Tag: Twilight

Harbour Light

Twilight can sometimes be the photographer’s best friend. Although the light levels are poor, you can still take a good ‘mood shot’ if you can jam the camera (iPhone here) against a solid object and let it absorb what it needs. The presence of an harmonic single colour in the scene – as here with the orange/peachy shed light – can set a contrast … Read More Harbour Light

First the loss, then the joy

Unbearable, this song of lightThat ends the day before soft nightA gradient of blue to goldA harmony, exquisite foldsWill live its life in seconds toldContent to live and die, this domeThis perfect bowl of evening’s home Retains no anguish in the faceOf life as change and death as wroughtBy turning Earth in solar thoughtSo should I rise past ego’s fearEmbracing every moment’s splendourContent with … Read More First the loss, then the joy

Half day, half night, half nothing

Along the edge of darkness lives delight A silver, shining, running stream A place of soul’s respite Where questions rise unbidden And answers tease and tide from hidden A flow so all-embracing that the third: Not day, not night, is briefly seen. ➰ ©Stephen Tanham