Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour

The instructions are: The Golden Hour. In photography, the “golden hour” is the first and last hour of sunlight of the day. Photographers venture out on sunrise hikes or sunset treks to capture a magical shot, due to the quality of the light during that time of day.

For this challenge, we want you to go out and snap a photograph, wherever you may be, during this Golden Hour — and pay attention to the natural light around you.

These photos were taken on our weekend getaway at Seagullcove Lodge. If you want to see more of our time there, check my last posts about the resort, and more photographs of the area, and Joel’s post.

I went out in the golden hour with my camera but I think it was more of a pink and silver hour, which later turned blue.

A hermit crab looks at me from his perch on a piece of wood.

As the sun sinks, the pink color is reflected on the boats.

The color intensifies until the water is also pink.

There is a bit of gold where the lights from the resort next door reflect off the water.

As the sun continues to set, the pink fades to a deepening blue.

Soon, the whole world becomes a deep blue.

Sunset is my favorite time to take photos because of the beautiful light. Check below to see what other wonderful photos have been taken by fellow bloggers.