My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
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| The front entrance of the Academy of Music Opera House |
For me, there is something so magically beautiful about that golden light which appears as the sun rises and sets each day.
Being someone who is more of a night person than a day person, I have a special affinity for sunsets. However, I have witnessed and enjoyed a few sunrises throughout my life, and found them equally as beautiful. Well...that's only when I'm awake for a sunrise, which is RARE.
I remember going on a 4-day spiritual retreat in the wilderness about six years ago; awakening each morning at about 5:30. I sat in a recliner chair while sipping my morning coffee, watching the sunlight trickle between the bare trees, until it made the whole forest glow with slivers of golden light and shadows. It was truly stunning.
Now, because it's winter, I've been taking walks through the city at about 4-4:30 PM on my days off, trying to capture that golden glow as the sun begins to set.
Sunsets are very different in a city than in more rural areas. The golden light is not seen through trees, but rather through buildings - yet it can be just as beautiful.
Instead of nature, we experience it through an urban jungle. Because of the tall buildings, the warm golden light projects itself through concrete, stone, brick and steel; causing a severe and jagged contrast between light and shadow.
And I find that rawly beautiful.
Here are some photographs I took over the past few weeks. Some I snapped while walking around the city, others from my apartment windows.
Please enjoy...
An office building along Broad Street, Center City.
The arch of the Kimmel Center of the Performing Arts, Center City.
A high-rise apartment building off Locust Street, Center City.
Gold leaves caught in a subway grate on the sidewalk. As the air below the ground would blow, the leaves would stand at attention.
Gold leaves caught in a subway grate on the sidewalk. As the air below the ground would blow, the leaves would stand at attention.
A view (looking east) from my apartment widow.
I took this shot of a building through my apartment window, using my zoom lens. I love the single spot of golden light. It looks like natures spotlight!
And then I zoomed in even closer to get a voyeuristic view; hoping to see someone naked in the windows.
But no such luck.
Damn it!
Happy Monday, y'all!
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