Seeing the winter blues

St. Croix, Nova Scotia, 2018, winter blues,
St. Croix, Nova Scotia, 2018 – © Avard Woolaver

It’s winter in the northern hemisphere, a time of decreased daylight. Some people get the winter blues and use a SAD lamp to alleviate Seasonal Affective Disorder. I am one of them. Others pick up their cameras to capture the beautiful blue light of winter. I am also one of them. You see, there is an upside to the winter blues.

In the winter months, the sun’s angle is lower and this affects the spectrum of light. The light has to travel through more of the atmosphere, directing more blue light to our eyes.

So, if the impulse strikes you, pick up your camera and turn those blues around.

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colour, winter blues, landscape, snow, Avard Woolaver
Newport, Nova Scotia, 2013 – © Avard Woolaver

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Avard Woolaver, flash, snow, winter blues,
Newport, Nova Scotia, 2016 – © Avard Woolaver

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complementary colours, cool, winter blues, warm colours, rear view, winter, Avard Woolaver
Gypsum Mines, Nova Scotia, 2012 – © Avard Woolaver

6 Comments

  1. tyblogy said:

    Beautiful photos…

    February 11, 2019
    • avardw said:

      Thank you, Pavel.

      February 11, 2019
  2. John Jackson said:

    That’s what I’m talking about.

    February 11, 2019
  3. Stéphane Desjardins said:

    Those pictures are axceptionnal. In french, we have an expression that sums up the feeling they provide: fantomatique!

    February 11, 2019
    • avardw said:

      Merci, mon frere.

      February 11, 2019

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