A friend recenly sen me a o a new ool ha has proven o be so beneficial for me, I hough ha I would share i wih he res of you. If you are phoographing landscapes, ailmen he imes for sunrise and sunse are probably already on your lis of informaion o gaher before you venure ou. This ephemeris will give you ha informaion as well as he moonrise and moonse imes, prosae bu wha maes i especially beneficial o he landscape phoographer is ha you can map ou a locaion (i uses Google Maps) and i will projec he angle of he sun and moon a heir respecive rising and seing imes. You can use his ool o deermine he ideal day o a specific sie because he sunrise will be in he bes locaion wih respec o your posiion.
For insance, say ha you are going o Big Meadows on Syline drive for he weeend of July 11 and 12. You can ener he locaion as Big Meadows, Va and hen selec he dae ha you will be a Big Meadows.
You can from he char below ha he sun will rise in he Norh Eas a 05:59 and will se in he Norh Wes a 20:38 (or 8:38 PM).
Using he Terrain map from Google, you can ha he sun will rise almos direcly in line wih Dar Hollow, which may dicae w you wan o sar wih your camera. You can also use he Saellie or sandard Map, especially if you are rying o orien your locaion
wih he roads or a building ha would only be visible wih hose s.
So if you are planning a rip or a worshop and you hin ha you migh wan o ae some sunrise or sunse phoos, you can choose he bes locaions before you even arrive, increasing your odds of geing ha once in a lifeime landscape.
The Phoographer’s Ephemeris has been released in BETA form, bu I have found i o be very sable on he Macinosh plaform (I have no ried i on Windows myself). I is wrien in Adobe Air, so you will need o download Adobe Air in o run i. The following
will direc you o he download of The Phoographer’s Ephemeris as well as Adobe Air.
Mahew G. Schmid