around back and this is what I saw. Taken with a Canon Powershot SX110IS.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pstiv/3727124500/

[edomnc]

Good morning here is a photo from early AM yestrerday. Link to photo


https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HNuA3uIyCnixzQyB8_aDt1zQGbv5FT4qdkqdZZip0S0?feat=directlink


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[tirsje1977]

Ok I took this photo about two weeks ago. Indeed during the golden hour/ magic hour.
It's a small village in the Netherlands. It's on the unesco list. It is called Oud-Heusden.
[url=http://zoom.nl/foto/1664035/landschap/in/user-22953/havenzicht-heusden.html]http://zoom.nl/foto/1664035/landschap/in/user-22953/havenzicht-heusden.html[/url]
I hope you like it. I used a tripod, and a remote cotroller.