Golden Hour Along the Mondego
There are some places that seem to slow down as the day ends.
The riverside promenade in Coimbra was one of them. The September sun sat low over the Mondego, catching the trunks of the plane trees and turning them briefly gold. Long shadows stretched across the path while the river drifted past almost unnoticed beside them.
Nothing particularly dramatic was happening. A few people walked by, someone sat on a bench in the distance, and the evening quietly got on with becoming night.
Sometimes a photograph is less about a place and more about a feeling of being there at exactly the right moment.
Parque Dr. Manuel Braga, Coimbra, Portugal — September 2024














