When Night Falls

Early evening - my favourite time of day. Here are some dusky shots - for Carmi's Thematic Photographic #313:

Lake Rotorua, with swans

Seacliff Beach, Adelaide

Kerikeri, New Zealand

Sta Margharita, Italy

Of late, I have been remiss with my blog, which I'm planning to do something about.

If I was compiling a Busiest Years of My Life list, 2014 would be near the top.

Thematic Photographic 137: Late

Late in the evening....

The low light of the setting sun reflects off St James' Anglican church in Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.



And from the Kemp Mission House, the oldest surviving European building in this young country

I love the warm glow of the walls of the Old Stone Store:

Down by the water, it's getting darker

Dusk - my favourite time of day.

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The Friday Photo

I took this about 18 months ago, on the shore of Lake Rotorua, so he's an inland gull, a member of one of the hundred or so gull species; these red-legged ones are the most common we see on our coasts, along with the bigger Pacific gull.

The sun was just starting to set, and there was a nice quality to the light which picked up the colour of the rust on the pole.

 

Happy Friday - and Happy New Year.