Morning Click

Dew can evaporate early or stay around for a while depending on how quickly the temperature rises. Generally, though, you need to get out before the sun has fully risen. Once the sun starts heating up the air, the dew will disappear.

Besides, dawn is a perfect time to shoot dew. With the sun close to the horizon, you’ll get soft, golden light to illuminate the dewdrops. This effect is especially striking when your subject is covered in dew, like a spider web. You can also create your own dewdrops with a spray bottle, so you won’t have to get up so early, but that technique only works if you’re focusing on a single, small subject, like a flower. If you want to capture something bigger, like a full landscape covered with dew, you’ll have to rely on the real thing. Blue Hour is the time before dawn when the sky is light enough for photography, yet dark enough to cast a blue shadow over everything. If you get up early enough on a clear morning, you can also see stars in the sky as the horizon begins to lighten. It’s like a piece of the night, only without the pitch-black darkness. Under the right weather conditions, the transition between Blue Hour and Golden Hour is stunning. It starts with the first colors of sunrise, streaking across the sky. These brilliant colors are a subject in themselves, but they also make a great backdrop for silhouettes. Then, once you’ve captured those colors, you can look forward to the perfect light of Golden Hour.