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Yves Paternoster

Blue Hour

The short window after sunset when artificial light and daylight balance exactly.

4 photographs

Stepped-gable guild houses along the Graslei quay in Ghent, lit from within and reflected in the still water of the Leie at blue hour.
Ghent, Graslei by the riverGhent
The view from Saint Michael's Bridge over Ghent before sunrise: wet cobbles in the foreground, spires and gabled houses under a deep blue sky, street lamps still lit.
Ghent, the old city before sunriseGhent
The Graslei seen through the dark arch of a stone bridge, the lit quay and its gabled houses framed inside the opening at night.
Graslei, Ghent, under the bridgeGhent
The Graslei in Ghent at blue hour, a lit street lamp in the foreground and the belfry clock tower rising behind the medieval facades.
Ghent, Graslei at blue hourGhent