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Mornin'

I have been thinking that I should be a bit more careful when out and about snapping away, always feeling that there are some things I could be doing for future benefit.
I don't think that I ever get the best out of a scene for one reason or another, usually weather related or the angle of the sunlight at a particular moment in time.
One thought I had was perhaps to take a compass reading of the subject whereby it would be possible to revisit a particularly interesting subject when lighting is more favorable or even to determine if the shot I envisage is even possible straight out of the camera.

Any apps about for this kind of thing?

I could take advantage of my OS membership and do everything manually but also would like to consider seasonal variations in the positioning of the sun and moon.
 
VG program https://www.mc2photography.com/photography-online/ might help, but as for apps to tell you the best time of day, month etc for photography for every place, building etc in the UK I would think would be impossible.......the above site tells you for some places in Scotland for shots and best time of day, month etc in a booklet.
 
excalibur2 said:
VG program https://www.mc2photography.com/photography-online/ might help, but as for apps to tell you the best time of day, month etc for photography for every place, building etc in the UK I would think would be impossible.......the above site tells you for some places in Scotland for shots and best time of day, month etc in a booklet.
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Thanks Brian. (y)

I don't want anything to tell me the best time of day etc, I just want the information so I can make up my own mind whats best for what I visualize.
 
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Barney said:
Thanks Brian. (y)

I don't want anything to tell me the best time of day etc, I just want the information so I can make up my own mind whats best for what I visualize.
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Well for buildings it would be handy to know when it is in sunlight? as for grassy type landscapes included in a shot, I learnt many years ago..don't bother shooting at midday esp in B/W when everything looks flat.
 
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excalibur2 said:
Well for buildings it would be handy to know when it is in sunlight? as for grassy type landscapes included in a shot, I learnt many years ago..don't bother shooting at midday esp in B/W when everything looks flat.
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Yes, that kind of thing! the direction and angle of the sun or moon.
 
FishyFish said:
This is really useful too:

shademap.app

Simulate sun shadows

Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world simulated for any date and time
shademap.app shademap.app

It shows the shadows of buildings / landscape features at given dates / times.
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Thanks Nigel that's a fantastic free resource. I will be taking advantage of that information today. (y)
 
I sometimes plan the time of my trip with the following website:

SunCalc

It shows the sun's direction on a map, for the place, date and time entered (three fields at the top of the left hand column).

You can then zoom into street level with the mouse scroll wheel. You can also adjust the position chosen by just clicking on the map.

It has been very helpful for harbour towns with high hills in some directions.
 
Isy said:
I sometimes plan the time of my trip with the following website:

SunCalc

It shows the sun's direction on a map, for the place, date and time entered (three fields at the top of the left hand column).

You can then zoom into street level with the mouse scroll wheel. You can also adjust the position chosen by just clicking on the map.

It has been very helpful for harbour towns with high hills in some directions.
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That's awesome Isy, thanks for sharing. (y)
 
Isy said:
I sometimes plan the time of my trip with the following website:

SunCalc

It shows the sun's direction on a map, for the place, date and time entered (three fields at the top of the left hand column).

You can then zoom into street level with the mouse scroll wheel. You can also adjust the position chosen by just clicking on the map.

It has been very helpful for harbour towns with high hills in some directions.
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This is a better one as I looked up a local church and my house and it shows them in basic outline.
 
Isy said:
I sometimes plan the time of my trip with the following website:

SunCalc
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I took a quick look at it but there seems to be a problem between the software and the keyboard driver on my Windows machine. It came up showing the whole of America but when I tried to shift to the UK the keyboard stopped responding. I'd guess the problem's at my end. :(
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
I took a quick look at it but there seems to be a problem between the software and the keyboard driver on my Windows machine. It came up showing the whole of America but when I tried to shift to the UK the keyboard stopped responding. I'd guess the problem's at my end. :(
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Have you not got a mouse?
 
Barney said:
Mornin'

I have been thinking that I should be a bit more careful when out and about snapping away, always feeling that there are some things I could be doing for future benefit.
I don't think that I ever get the best out of a scene for one reason or another, usually weather related or the angle of the sunlight at a particular moment in time.
One thought I had was perhaps to take a compass reading of the subject whereby it would be possible to revisit a particularly interesting subject when lighting is more favorable or even to determine if the shot I envisage is even possible straight out of the camera.

Any apps about for this kind of thing?

I could take advantage of my OS membership and do everything manually but also would like to consider seasonal variations in the positioning of the sun and moon.
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Many moons ago I was a member of a camera club who used to have at least six talks by amateur as well as professional photographers, during the year. One stipulation was that they had to bring a number of prints of their work and talk about them.

One of them, an amateur, showed a stunning set of his photographs of Severn river barges, which had been abandoned along the shoreline.

After his talk he was asked what he considered his most useful piece(s) of equipment. He reached into his bag and produced a high quality compass and a notebook.. He then explained that it was vital to know the position of the sun at various times of the day.

I have never been good at landscape photography, but when I have attempted it and then looked at my mostly poor efforts, I have understood his reasoning.
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
It came up showing the whole of America but when I tried to shift to the UK the keyboard stopped responding.
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It may be that hidden characters are left at the end of the location field. I would try entering 'delete' repeatedly until the field is completely empty. Then enter a UK post code or place name and select from the drop down list.
 
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