After watching the solar eclipse out at Steep Rock the other night, we loitered around and enjoyed the sunset while we were still able to without being chased away by mosquitoes.
In nature’s consistent march the sunset was succeeded by the blue hour: that hour after sunset where there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness, but a wonderful in between. While most people head back to their shelters after bidding the sun farewell until the morning, I like…
Photography aside, a friend and I decided to drive up to Steep Rock on Lake Manitoba to get out of the city last Sunday (May 20th). It was a planned coincidence that it just so happened to be on the same evening as a partial solar eclipse was happening. I took a couple snapshots of the sun through a filter that resembles a piece of welding glass, but quickly realized that photos just didn’t do the event justice. Better to just sit back and enjoy the show with my eclipse…