Week 14, #7 Blue Hour — Lake Maggiore

Blue Hour, that magical time between sunset and night when the sky changes from warm tones to cool tones.  The sun is below the horizon but its blue wave length’s of light are being reflected from the atmosphere back to earth, while the yellow and red light pass through the atmosphere and out into space (you learn these things when you photograph sunsets).

Having grown up on the East Coast, coupled with living in the Midwest for almost 20 years,  I never paid much attention to sunsets.  That is until I moved to the Gulf Coast of Florida, which has to be one of the top locations in the world to see stunning sunsets.

I captured this particular Blue Hour at Lake Maggiore, one of St Pete’s photography gems that Beth Reynolds shared with me, it was about 20 minutes after sunset.  It was very peaceful and quiet as the sun slipped below the horizon, and it suddenly felt chilly as the day ended.