This post celebrates light and shadow that makes for glorious photography.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I’ve learned that whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
– Helen Keller

Camel safari, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, IndiaBy Joanne Lane

Camel safari at sunset in the Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India

Chorten at sunsetLake NamtsoTibet, Chinaby Joanne Lane

Chorten at sunset, Lake Namtso, Tibet

 You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
– J.R. R. Tolkien

Fields in Tuscany, Italy.

 

A cyclist crosses the U Bein bridge at sunset, Mandalay, Myanmar

 Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows,
the light and dark which that thing provides.
– Junichiro Tanizaki

Silhouette of man on horsebackLake NamtsoTibet, Chinaby Joanne Lane

Man on horseback, Lake Namtso, Tibet

Birds and fishermen, Essouira, Morocco.

We are but dust and shadow.
– Horace

Sunset at LongreachQueensland, Australia

Outback sunset, Australia.

Otago Central Rail Trail

Otago Central Rail Trail at dawn, New Zealand

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
Henry David Thoreau

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