long shadows
Low sun's stretch
Long shadows are shadows cast when light strikes at a low angle, as during early morning or late afternoon.
The phrase evokes times of day associated with beginnings and endings: They walked home in the long shadows of evening.
Figuratively, long shadows suggest lingering influence or looming presence: The long shadow of the war shaped policy for decades.
To cast a long shadow is to exert lasting impact.
- duskDimming after sundown
- twilightLight after sunset
- setting sunStar descending below horizon
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- eveningLate day period
silhouette · stretching · golden hour · autumn · late summer · late afternoon · time of day · haunting · melancholy · lengthening · creeping · darkness · fading · trees · streetlamps · empty streets · noir · film noir
- nighttimemidnight, nightfall, night sky, nighttime, starry sky
- Pittura Metafisicamannequins, deserted streets, dreamlike imagery, faceless figures, melancholy mood
- twilight skytwilight, dusk, dawn, sunset hues, twilight glow
- lightsunlight, daylight, shine, rays, moonlight
- summersummer, summertime, midsummer, summer solstice, solstice
long shadowsshadowless
Lacking dark silhouette
full sun · bright light · overcast light · diffuse light · flat lighting
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