Dresden, Germany
One of the best times to photograph outside is during the golden hour, or when we get the first and last hours of sunlight. If you'd like to capture more stunning and magical photos, however, try and catch the blue hour (or twilight), the window of time in the morning that begins minutes before sunrise or the period in the evening after the sun has set (and before complete darkness). To see just what we mean, we've put together a compilation of the 20 best “blue hour” photographs we found around the web that not only show how gorgeous the sky can be, they also highlight parts of the world that appear even more beautiful when bathed in this blue-ish hue.
First photo credit: Matthias Haker
Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Unknown
Victoria, BC, Canada
Brandon Godfrey
Dyrhlaey, Iceland
Saleh AlRashaid
Mt. Moran, Wyoming, USA
Jerry Patterson
Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Stefan Baurle
Tower Bridge, London, England
Conor MacNeill
New York, New York, USA
Philipp Klinger
Kaysersberg, France
Volker Gilbert
Queenstown, New Zealand
Elia Locardi
Cinque Terre, Italy
Elia Locardi
Shanghai, China
Elia Locardi
Istanbul, Turkey
Elia Locardi
Yellowstone, Montana, USA
Trey Ratcliff
San Francisco, California, USA
Jonathan Fleming
Washington D.C., USA
Ian Livingston
Schwyz, Switzerland
David Kaplan
Charminar, Hyderabad, India
Madhavi Kuram
For tips on how to take photos during the blue hour, check out this website.