CS #683 - The blue hour

[catalyst]

It was 3 minutes after sunset here, thinking about trying to toss a snap into Klaus' Blue Hour CS theme; overnight guests about to arrive; dinner plans not yet settled. Grabbed a cam, attached a zoom lens, ran outside & was hanging over the backyard fence. Only afterward did I realize: 1) I put a DX lens on a D800; 2) I missed my intended focus point; and 3) OK, enough excuses, but thankful to have had a slight kick in the butt to attempt a shot today!

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[Palouse]

Jeepers, Nick - you must brew coffee earlier in the day than I do.

Some days I do. Some days I'm lazy and it may be as late as 9 before the urge hits!

 

[warth man]

Get up and join us on the roof !!!


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That's pretty impressive...but no thanks!

 

[warth man]

Great work under less than ideal conditions!

Thanks Eric. Appreciated.

 

[warth man]

We need a few more. Last day tomorrow. My past two mornings have been foggy. Here's a rather ropey one from the day before though:

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Four Minutes to Sunrise by warth man, on Flickr

 

[Palouse]

You certainly captured the silence of the hour, Ron. Love the detail in the bare trees.

 

[Pa]

Commuters head home from Blacksburg on a cold January evening.

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Prices Mountain forms the immediate backdrop, the Blue Ridge on the horizon.

This is the view from our bedroom window.

 

[Palouse]

This is the view from our bedroom window.

Ain't retirement grand?

 

[Pa]

Ain't retirement grand?

Yep. Already got a glass of quite serviceable red in progress.

 

[catalyst]

Ain't retirement grand?

You got that right!

 

[Palouse]

Yep. Already got a glass of quite serviceable red in progress.

You got that right!

It's just gone 3 pm here. A white is chilling. A red warming up for dinner.

 

[acnomad]

Paid work has prevented much in the way of personal shooting, but here's a quick snap from today that fits the theme:

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[kilofoxtrott]

Ain't retirement grand?

NICK!!!

Kind regards
Klaus

 

[kilofoxtrott]

Thank you all my friends for participating in this CS.

Kind regards
Klaus

 

[NEF Said]

Sorry I missed this week. Between work, weather, birthday, and routine colonoscopy, I had no time to do some shooting.

 

[bsinc1962]

On a lake in Harrison Idaho.

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[catalyst]

Thanks you, Klaus. I wish that our evening weather had been more cooperative . . .

 

[Palouse]

Thanks for hosting Klaus. Most of my mornings and evening blue hours have been middle grey.