I do enjoy coming back from a photo shoot with something different.  Yes, I know.  I’ve done lake photos before.  However, I really haven’t approached lakes much during blue hour or even twilight.  So, yes.  I did do something a bit different.  Today, I share my latest landscape photo featuring a lake at twilight.

Ever since my first visit to the Tropic Reservoir, I knew I had a shot from this angle.  I simply needed to be there at the right time.  Then I’d capture the landscape photo I knew was waiting.  What I didn’t count on was the time of day.  Since I don’t often shoot during twilight, I didn’t believe I had a shot.  Still, I gave it a try.

I arrived too late for golden hour.  However, golden hour wouldn’t offer much.  The skies were empty.  It’s only when blue hour settled in that I found a rather calm lake settling into twilight.  I brought my camera all the way out so I was going to try no matter what.  Thanks to a tripod, remote shutter release, and a good camera sensor, I captured the placid lake at twilight.

Thankfully, nature did most of the work for me.  I didn’t need to process the photo very much.  I merely manipulated some of the colors to better reflect the colors of twilight.

Not every photo I take comes with a lengthy story or even points of note.  Many photos won’t require extra-ordinary levels of processing either.  This photo ended up with a simple story of traveling out to the site and clicking the shutter.  But I do love landscape photo shoots which work out that way.

What do you think of this beautiful new landscape photo featuring a lake at twilight?  Share your thoughts in the comments section below.