Have you ever wanted to create beautiful night photos but it was completely dark when you found the right spot and subject? Well the bluehoursite.com web site will help you by calculating the best time frame for taking stunning blue hour pictures. If you don't know what is "blue hour" then you're in the right place. It refers to the time after the sun goes below the horizon and the sky goes into deep blue for a while. This is the best timing to take photos. You can learn more about this in the articles section by reading the tutorials.

Random Flickr photos from the group Blue Hour Group

Canal de Cannaregio - VeniseBlue Mountains, Australia

The 'Three Sisters', near Katoomba after sunset.

©Carsten HartmannBurj Khalifa PanoStockholm at Night 6Het provinciehuis van Noord-Holland, vlak na een mistige zonsondergang. Hoewel er wel degelijk mooie kleuren in de lucht zaten, werden die flink gefilterd door de mist. Daardoor kleurde alles even paars; een surreëel gezicht.

Misty Welgelegen

The state house for the province of North-Holland, just after a misty sunset. While there were definitely pretty colours in the sky, they were being filtered severely by the mist. Because of that, everything turned purple for a moment; a surreal sight.Archief(je) - Haarlem - Noord-Holland - Nederland.Wilton Road, Victoria, London. The Sheppard Robson designed building, on behalf of Heron International, comprises 10,400m² of office accommodation over eight storeys, with 1,780m² of retail at street and lower ground level. It was completed in 2009.

London Victoria, Vauxhall Bridge and Wilton Roads - The Peak
December 2017

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Articles

After I posted this solution to my blog I get several responses so this method works on Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi, Canon EOS 500D, Canon EOS 50D and Canon EOS 5D Mark II too.

If we had enough luck and good weather conditions the photo already nice but I'm sure it is also contains a lot of possibilities.

Taking good blue hour or night photos is easier than you think. Read below if you want to find out the basics of this beautiful part of photography.