The Golden Hour

Ruth Weal — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:56:55 +0000

The golden hour is the hour just prior to sunset and the hour just after sunrise when if you’re lucky, the landscape is bathed in a beautiful golden light which adds an extra dimension and beauty to the quality of your photography. I don’t very often see the golden hour at dawn, unless I haven’t been to bed yet, but I do try and get out to see it at dusk every now and then.

Whilst out on a walk with my Dad and Ben I was lucky enough to get some spectacular autumnal sunset shots at Shearwater Lake. It’s a lovely man made fresh water lake, popular for fishing, sailing, walking, cycling and of course photography. Shearwater is situated nicely between Longleat and Warminster in a picturesque area of Wiltshire on the cusp of the Deverills at Crockerton. If you’ve never been I highly recommend taking a visit!

The lake is surrounded by many beautiful specimens of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs/bushes such as Rhododendrons. There’s lots of wildlife on and in the lake, from the fresh water fish – carp, bream, roach, perch, tench and rudd to the many water fowl – Canada geese, ducks and sea gulls. In the woods the sharp eyed will see numerous grey squirrels and if you’re lucky you might even spot a deer or two peeking out from the dense foliage of ferns . All of which makes it an excellent place to visit for photographers whatever the time of year you visit.

Here’s some of my favourite pics from the evening’s golden hour!

Wealie x

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The Golden Hour