Greg Molyneux Photography

New Jersey landscape and nature photography

Pulse

by

A spectacular HDR photograph taken during blue hour overlooking the front lake at the Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area. Pastel clouds drape the horizon while marsh grasses are dormant and still in the mirrored reflection of water.

Pulse — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

Blue hour you are awesome—

Tonight’s sky did it again. This marks the third time I’ve watched the sky dim, sunset seemingly fading away, only to have the sky illuminate once more with booming pastel colors somehow reborn reborn. While there’s no doubt sound physics behind the phenomenon—it seems to defy logic that the final light of day could seemingly die off only to fire back up for a final few moments of luminous glory. If you ask me it’s simply one hell of a way to make an exit.

Picturing making aside, it was good times enough to be out at the Forge tonight watching this sublime sunset into blue hour transition. A process that elapsed over 25 minutes or so. And better yet I was accompanied by friends. Selfishly I’ve been waiting for a really great shot from all my time photographing Stafford Forge. For my money, tonight easily marks my best result to date.  It’s all coming up spades this cold Saturday in January.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I am off to grab some dinner.

Interested in buying? Purchase

Trackbacks

Search by Keyword

14mm 35mm 40mm 100mm barnegat bay black and white blue hour bokeh cedar run dock road cross processing echinacea flowers frozen golden hour great bay boulevard greg molyneux hdr high key insects landscape long beach island long exposure low key lyrically inspired macro marina monochrome motion blur new jersey out of focus pinelands power lines purple coneflower reflection salt marsh ship bottom snow soft focus square format stafford forge wildlife management area sunset sunset park sunset point surf city weather

You can find me here

Copyright © Greg Molyneux 2014–2022

Photos from the archives

14mm winter salt marsh photograph at blue hour. Snow and ice dominate the dormant marsh grasses and tide pools as restorative pastels of pink, blue, and purple paint the whole scene.
A brooding 35mm low key blue hour abstraction with pan shot motion blur stretching the Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area lakeside landscape into the look of a painting.
100mm macro photograph of a pastel pink hyacinth flower cross processed and surrounded in green bokeh.
Wide angle landscape photograph of pastel clouds over phragmites and marsh at sunset
A moody long exposure night photograph overlooking the marshland toward Atlantic City.