Blue Hour at the Pier

Posted on Oct 6, 2025 in Buildings & Architecture

Long illuminated pier glowing under deep blue twilight sky — Blue hour light along the pier

Some photographs arrive completely by surprise and end up among your favorites. While reserving rooms for a lighthouse-scouting trip with my son, I came across an affordable hotel only about 25 minutes from Pemaquid Point. When Greg and I checked in, the room was exactly what you would expect from a typical hotel. We drove over to Pemaquid Point to scout the location for the following morning's shoot. Once that was done, we headed to Wiscasset for a quick dinner.

Back at the hotel around 8:30 pm, we wandered the property and discovered an exceptionally long pier, fully lit up. The moment I saw the pier glowing against that gorgeous blue hour light, I sprinted back to the car for my tripod and camera. This is one of the frames I captured. It was a beautiful night, and we lingered on the pier for a long while just enjoying it. It was one of those entirely unplanned moments and images.

Reader Comments

Chantal

Great spot for this photo.

Rick Louie

Love the blue hour sky in contrast to the gold of the bridge! Excellent!

Dave DiCello

I love that deep blue sky Len, incredible light and tones.

Edith Levy

Len this is a stunning image. I love the lights on the pier and the colors. Just fantastic.

LensScaper

A lovely wide-angle lead in. So many folk knock centrally based compositions but they are so WRONG! And this one proves it. Great colors. Always have a camera within running distance, you never know what's around that next corner!

Curt Fleenor

Really love the lighting in this Len!

Chris Frailey

Awesome perspective.

Steven Perlmutter

Beautiful light, and the pier leads you right through the image. Fantastic.

A.Barlow

Love all the play of light especially in the foreground. Nice job.

Toad Hollow Photography

This has to be one of my favorite shots of the week here, Len, what an AWESOME shot!

Jim Nix

Great blue hour Len, well shot and lovely light!!

Marc

Great POV and amazing colours in the sky. Top stuff again Len.

Kris Koeller

Great photo. Such fortuitous timing. Glad you jumped on it!

Anne McKinnell

Beautiful leading lines and colour contrast Len!

Jimi Jones

This is awesome, Len. The contrasting color between the pier and blue sky and water really make this special. What a nice find.

Phillip Burrow

What a great find. It sounds like you and Greg had a wonderful time!

Jan Winther

Beautiful shot, Len. I like how the blue and the yellow work in this shot.

Simon Morris

Wonderful shot Len - excellent POV!

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