The "Golden Hour"

[jbylake]

Put this in the beginner's forum, but might be useful for anyone.
http://www.golden-hour.com/

A handy calculator for the "Golden Hour" sunrise and sunset's, offering some of the best light for photography, read more here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hour_(photography)

Pretty cool freebie....

J.:sun:

[Terri]

Now, that is cool. :thumbup:

Great link - thanks!

[jbylake]

Yeah, too bad I can only use the sunset times, By the time I've had my 10th cup of coffee, it's too late for the "sunrise" shot's. Probably why my "nickname" isn't Sunshine. :coffee:

J.:boogie:

[Terri]

Moonshine? :hmm:

[jbylake]

Yeah, probably closer...:big grin: Oh..sorry gotta go, it's 7 minutes past noon. Time for a cold one....in fact, i'm late.

J.:cheers:

[Aggie]

another golden opportunity that most never realize is when it is cloudy. Try going outside and looking at your hand when it is cloudy and see all the detail that you don't see in bright sunshine. Lighting conditions are fascinating and how to work with them. We don't always have that in our mind perfect condition.

[jbylake]

another golden opportunity that most never realize is when it is cloudy. Try going outside and looking at your hand when it is cloudy and see all the detail that you don't see in bright sunshine. Lighting conditions are fascinating and how to work with them. We don't always have that in our mind perfect condition.

Yep. What's really cool about the "utility" is that just 25 miles, east or west, a matter of several minutes difference could diminish your window of opportunity of the "golden hour" This nails it to your exact longtitude/latitude.

J.:big grin:

[jbylake]

another golden opportunity that most never realize is when it is cloudy. Try going outside and looking at your hand when it is cloudy and see all the detail that you don't see in bright sunshine. Lighting conditions are fascinating and how to work with them. We don't always have that in our mind perfect condition.
I love to go out when it's cloudy. I use a Hoya red filter, and it really brings out the detail and contrast in "angry" clouds. I also live in an area that's fairly well known for severe thunderstorms and tornado's. I love to go out and try to catch lighning bolts, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, that is actually setting up a human lightning rod (tripod) and camera and basicallly attaching yourself to it with a cable. Had a few very close calls.
KIDS: Especially kids, do not do this, it is fairly stupid and very DANGEROUS!!! Although I've seen several, I've never got a shot at a tornado. That's one of my unfulfilled life goals.

J.:big grin:

[Matt Needham]

An assignment I recall from Photo 101 was to go out and take at least 3 photos of the exact same composition, but under different lighting and weather conditions. For instance sunrise, midday, and night and/or cloudy, sunny, etc... It's a good exercise to show how changing the light changes color, contrast, shadow, and more.