![]() ![]() Normally you won't see any of these, but keep an eye out. The three major ones are sun dogs (sunlight refracting off cirrus clouds causing a 'false sun' each side of a setting sun), halos (around the Sun, caused by ice crystals) and light pillars (a column of light above the sun, also caused by ice crystals), and these can occasionally be seen during winter. Are there any sky phenomena unique to golden hour?Īs well as a general softening of the light, together with the chance to create striking silhouettes and play with long shadows, there are some environmental phenomena that only occur during this short period. However, the further north or south you go from the equator, the longer the golden hour will linger if you're near the Arctic Circle, in Scandinavia, Canada, Alaska or northern Russia, the golden hour can last for well over an hour in spring and autumn. If you're near the equator, golden hour will be very short indeed, with sunset quickly followed by complete darkness. Your latitude and longitude, together with the time of year, will determine the exact transit of the Sun through the sky, and its angle as it appears to rise and set. ![]() Furthermore, if you have the last rays of the setting sun hitting your subjects from the side or back, they can have a shimmer or halo around them that catches the eye. The golden hour also helps with composition a photo containing someone and their shadow immediately has depth. Whereas direct midday sun often means using fill flash to find some detail in shadowed areas of a face, it's the golden hour it's all natural. Portrait photographers also use the golden hour, not only because the warm tones give a golden hue to their subjects, but because their subjects can have both sunlight on their faces without squinting, and shadows without that part of their face being completely dark. Either way, you'll be surprised how much your shutter speeds have to vary for the same shot as the sun either climbs or sinks. Image: Jamie Carterįor landscapes, however, the best reason for heading out during the golden hours is that you can use longer shutter speeds to capture both more detail either in a still scene (which may require setting the aperture to f/16 or thereabouts), or to capture motion as a milky blur (waterfalls, for example, or tides coming in and out on a beach). The warmer tones of golden hour are great for photographing buildings. The sky is more colourful around buildings, and changing fast before your eyes. The dynamic range is narrower, which means it's possible to set an exposure that captures more details in both shadows and highlights in a scene. Photos of nature and of buildings can really benefit from the soft light of the golden hours. Landscape and architecture photography in the golden hours For example, overexposing the sky is much harder to do since it's far less bright than when the sun is at a higher angle in the sky. GOLDEN HOUR TIME PHOTOGRAPHY MANUALHowever, a big advantage of shooting in the golden hours is that it's harder to make catastrophic mistakes when shooting on a manual exposure mode. Shooting in the golden hours involves using elusive, ever-changing camera settings. They not only allow creative compositions, but their mere presence effortlessly creates a sense of time – or is it timelessness? – in photographs. However, just as important for photography are the long shadows created by the low angle of the sun during the golden hours. It's why a setting sun is an orangey-red colour. The thicker atmosphere scatters the blue light, which has a very short wavelength, so warmer colours at the red end of the spectrum tend to dominate. ![]() It's also why longer shutter speeds are possible during the golden hours, which allows photographers to be at their most creative. ![]() The golden hours have a captivating quality of light. ![]()
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