The early bird....

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Hi all

What is the best time to shoot landscape shots at the moment? I've got some great scenery around where I live (Pennines) but I'm new to this and need some advice.

Morning and night times would be helpful and also any tips on weather, such as "just after it has rained" etc

Any landscape tips would be great, I'll try some shots after taking advice and post them.

Thanks

Colin
 
Evening time around the penines is definately the best. head up past burnley up towards ribble and towards todmorden you can get some great shadows and shines off the hills.
 
The best bet is to look up the sunrise/sunset times for your local area.

I use the Sunseeker app for iPhone, which also shows you where in the sky the sun will pass at a given time.
 
I agree Dawn and Dusk has some lovely light in Summer

Les :thumbs:
 
I'd say around sunset and sunrise (you can look up the times in loads of places and plan for about an hour either side), when there's great stormy looking clouds (especially the huge black ones that look like thunder any second!) or nice blue sky with white fluffy clouds. When there's mist/fog (morning is probably the best bet there) or sometimes when it's raining. You could also try long exposures at night and get some star trails.

At the end of the day, it depends what you're shooting exactly and what atmosphere you want to go for. The only thing I hate is completely dull grey overcast skies but even they're helpful if there's waterfalls or similar you want to shoot.
 
As others have said the light is much better at dawn and dusk for landscape photography. Remember to get set up for and hour before sunrise/sunset and wait until and hour after to ensure you get the best light.

Weather wise, well it can help a little if you know something about meteorology. Look for low pressures and cold fronts passing through your area. A cold front is will be shown on a weather forecast with line with blue triangles on it.

Cold fronts tend to stir up the air and give better visibility, they will also give you the nice fluffy cumulus clouds too.

High pressures and warm fronts tend to bring hazy conditions but give stratus clouds, long flat clouds.

Keep an eye on the met office surface pressure charts and they can help you predict over the fourth coming days which may be the best time to go out depending on what you are trying to achieve.

Good Luck
 
Google for the Photographers Ephemeris. It is free for PCs/Macs and will show you the direction (and time) of sun (and moon) rise and set for anywhere on Earth for any day.

It is very useful when thinking about landscape photography, especially sunrise and sunset shots.

Dave
 
Thanks for all the advice, I'll give it a try... When it stops raining :-(
 
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