Blue hour and night photography at Schloegen River Bend of the Danube

The Schloegener Schlinge is a nice River Bend of the Danube River in Upper Austria and I have already visited it several times in the last years. It is not so far away from my home place and in summer and in Winter I took several pictures of the river bend during blue hour. Right after sunset when there is still some light from the sun but only with a little bit of orange and violet colors I think it is the best time to do some nice longtime exposure shots of landscapes and also buildings and cityscapes. Last year I only took very few pictures in the blue hour. Next summer I have to try some more pictures during the time of the sunset again.

Of course I also want to take some pictures of the milkyway again. I really need to combine these two types of photography when the milky way is visible early in summer. Because then I can probably continue taking pictures of the milky way when I finished with the blue hour photography, But I need to find a spot where it is dark enough for milky way and still some interesting foreground for the blue hour.

Blue hour photography at the Schloegener Schlinge. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Blue hour photography at the Schloegener Schlinge. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Blue hour photography at the Schloegener Schlinge. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Blue hour photography at the Schloegener Schlinge. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Blue hour photography at the Schloegener Schlinge. Picture: Florian Glechner.