Blue is the most cool color for a photo background. Note: not the ‘coolest’ like in temperature, but just real cool as in awesome. We in southern Alberta are blessed with a clear, blue sky most of the time. Here are some photos I’ve taken in the past weeks. No color alteration have been done on them.
On a clear day, you can see the Rockies… like a mirage:
Different shades of blue:
The sparrows on the roof enjoy the cloudless blue too:
Crab apples look more colorful:
So’s the Northern Flicker:
and the Pelican, more startling white:
We can even live with the snow when the sky is so blue:
Words on the frame of front door: “gud er kaerlighed” (Danish)… “God is Love”.
Which blue is most cool for you?
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This post give evidence to my thought that blue should be everyone’s favorite color!
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Deb,
I’m sure many photographers already have that as their favorite. Imagine the two great expanses of our world, the sky and the ocean are blue… here at the pond too I’d like to think. Thanks for stopping by. 😉
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I loved them all…
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Thanks, Ellen! 😉
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These are shockingly beautiful — especially that church at the end. I just gasped when I saw it. I would say blue becomes you! It certainly dazzles me!
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Jeanie,
I was quite surprised to see the blue in the photo is a bit different, which is gorgeous. I remember it looked more like the blue as in the rooftop photo. Nevertheless, it’s all blue to me. 😉
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My favorite color and definitely the best background color for photos. We get our share of blue skies but no fantastic views of mountains to go with it.
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Leslie,
I think we’re most fortunate to be blessed with such natural beauty here at the foothills of the Rockies. I used to be able to see them from my bedroom window but now houses block my view. But, the mountain view is still very accessible from my neck of the woods.
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Aarti those photos are stunning. To live with that blue must really lift your spirits.
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Nicola,
Yes, and we do need a lifting of spirits esp. in the deep winter. Thanks for stopping by.
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I love the view of the Rockies, but also really like the shot of the roof corner and the little sparrows.
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Ginny,
Yes, that roof top sparrows photo was quite something because of the pure blue, cloudless sky. I remember it so clearly in my mind.
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I love all the blues, but especially the water. The photos of the Woodpecker and Pelican in flight are amazing!
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Vicki,
Thanks! While the Flicker was quite common for us, I was most surprised to see the Pelican flying right above my head … almost. That was the end of summer, the only photo above not taken in the fall.
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You’ve certainly proved your point about the beauty of the blue skies in Alberta, Arti. I’m partial to that great shot of the pelican, but all your shots are lovely.
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LA,
I took that photo in late summer. I was glad I could spot the Pelican flying just above me. As you remember, I’m partial to Pelicans too, having seen one by the damaged bridge after the flood. That was a mythical moment.
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As they say “not a cloud in the sky”!
I love the deep dark blue in the last photo 🙂
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Brona,
I must say, that’s definitely a very special kind of blue. Funny it wasn’t as dark in real sight, but maybe the camera did something to alter the blue a bit when it captured the moment.
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Mmmm. I love the crab apples against the blue. They almost look like currants when they’re bunched together like that. Lovely complementary colors.
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nikkipolani,
They were so beautiful hanging down in bending branches. It was my neighbor’s tree. I saw the crab apples from my window and I said to myself… they ought to be in pictures. 😉
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How thoughtful of your neighbors to provide beauty for your photography!
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Absolutely awesome, thanks for sharing!
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Mabel,
Thanks for stopping by. 😉
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What a great series of photos, I love that glimpse of the Rockies.
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The photos are all beautiful, but I love the one of the Rockies in the distance. Thanks for sharing these, Arti!
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A favorite blue? Oh, my! How to chose? They’re all so beautiful, and interesting, too. It seems as though humidity, the slant of the sun, the amount of dust or smoke in the air – all of it can affect how the color turns out.
I love the sparrows, crabapples and pelican. That blue’s very much like our pretty winter blue. The last photo of the church is gorgeous. I don’t understand how cameras do their thing, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the light reflecting off that pristine white church didn’t affect the darkness of the blue. In fact, a wildflower photographer I follow sometimes will use flash to equalize things and prevent a dark background. You couldn’t do that for the sky,though. 😉
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I love the darker, deeper blues. Like the ones in the higher elevations. Beautiful photos as always!
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Beautiful, all of them, but the first and last win it for me; the hazy blue of the far off mountains and the intense violet blue above the church. Wow!
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