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The "Magic Hour" Opens Creative Arts Three Day Weekend

  
By:  A. Macarthur  •  2 months ago  •  70 comments


 The "Magic Hour" Opens Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
 

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2023~ The CREATIVE ARTS GROUP ON THE NEWSTALKERS

The "Magic hour" is  the time just after sunset and just before sunrise , producing warm colors of gold, pink, and blue. For photography, this specific time can be ideal for matching the hues and colors of lights and buildings.

For example …

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San Juan Straight

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Magical Boat Ride

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Red Box Rules

RED BOX RULES:  AN IMPORTANT REMINDER

From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …

• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,

• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).

VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.

Thanks, A. MAC


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Gsquared
Professor Principal
1  Gsquared    2 months ago

Crescent Moon/Yesterday's Sunset © G. Gam

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devangelical
Professor Principal
1.1  devangelical  replied to  Gsquared @1    2 months ago

you definitely have an eye for artistic composition G. you, amac and a few others make me appreciate this group very much.

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
1.1.1  Kavika   replied to  devangelical @1.1    2 months ago

Agree for sure on that Devan.

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
1.1.2  Gsquared  replied to  devangelical @1.1    2 months ago

Thanks, dev.

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
1.2  shona1  replied to  Gsquared @1    2 months ago

Morning great photo G..

Actually noticed the moon the last few nights while standing out the front with the cat at midnight..it likes to creep around in the dark while I stand there and freeze my arse off..the things we do that to appease the little dear..

Get very clear night sky here and saw the crescent but also a faint outline of the rest of the moon..

I thought I may need an eye test but apparently what I am seeing is correct after googling it..

Not my photo...

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Gsquared
Professor Principal
1.2.1  Gsquared  replied to  shona1 @1.2    2 months ago

Thank you, shona.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
1.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Gsquared @1    2 months ago

You were in the right place at the right time when an unusual combination enabled you to record a rare vision with a perfect photo of it. 

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
1.3.1  Gsquared  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @1.3    2 months ago

I was at home, looked out the window and saw the crescent moon.  I thought it might make a nice photo, so I went out on the balcony off my office upstairs, took a few shots and there ya go.

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
1.3.2  devangelical  replied to  Gsquared @1.3.1    2 months ago

it's definitely a window shot, and I was also thinking a window frame for it would look great. I really like how the tree branch creates the perception of a foreground without there being one in the picture. like stepping into space ...

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
1.3.3  Gsquared  replied to  devangelical @1.3.2    2 months ago

I didn't take the photo through a window, though.  I stepped outside on the balcony to take it.

I would say the tree is in the foreground.

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
1.3.4  devangelical  replied to  Gsquared @1.3.3    2 months ago

I get all that. I'm suggesting your picture hung on a wall would look like a view from a 3rd story window.

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
1.3.5  Gsquared  replied to  devangelical @1.3.4    2 months ago

Got it.

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
1.3.6  devangelical  replied to  Gsquared @1.3.5    2 months ago

with the tree, you know the ground is there, although it doesn't appear in the picture. IMO the tree enhances the balance in the composition.

 
 
 
charger 383
Professor Silent
1.4  charger 383  replied to  Gsquared @1    2 months ago

very nice

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
1.4.1  Gsquared  replied to  charger 383 @1.4    2 months ago

Thanks much.

 
 
 
evilone
Professor Guide
2  evilone    2 months ago

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devangelical
Professor Principal
2.1  devangelical  replied to  evilone @2    2 months ago

cool pics, but aren't vintage motorcycles worth anything in your neck of the woods?

 
 
 
evilone
Professor Guide
2.1.1  evilone  replied to  devangelical @2.1    2 months ago

I found out just before the photo was taken that it hasn't run since 1974. I don't think the original owner and current owner care about it's worth, but I'll be it's next owner someday.

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
2.1.2  devangelical  replied to  evilone @2.1.1    2 months ago

some of those things go for many times their original price and parts are still available for them. I have a friend that restored them as a hobby before he became disabled, and now he has a garage full and a sentimental attachment to them, which probably means they won't be going anywhere even though he can't ride them now.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
2.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  evilone @2    2 months ago

A very nice image of a doe, but what is amusing is that a bike is parked under a sign that says "NO PARKING ANYTIME".  

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
Professor Guide
3  Hal A. Lujah    2 months ago

I recently took these at a botanical garden in Halifax.

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shona1
Professor Quiet
3.1  shona1  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @3    2 months ago

Morning Hal..yes hard to beat dahlias for colour and variety..we grow them here in the thousands and every Anzac day April 25th they make a floral carpet out of them. It's in remembrance of the fallen in WW1 and all wars sice..

We are the only town in Australia that does this..not my photos.

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Hal A. Lujah
Professor Guide
3.1.1  Hal A. Lujah  replied to  shona1 @3.1    2 months ago

These gardens had a similar arrangement.

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devangelical
Professor Principal
3.1.2  devangelical  replied to  shona1 @3.1    2 months ago

nice!

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
3.1.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @3.1    2 months ago

Monday November 11 is Remembrance Day in Canada when and where the flower of remembrance is poppies.  This famous poem was written by a Canadian medic about the fallen in WW 1. 

Remembrance-Day-In-Flanders-Fields.jpg

When my wife and I were in Shanghai I took this photo when we came across a bunch of poppies:

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shona1
Professor Quiet
3.1.4  shona1  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3.1.3    2 months ago

Yes November 11th is Remembrance day here too..the 11th month, of the 11th day and of the 11th hour..

Lest we forget..

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devangelical
Professor Principal
3.2  devangelical  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @3    2 months ago

just love those colors and the variety ...

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
3.3  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @3    2 months ago

Sensational!

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
3.4  Gsquared  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @3    2 months ago

Spectacular!

 
 
 
Thomas
PhD Guide
3.5  Thomas  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @3    2 months ago

Amazing photos!

Startling colors.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
3.6  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @3    2 months ago

FABULOUS colours.  Never got to the east coast of Canada. 

 
 
 
Ella S
Freshman Silent
3.7  Ella S  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @3    2 months ago

Those are beautiful!

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
3.7.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Ella S @3.7    2 months ago

Welcome to The Newstalkers, Ella S.

 
 
 
Ella S
Freshman Silent
3.7.2  Ella S  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3.7.1    2 months ago

Thank you : )

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
4  shona1    2 months ago

Morning...have a rose growing at my front door..it is one plant but the flowers change colour multiple times depending on how old they are..

Starts of yellow and ends up red.. reminds me of the colours of sunrise and sunset..

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devangelical
Professor Principal
4.1  devangelical  replied to  shona1 @4    2 months ago

ripper! oops, caught me watching oz youtubies again ...

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
4.1.1  shona1  replied to  devangelical @4.1    2 months ago

Morning..and it's bloody ripper if it's really good..🐨

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
4.1.2  devangelical  replied to  shona1 @4.1.1    2 months ago

well then, bloody ripper!

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
4.2  Tessylo  replied to  shona1 @4    2 months ago

That's gorgeous.  My best friends have the most beautiful yard and gardens and rose bushes.  Their back yard is like an oasis.

I wish I could camp out in their back yard sometimes in the summer.  

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
4.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @4    2 months ago

It changes colours?  Interesting.  But you mentioned Sunrise and Sunset.  What that does in my mind is make me think of the song "Sunrise, Sunset" from the Broadway Musical Fiddler on the Roof.  This Youku version has about a one minute commercial preceding the song video, but I suppose you could open it on youtube.  It makes me a bit emotional to watch it. 

LINK ->   (屋顶上的提琴手)Sunrise Sunset 日出 日落-电影-高清完整正版视频在线观看-优酷  

 
 
 
Robert in Ohio
Professor Guide
5  Robert in Ohio    2 months ago

All the pictures are so beautiful - a couple from my last trip to the local arboretum

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
5.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Robert in Ohio @5    2 months ago

As the days are getting a little bleaker, it's nice to be able to see some beautiful flowers like those.

 
 
 
Robert in Ohio
Professor Guide
5.1.1  Robert in Ohio  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1    2 months ago

My pictures from spring and summer help me through the NE Ohio winter

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
5.1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Robert in Ohio @5.1.1    2 months ago

It will get cold where I am, but not so cold that I'll never have to experience ice and snow again (although they do have indoor ice rinks for skaters that are useable year-round). 

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
6  author  A. Macarthur    2 months ago

Hey Robert! Don't think I've seen you for some time. Glad to see you now.

 
 
 
Robert in Ohio
Professor Guide
6.1  Robert in Ohio  replied to  A. Macarthur @6    2 months ago

A Mac

Thanks for that, I drop in now and again

I stayed away (mostly) to avoid all the hate slinging during the election campaigns

I love your posts and checked them out even when i was not commenting.

Keep up the great work

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
7  author  A. Macarthur    2 months ago

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© A. Mac/A.G.

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
7.1  shona1  replied to  A. Macarthur @7    2 months ago

Arvo Mac.. similar coast line to where I live...can't beat the sea..

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
7.1.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @7.1    2 months ago

YOUR photos make me think of John Masefield's Sea Fever.

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
7.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @7    2 months ago

I believe I indicated some time ago that that photo or one like it was reminiscent of the paintings by Canada's famous Group of Seven and Tom Thomson.   This one of the most famous of them, Tom Thomson's West Wind.

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Thomas
PhD Guide
8  Thomas    2 months ago

here is one from Victoria, BC....

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©TomE and TomEArtsite

This image was taken in Butchart Gardens at about noon at the end of May, 2006. I can remember taking it because I was using a little point and shoot digital that did not have any way of turning off the autofocus. I had some copies printed up and I matted them, milled some sycamore, built frames, sold them  ...All this info, and I still cannot remember what I titled the picture. 

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
8.1  shona1  replied to  Thomas @8    2 months ago

Arvo Thomas..an apt name I would think would have been "solitude"....

 
 
 
Thomas
PhD Guide
8.1.1  Thomas  replied to  shona1 @8.1    2 months ago

That would have been a great title, but I think that it was something incredibly imaginative like "Tiny Purple Flowers" ;)

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
8.1.2  shona1  replied to  Thomas @8.1.1    2 months ago

Morning..it actually looks like a Forget Me Not..but can't quite tell..

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
8.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @8    2 months ago

A very nice photo, the kind that can tell s story.  Although I've been to Vancouver a few times I never got to see Butchart Gardens.  Sorry I missed it. 

 
 
 
Robert in Ohio
Professor Guide
9  Robert in Ohio    2 months ago

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
9.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Robert in Ohio @9    2 months ago

You could call that a Royal Photo.

 
 
 
Robert in Ohio
Professor Guide
9.1.1  Robert in Ohio  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @9.1    2 months ago

I felt honored to capture it and look through my butterfly photos often

 
 
 
Robert in Ohio
Professor Guide
10  Robert in Ohio    2 months ago

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I ran into this friend early one morning in the arboretum

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
10.1  shona1  replied to  Robert in Ohio @10    2 months ago

Morning Robert..two of my favourite things..Monarch butterflies and Green frogs..

I don't get the green tree frogs here in Victoria they live up in Queensland and grow quite large...

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Robert in Ohio
Professor Guide
10.1.1  Robert in Ohio  replied to  shona1 @10.1    2 months ago

Nice

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
10.1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @10.1    2 months ago

That's one big frog, and its legs could be delicious. 

5 Mouthwatering Ways to Cook Frog Legs

LINK -> How to Cook Frog Legs: 5 Delicious Methods

YUM!!!

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shona1
Professor Quiet
10.1.3  shona1  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.2    2 months ago

Touch one of our Green frogs and you would be hung, drawn and quartered..they are lovely froggies..

 But you are more than welcome to a Cane toad..just a tad poisonous..

Revolting bloody things and are now a plague here..yuk glad it's not my photo..

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
10.1.4  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @10.1.3    2 months ago

Are you kidding?  It scares the shit out of me, which is an accomplishment with my constipation. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
10.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Robert in Ohio @10    2 months ago

Did it sing "It isn't easy being green"?

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
10.2.1  shona1  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.2    2 months ago

No..Just happy they don't live in France..

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
10.2.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @10.2.1    2 months ago

That's understandable.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
11  author  A. Macarthur    2 months ago

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Part Abstract, Part Representational. Sometimes when you can't make up your mind, if you get lucky, you get the best of two worlds.

© A. Mac/A.G.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
11.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @11    2 months ago

That image is absolutely magnificent.  In your case it wasn't luck, it was skill. 

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
13  author  A. Macarthur    2 months ago

Calling this one "finito" … thanks to everyone, see you Thursday night.

 
 

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