According to the description, it's supposed to be the sun setting. It looks like somebody didn't check with the picture-taker. But it still looks really neat!
I wonder how come the "light-pollution" came out in that shape, and in that color?
Shape can be attributed to:
a) shooting the central core of the city of Edmonton, particularly the 'densest' part of the city with orange sodium vapour lighting.
b) shooting with a Canon EF-S 18-55 which has some corner darkening that is more noticeable in low light, low contrast scenes.
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c) The foreground is an un-lit segment of the park - taken on a hill. The park runs E-W along the whitemud, so nothing in the foreground for illumination, and nothing in the sky above about 55 degrees - means a strip of light across the middle...
Color can be attributed to:
a) summer skyglow from the north (remember, just 1000km north of this it was daylight.
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b) summer dust and smoke in the atmosphere - which is almost always rust / brown coloured (spitballin on this one)
[quote]According to the description, it's supposed to be the sun setting. It looks like somebody didn't check with the picture-taker. But it still looks really neat!
I wonder how come the "light-pollution" came out in that shape, and in [i]that[/i] color?[/quote]
Shape can be attributed to:
a) shooting the central core of the city of Edmonton, particularly the 'densest' part of the city with orange sodium vapour lighting.
b) shooting with a Canon EF-S 18-55 which has some corner darkening that is more noticeable in low light, low contrast scenes.
[EDIT - ADDED C]
c) The foreground is an un-lit segment of the park - taken on a hill. The park runs E-W along the whitemud, so nothing in the foreground for illumination, and nothing in the sky above about 55 degrees - means a strip of light across the middle... :)
Color can be attributed to:
a) summer skyglow from the north (remember, just 1000km north of this it was daylight. ;))
b) summer dust and smoke in the atmosphere - which is almost always rust / brown coloured (spitballin on this one)