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WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT- January - 'Blue Hour' themed Photo Challenge

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Flickr is a group administrator Flickr says:

Hi everyone! It's time to announce our January Challenge winner. Whether you were out before sunrise or just as the sun was setting (or inspired by blue in general) our Blue Hour theme brought out some beautiful hues of blue. Give a round of applause to challenge winner Doug!

January Flickr Monthly Photo Challenge - Blue Hour Theme Winner

Enjoy this gallery featuring the winning photo along with some honorable mentions! A new challenge goes up next week. See you then!
Originally posted at 11:30AM, 29 January 2026 PDT (permalink)
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Dee Gee fifteen says:

Beautiful photo. Congrats!
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mermbruce says:

Congrats! Well deserved!
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Draculina (Anne) says:

amazing capture, congrats!
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Bamagirl7 says:

Amazing!
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marilù19 says:

Complimenti
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chetanclicks says:

Congratulations 🎉
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MSeayPhotography says:

Congrats, beautiful pic!
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Lara-queen says:

Félicitations!
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rockugraphy says:

Lovely!
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.Franziska - Off - says:

Congratulations!
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l z e e ~ says:

~ a beautiful blue hour capture! Congratulations!
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alasdair.dutton says:

Perfect, congratulations
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kendrownik says:

congratulations!
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biancafranchi says:

Impressive picture!! Congrats
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scot.howe says:

Congrats!
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Eva astur says:

Enhorabuena!!
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richardjack57 says:

Wonderful pictures all of them...especially the winner. A few of them aren't really blue hour photos:
The blue hour is a brief, magical twilight period occurring just before sunrise and after sunset, when the sun is 4 to 8 degrees below the horizon. The sky displays deep blue, violet, and cool tones, as shorter blue light wavelengths scatter while red light is absorbed, creating a moody, soft lighting perfect for photography. 
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Dr Nick Meakin says:

richardjack57:

"We like to keep the themes pretty open to interpretation so won't have any super strict rules on how the theme is interpreted."
This was Flickr's response to a question in the discussion for January's theme ('Blue Hour') - which is why some folk (myself included) decided to submit photos with objects, wildlife, nature etc. with-/predominantly- blue in them, as opposed to 'twilight' scenes. Just saying / explaining; nothing more. Certainly no qualms over choice of winner, and enjoy looking through all the submissions 😀.
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magbarclay says:

Beautiful image,

Congratulations!
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