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Dec 28, 2018 12:29:56   #
Wags Loc: Mequon, WI
 
Beginning January 1, I'm going to be taking one shot a day from our sunroom looking out on the golf course we live on. I did this last April and then assembled the 30 shots into a time lapse. It turned out interesting enough that I thought I would do it for the entire year of 2019. I'm going to setup on a tripod and will be using my Nikon D7000 backup camera with a kit lens of 55-200, set on Aperture priority at around f8. Any thoughts out there about setup or the best time of day, or any other ideas? When I did the time-lapse in April, I was able to squeeze the 30 shots into about 7 seconds of play. We had a couple of snow storms and thaws in that time that were kind of fun to see in a quick time-lapse.

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Dec 28, 2018 12:54:21   #
IDguy Loc: Idaho
 
Interesting project. Maybe noonish to catch people most often?

Maybe use M to lock shutter speed and see light changes. And manual focus to lock it in.

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Dec 28, 2018 13:26:44   #
Wags Loc: Mequon, WI
 
IDguy wrote:
Interesting project. Maybe noonish to catch people most often?

Maybe use M to lock shutter speed and see light changes. And manual focus to lock it in.


Thanks. When I did the test back in April, I used Aperture priority set at 5.6, and the shutter speeds ranged from 1/60 to 1/200. So I got a good range of light changes. I like the idea of manual focus.

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Dec 28, 2018 13:26:46   #
Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.
 
Wags wrote:
Beginning January 1, I'm going to be taking one shot a day from our sunroom looking out on the golf course we live on. I did this last April and then assembled the 30 shots into a time lapse. It turned out interesting enough that I thought I would do it for the entire year of 2019. I'm going to setup on a tripod and will be using my Nikon D7000 backup camera with a kit lens of 55-200, set on Aperture priority at around f8. Any thoughts out there about setup or the best time of day, or any other ideas? When I did the time-lapse in April, I was able to squeeze the 30 shots into about 7 seconds of play. We had a couple of snow storms and thaws in that time that were kind of fun to see in a quick time-lapse.
Beginning January 1, I'm going to be taking one sh... (show quote)


Sounds interesting. Good luck

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Dec 28, 2018 13:33:35   #
AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire
 
I think it would be fun to set the hour so that you could see the progression of sunrise or sunset. Maybe starting a few minutes after sunset or before sunrise, then showing the progression through the year?

I've always wanted to try that myself....

Andy

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Dec 28, 2018 13:37:04   #
Wags Loc: Mequon, WI
 
AndyH wrote:
I think it would be fun to set the hour so that you could see the progression of sunrise or sunset. Maybe starting a few minutes after sunset or before sunrise, then showing the progression through the year?

I've always wanted to try that myself....

Andy


Thanks, Andy. That’s what I was thinking, too. But I’d have to adjust for time changes, etc. so I’m not shooting in the dark. It’s getting dark here in WI at 5:00, but as late as 9:00 in the summer.

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Dec 28, 2018 13:56:48   #
AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire
 
Wags wrote:
Thanks, Andy. That’s what I was thinking, too. But I’d have to adjust for time changes, etc. so I’m not shooting in the dark. It’s getting dark here in WI at 5:00, but as late as 9:00 in the summer.


That's kind of what I was thinking - we're in New Hampshire, which is about at your latitude. I think it would be kind of neat to get a view where you had some foliage, and some snowfall, and flowers blossoming in the spring. If I started on January 1 at five minutes after sunset, I'd have a fairly high sun at that time in June. My only problem is that I don't have a consistent viewpoint from inside my house, and I'm not planning to leave a tripod out for the winter! I hope you are able to manage it and look forward to seeing the results.

Andy

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Dec 28, 2018 14:29:01   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
Similar to Andy's suggestion, but since I'm a morning person, I think you should do at 7 a.m. throughout the year. That way, you'll begin with blue hour/dawn on Jan 1, and come back round again - even with those hiccups of time change that so many of us have come to hate. If you don't want so many dark images (Nov/Dec), maybe 7:30?

You will see how the landscape changes - not just with the seasons, but the angle and position of the sun (I'm 3 degrees further north than you). Another thought is to do early a.m. until June, then switch to evening for the second half of the year. Whatever you decide, it would be a shame to miss the "golden hour" possibilities of spring and fall. Photography is all about the light!

I hope you'll be able to post to a site where you can provide a link for us to enjoy with you in 2020 - and here's hoping it doesn't rain every morning

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Dec 28, 2018 15:07:34   #
Wags Loc: Mequon, WI
 
Linda From Maine wrote:
Similar to Andy's suggestion, but since I'm a morning person, I think you should do at 7 a.m. throughout the year. That way, you'll begin with blue hour/dawn on Jan 1, and come back round again - even with those hiccups of time change that so many of us have come to hate. If you don't want so many dark images (Nov/Dec), maybe 7:30?

You will see how the landscape changes - not just with the seasons, but the angle and position of the sun (I'm 3 degrees further north than you). Another thought is to do early a.m. until June, then switch to evening for the second half of the year. Whatever you decide, it would be a shame to miss the "golden hour" possibilities of spring and fall. Photography is all about the light!

I hope you'll be able to post to a site where you can provide a link for us to enjoy with you in 2020 - and here's hoping it doesn't rain every morning
Similar to Andy's suggestion, but since I'm a morn... (show quote)


I like this. See if this makes some sense. In January, sunrises start (in WI) at 7:22, eventually getting to 7:08. Then in February, sunrise begings at 7:06 and gets to 6:29, etc. So, I'm thinking about setting up the timer in January for 7:52 (a half hour after sunrise). Then in Feb, starting the timer at 7:36, etc. Beginning on July 1, I would start the timer 1 hour after sunrise to account for the days getting shorter.

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Dec 28, 2018 15:18:05   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
Wags wrote:
I like this. See if this makes some sense. In January, sunrises start (in WI) at 7:22, eventually getting to 7:08. Then in February, sunrise begings at 7:06 and gets to 6:29, etc. So, I'm thinking about setting up the timer in January for 7:52 (a half hour after sunrise). Then in Feb, starting the timer at 7:36, etc. Beginning on July 1, I would start the timer 1 hour after sunrise to account for the days getting shorter.
It seems to me you are wanting to adjust so that you have the same amount of light each day where I am suggesting the whole point is to document how differently 7 a.m. looks in January than July. I might be mis-understanding your overall vision for the project. Of course, regardless of time of day you will have documented the change of seasons, and that will have major visual impact.

My idea will not be seamless because of the daylight savings time clock adjustments, but as an example, think of March 15 (5 days after daylight savings time begins in 2019) through June 22. Every few frames would show a noticeable difference in shadows and light, as each day the sun would have risen a minute or two earlier than the previous day. So March 15 will have longer shadows and quite a bit less light than June 22. And then, if you continued until the time changes again, each day would be darker at that appointed time. The shadows and the angle of the sun are going to be significantly different over several months if documented at the same time of day.

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Dec 28, 2018 15:32:45   #
Wags Loc: Mequon, WI
 
Linda From Maine wrote:
It seems to me you are wanting to adjust so that you have the same amount of light each day where I am suggesting the whole point is to document how differently 7 a.m. looks in January than July. I might be mis-understanding your overall vision for the project. Of course, regardless of time of day you will have documented the change of seasons, and that will have major visual impact.

My idea will not be seamless because of the time changes, but as an example, think of March 15 (5 days after daylight savings time begins in 2019) through June 22. Every few frames would show a noticeable difference in shadows and light, as each day the sun would have risen a minute or two earlier than the previous day. So March 15 will have longer shadows and quite a bit less light than June 22. And then, if you continued until the time changes again, each day would be darker at that appointed time. The shadows and the angle of the sun are going to be significantly different over several months' time.
It seems to me you are wanting to adjust so that y... (show quote)


I see what you mean. There are a lot of variables, from the time changes to dark cloudy weather in WI, which is most of the winter. Thanks for your thoughts. I had planned on just shooting around 10:00, but I really like the light-changing idea, too.

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Dec 28, 2018 15:37:56   #
DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
 
One thing I always wanted to do is to get a photograph of an analemma.

That requires setting a camera at just the right field of view so that the noon time sun is in the field of view all year. (Doesn't really have to be noon but it has to be the same time all year and not changing for daylight saving time). If you get the setup right and take a photo every few days you get a figure-8 type of thing that shows the variability of the sun's position through the year.

I have never tried this because (1) I don't have a camera I want to tie up for a year; (2) this project requires that you have pretty clear skies most of the time, otherwise you don't get evenly spaced images of the sun.

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Dec 28, 2018 15:41:42   #
AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire
 
DirtFarmer wrote:
One thing I always wanted to do is to get a photograph of an http://solar-center.stanford.edu/art/analemma.html&h=512&w=384&tbnid=pCU-MCMet4gPgM:&q=analemma&tbnh=160&tbnw=119&usg=AI4_-kRgJ4509Iz2A5abKYTc6GRuEDwNTg&vet=12ahUKEwjpu5jJr8PfAhXIct8KHWbLAesQ9QEwAHoECAUQBg..i&docid=O9UwNLbkt1oLXM&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpu5jJr8PfAhXIct8KHWbLAesQ9QEwAHoECAUQBg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://solar-center.stanford.edu/images/solar-analemma-070000-UTC.jpg&imgrefurl=http://solar-center.stanford.edu/art/analemma.html&h=512&w=384&tbnid=pCU-MCMet4gPgM:&q=analemma&tbnh=160&tbnw=119&usg=AI4_-kRgJ4509Iz2A5abKYTc6GRuEDwNTg&vet=12ahUKEwjpu5jJr8PfAhXIct8KHWbLAesQ9QEwAHoECAUQBg..i&docid=O9UwNLbkt1oLXM&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpu5jJr8PfAhXIct8KHWbLAesQ9QEwAHoECAUQBg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">analemma.

That requires setting a camera at just the right field of view so that the noon time sun is in the field of view all year. (Doesn't really have to be noon but it has to be the same time all year and not changing for daylight saving time). If you get the setup right and take a photo every few days you get a figure-8 type of thing that shows the variability of the sun's position through the year.

I have never tried this because (1) I don't have a camera I want to tie up for a year; (2) this project requires that you have pretty clear skies most of the time, otherwise you don't get evenly spaced images of the sun.
One thing I always wanted to do is to get a photog... (show quote)


That's another outstanding idea! I hope you figure it out.

My thought would be to place a tripod in the right setup, and devote an old, but high IQ bridge or superzoom to the task. You wouldn't need to do it every day, but if you get off schedule the whole project would be toast....

Andy

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Dec 28, 2018 15:43:22   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
Wags wrote:
I see what you mean. There are a lot of variables, from the time changes to dark cloudy weather in WI, which is most of the winter. Thanks for your thoughts. I had planned on just shooting around 10:00, but I really like the light-changing idea, too.
Yeah, a long string of dark days doesn't make for the most compelling "light" show On the other hand, I find fog and snow to be far more interesting to shoot than the glare of our central Washington summers.

All the best!

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Dec 28, 2018 15:44:32   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
DirtFarmer wrote:
One thing I always wanted to do is to get a photograph of an analemma.

That requires setting a camera at just the right field of view so that the noon time sun is in the field of view all year. (Doesn't really have to be noon but it has to be the same time all year and not changing for daylight saving time). If you get the setup right and take a photo every few days you get a figure-8 type of thing that shows the variability of the sun's position through the year.

I have never tried this because (1) I don't have a camera I want to tie up for a year; (2) this project requires that you have pretty clear skies most of the time, otherwise you don't get evenly spaced images of the sun.
One thing I always wanted to do is to get a photog... (show quote)
Very cool.

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