Project 47: Twilight

I have been waiting until a suitable sunset to undertake this project. Luckily for me, yesterday (yes, Christmas Day) turned beautiful in the afternoon, so we drove to Blackford Hill to take some twilight photos. The lovely light remained for about an hour, which gave me enough time to photograph the snowy Pentlands with different focal lengths, bracketing as necessary to show colour in the sky, and also some silhouettes. The different focal lengths really show different features, and also varying degrees of colour. The super-wide angles (17mm) have a lot of sky in the photo, and thus show not only the sunset colours of red, pink and orange but also the pale to deep blue of the late afternoon sky. The zoom shots (200mm) show the snowy hills with soft clouds behind lit with pastel oranges and yellows. I've arranged them below by focal length, not time, as the light didn't change dramatically while I was shooting.

While the wide-angle shots may have more range of colours, the intensity of the colour is stronger in some of the telephoto shots. I think this project well demonstrates the need to try different angles/viewpoints/focal lengths in difficult light conditions such as twilight.

17mm, f/8, 1/125mm, ISO200, -1EV
17mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO200, -1EV
17mm, f/8, 1/125s, ISO200, -1EV
24mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO200, -1EV
24mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO200, -1EV

24mm, f/5.6, 1/180s, ISO200, -1/2EV
24mm, f/5.6, 1/180s, ISO200, -1/2EV

70mm, f/8, 1/180s, ISO200, -1EV

70mm, f/8, 1/180s, ISO200, -1 1/2EV

70mm, f/9.5, 1/125s, ISO200, 0EV
70mm, f/9.5, 1/90s, ISO200, +1/2EV
98mm, f/8, 1/125s, ISO200, -1 1/2EV

105mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO200, -1/2EV

110mm, f/8, 1/180s, ISO200, -1/2EV


135mm, f/8, 1/125s, ISO200, -1EV

140mm, f/8, 1/90s, ISO200, -1/2EV

180mm, f/8, 1/180s, ISO200, -1 1/2EV

200mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO200 -1/2EV

200mm, f/8, 1/350s, ISO200, -1/2EV
200mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO200, 0EV