Golden Hues

This is a classic golden hour image which makes great use of light and colour. The low sun casts a controlled glow over the scene, with excellent exposure management. The golden tones don't overpower the frame, but give it depth and make it pop. Well done.

This is a classic golden hour image which makes great use of light and colour. The low sun casts a controlled glow over the scene, with excellent exposure management. The golden tones don't overpower the frame, but give it depth and make it pop. Well done.

This is a classic golden hour image which makes great use of light and colour. The low sun casts a controlled glow over the scene, with excellent exposure management. The golden tones don't overpower the frame, but give it depth and make it pop. Well done.

This is a classic golden hour image which makes great use of light and colour. The low sun casts a controlled glow over the scene, with excellent exposure management. The golden tones don't overpower the frame, but give it depth and make it pop. Well done.

What an image! The colours in this scene certainly hit the brief for this round, with amazing golden hues in the sky, picked up beautifully by the hazy mist. There's a strong focal point too, which is important – many photographers would be distracted by capturing the strong colour and forget to include a good subject. It's a wonderfully atmospheric landscape. Well done.

There's an amazing narrative quality to this shot that gives off National Geographic vibes. The choice of subject is unconventional for this round but the golden sky shines through and bathes the scene in a lovely warm glow. The eye contact with the boy anchors the composition and creates great depth, moving back into the scene. Congratulations on a perfectly captured moment.

This is a highly painterly shot and it's all the better for it! The strong subject gives a place for the eye to rest, while the rich landscape beyond has plenty to explore. The golden light isn't oversaturated, there is just enough to give away the time of day, and it creates a beautiful palette.

This is a classic golden hour image which makes great use of light and colour. The low sun casts a controlled glow over the scene, with excellent exposure management. The golden tones don't overpower the frame, but give it depth and make it pop. Well done.

With an abstract use of golden hues, this reflection image is impactful and entertaining. We know what we are looking at but it takes a moment for us to get acquainted with the subject. The lines in the building give a sweeping aesthetic, while the exposure is nicely controlled.

This is a magical scene! The directional side-lighting, misty atmosphere and broad scale give it a cinematic feel that makes great use of the time of day it was shot. The tunnel-like composition down the valley gives a sense of direction too, with the illuminated peaks almost acting as a leading line into the picture.

A mountain peak, a forest, golden hour and a rainbow, what more could a landscape photographer ask for? It would be easy to get carried away with all of those elements, but here the photographer has arranged it all expertly to create a balanced frame. The exposure is nicely controlled and allows the golden colours to show through while preserving the blues and cyans.

This is now an Instagrammers paradise, but the contre-jour lighting gives the scene a unique glow that you don't see in every IG grid. The shot is pleasantly arranged, the balloons the clear focus but with the landscape beyond thoughtfully composed too. Having the sun just out of shot allows the glow to spread across the frame.

A shot with bags of atmosphere, this simple composition is calming and thoughtful. The receding detail and bright exposure give it a minimalist feel which is complemented by the central arrangement of the trees, making use of negative space at the top and bottom of the frame.

The thing that stands out for us is the way the golden sunlight just kisses the canopy of trees in the foreground. This is an understated composition that makes great use of the golden hour but which allows the natural greens and cyans to show through.