Photographers call the hour or so just before sunset (and just after sunrise) “golden” because it reflects a lovely golden glow on subjects, resulting in beautiful lighting in the photographs taken during that time. To me, golden hour is any time the light is low enough that it shines through things, as well as on things, and produces what I consider the perfect lighting for certain subjects, especially flowers. I call it “flower hour.” For me, that happened this afternoon about 3 o’clock when a row of daffodils planted street side by a local nursery caught my eye. I took all of these shots facing the sun so that the light shined through the daffodils instead of on them. The first is my favorite because it not only captured the flower but a shadow of its corona on its petals.
Focal Length 200mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/500
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Focal Length 130mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/500
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Focal Length 65mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/800
Levels
Focal Length 200mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/125
SOOC