I recently learnt of a phenomenon that occurs almost every day though most people are unaware of it.
For the briefest moment each evening, the sky turns a deep blue before becoming ink black. And photographs taken during these few minutes can produce quite spectacular results.
Below are some trial pictures I took this evening between 7.40pm and 7.50pm when the blue period occurred. Pictures were taken from the 22nd floor of my apartment building showing Westmall and Bukit Batok MRT station (on the right). This was my very first attempt at capturing the blue night sky. I'll be trying again to get better pictures. They will be posted to my photo blog in the future.
By the way, these photos are un-retouched or photoshopped.
I probably will do a bit of adjustment and post it to my photo blog later.
The pictures on my photo blog are much larger, though you can click on the pictures below to see more details.
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| At 7.42pm. Olympus EPL-1 with 14mm lens. F11@50s |
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| At 7.45pm. F6.3@50s. Overexposed, sigh. |
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| At 7.50pm. The blue period had passed. The sky began to turn black. |
