Wyoming Sunset (1/250 at f/14, 16mm, ISO 1250)
Landscape photographers live for what’s called the “magic” or “golden” hour. This means the first or last hour of light for the day. It’s usually within this time that we capture some of our best landscape images. Why? Because the light is warm, soft and the shadows are dramatic. The effect can be breathtaking. Another reason is due to the incredible colors that are produced at that time of day or otherwise known as the Rayleigh scattering effect. The main issue for many of us is simply timing. I don’t know how many times I’ve arrived a little too late, or worse yet, left a little too early. Now everyone knows I’m a geek with my iPhone. It has a great application called Photobuddy, that has a nice built-in sunrise/sunset calculator – not to mention some other really great tools. If you don’t use an iPhone, or you need a hard copy, don’t fret, “there’s an app for that”..;) I would recommend going to www.sunrisesunset.com and using their sunset/sunrise calculator and printing out a very simple calendar. Never be late for a golden sunrise again, but try to eke out every last minute in the sack as possible..;)
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John keep up the good work, your photo looks fantastic. Also, thanks for putting the photo info in the photo. It really helps an novice like me.
No problem. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll do my best to keep up on it. Keep the suggestions coming…John
Hi John,
I just downloaded the PhotoBuddy App. All I can say is, “Wow!” Very cool ~ I'm looking forward to trying it out.
Thanks for the tip~~
I love to be at a site at least 1/2 before the light even begins to show One gives me a few min to look around to see maybe what I want to try and shoot and 2 never know if you have company from others trying the same thing
Lori,
It's pretty cool isn't it…;)
Good advice……..thanks.
thanks for the hint on blogging Im going to give it a shot I got a free account on wordpress so will see Ill post when I have it setup and ready to go right now not a clu whats up with it becides in signed up
If you don’t have an iPhone, but you have an Android phone, you can check out GoldenPic. It provides the times for the sunrise, sunset, Golden Hours and Blue Hours, along with the weather. It also lets you save your GPS coordinates and email a report of all the information to you or a friend.