This is a brilliant piece of software - very accurate (well at all the locations I've tried in and around London) means you can plan ahead for a particular shot rather than just turning up and hoping- doesn't guarantee the weather unfortunately
If so what for?
I meant which photos, is it for photographing x with the sun rising on it or a model with the sun rising behind her.To know what direction the sun will be shining from at a particular time of day.
So if it was a toss of a coin between TPE and photopills, which would you recommend?
Tia
is it a free app ?
http://suncalc.net is great when you're on a desktop; it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of TPE or some of the equivalent apps but it's great for a quick check.
Seems to be most aimed at Apple products with Android a reasonably close second. Windows platforms are only catered for as a web based platform so only really of use when you're in range of WiFi, although it can be used for planning shots then.
So this image was taken on 5th Nov last year, this was the Ephemeris prediction, the fat yellow line is the sunrise position and the thinner yellow line a bit later on, just as in my picture.
As I said the software is incredibly accurate moving up onto London Bridge would have given a very different view
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I use photopills. There's plenty of guides on YouTube for it.This is obviously a very old thread but I think I should have an app to predict sunrise positions. TPE is not available for android at the moment as it needs updating and will take a while.
I know I can use the desktop version but I'd be more interested if I could use the 3D engine it has which apparently shows you how the light will fall on a location.
I've got £14 credit earned from google opinion rewards so should I just buy Photopills for £9.99 and does it also have 3D mapping to show how the light falls on a location? Is it relatively easy to use or is TPE easier?
So in that screenshot with the fat and thin yellow lines coming from the right side towards the red pin, would it mean that the position to go to set up the camera would be opposite those lines, i.e, on the other side of the pin on the dark line sort of under where it says 'Monument' and presumably you'd then be facing into the sun? On either TPE or Photopills, can you keep zooming in until you can see the exact
building or structure to stick a pin on that you want the sun to rise in front of?
I use photopills. There's plenty of guides on YouTube for it.
Here's my plan for the tower Bridge sunrise in photopills
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I also like photopills because it has some really useful features to use on the field. I also use for planning my night astro shots. All in all very good.
I still have tpe on my phone - photopills looks better to be honest.
they seem to have a similar set of features for the most part. photopills has few bits and bobs that's helpful but nothing ground breaking per say.I still have tpe on my phone - photopills looks better to be honest.
Red pin is where I plan to stand, black pin is the subject i.e. tower bridge. The yellow line is the direction of the sunrise and its thickness tells you how large it will be in the frame which is pretty accurate if you look at the example shot posted above by David.Yeah, I've decided I'm going to buy photopills, and as you say, it has many other features. In your screenshot, I presume the red pin is where you're standing and the black pin represents where the sun will be over tower bridge. Did you have to plan elevation too? Also I'm sure this is a silly question, but can you select sunrise or sunset, or you just plan where you want the sun to be and it'll just tell you what time of day that'll happen?