The blue hour

The blue hour is a photographic term. The blue hour arrives shortly before sunrise and after sunset, when the sun's position just below the horizon produces those cooler tones. In contrast to the blue hour is the golden hour. The golden hour occurs just after sunrise and before sunset, when the sun is low on the horizon, creating that signature warm glow. In one article, the author stated that the best time to shoot city night scenes is not really at night but the blue hour. During the blue hour, the city lights are already on and the sky appears dark blue in the pictures which feels like night even it is not dark at all. The biggest advantage is that the sky is still bright which still allow to shoot with your camera hand held at low ISO with which to produce higher quality photos.

The following is a few night photos of downtown Toronto taken during the blue hour with iPhone12 pro max rear main camera. 
 

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• Educational. Love the shots and love Canada. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2023 postreply 17:52:06

• I just went to Toronto downtown last Sunday. 你圖片中的多倫多太漂亮啦。 -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2023 postreply 18:42:19

• 白雲是去旅行嗎？我一直計劃夏天北上加拿大，去年未遂。今年因為山火，考慮到空氣質量問題，最後也沒有成行。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2023 postreply 18:53:32

• 我不是旅行。我是鄉下人進城趕集。 -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2023 postreply 14:56:55

• Wow! These beautiful photos were taken by iPhone12 pro max! -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2023 postreply 18:48:36

• Fantastical shots ! -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2023 postreply 18:51:46

• Samsung works-:&-LG too-;)).. -青鬆站- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2023 postreply 18:51:59

• 熱烈歡迎鬆鬆回美壇！：）） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2023 postreply 18:54:55

• 鬆鬆好。HugHug -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2023 postreply 15:05:07

• Sure enough, the blue hour pictures are beautiful. -Laoxisi- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2023 postreply 12:57:21

• +100086！歡迎來美壇。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2023 postreply 16:10:25