Wildlife Photography across the Water: Sometimes something very useful comes along

Saturday 4 July 2009

Sometimes something very useful comes along

With thanks to the EOS Network this fabulous little application came to my notice.

The Photographers Ephemeris is an application that gives you sunrise/sunset times, plus angles of declination.

So what I have one of those little plastic sunrise/sunset compasses I hear you say.

Well I have one too - somewhere. But this little application, courtesy of Stephen Trainor is available for free and can be found here. You will also need to download Adobe AIR if you don't already have it.

It now sits on my little Samsung Netbook and goes with me wherever I go. I can just select the location I am at, look at the map shown and see exactly where the sun rises and sets.

This is a vital and wonderful tool for those golden hour shots so we can work out where we need to go, even before we leave home.

So thanks to Stephen and EOS Network.

Fianlly apologies to Peter Edge - sorry I deleted your comments on my recent Canon Prices blog rather than publish - If you could write again, I will hit the right button this time.

Phew just made the post in time - still maintaining our daily record of a post each day

Martin

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.