I really love days when I can discover new and exciting things in photography.  The golden hour is really one of those magic windows which no landscape photographer worth their salt can ignore.  However, it’s not the only magic window for photography if you know what you’re doing.  The twilight of blue hour can be just as magical.  Such was the case for this beautiful new landscape photograph.  I captured it during twilight in the snow.

Winter cabin fever struck again and I had to have my camera in my hands outdoors.  It really does get tiresome and boring staying inside all the time because the weather really sucks.  Sometimes I just have to get outside and shoot despite how much I hate the cold and the snow.  Some of the most beautiful and amazing landscape photos have been taken during this time of year.

I had spotted a possible shot on the way to Rexburg for business last week.  It seemed as good of a time as any to try for the shot when another shot I wanted to do was blocked by terrible weather.

Thankfully, Idaho Falls isn’t as deep into the January thaw as Pocatello is.  That means that there’s more snow on the ground in places for me to take winter photos of.  Most prominently, the waterfall is still full of snow despite the river flowing strong.  It was a perfect landscape photo opportunity.  All I had to do was to find the right spot for the shoot.

It was past the golden hour of sunset but the cloudy skies blocked that view anyways.  There was no magic window of golden light that day.  However, the descending blue hour was promising.  I  set up and noticed that I didn’t need my neutral density filter for the silky water effect I wanted.  I had heard of this tiny and elusive window of time where landscape photographers could take extended exposures without filters.  That day, I happened upon that very moment.  I’m going to explore this new window of time more.  Next time it probably won’t be snow in twilight though.