The Photographer's Ephemeris

A free AIR based program to assist the planning of landscape photography shoots
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  • License:
  • Freeware
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Stephen Trainor
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://stephentrainor.com/
  • Operating Systems:
  • Mac OS X
  • File Size:
  • 2.2 MB

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A free AIR based program to assist the planning of landscape photography shoots Landscape photographers typically wish to plan their shoots around the times of sunrise/sunset or twilight, or alternatively when the moon is in a particular place in a particular phase.While times of sunrise etc. are readily available on various sites on the internet (direction of sunrise etc. less so, but still readily found), there are fewer programs available which combine such information with a topographical map allowing the photographer to match the astronomical to the location. A typical use for The Photographer's Ephemeris might be to determine when the sun will set along the axis of a mountain valley, or when a full moon rise will rise across a lake.There are a handful of keyboard shortcuts you can use:· E to display the Ephemeris screen· L to go to Locations· P or - for the previous day· N or = for the next day· T to toggle display of twilight information (new in Beta 0.7.4)· D to toggle display of details information for the selected date (new in Beta 0.8.0)· C and Shift-C to (i) place the marker at the centre of the current map display or (ii) to pan the map to place the marker at the centre of the display· Shift – hold down this key to extend the azimuth lines displayed on the map through the marker location. This is helpful for aligning particular landmarks, your shooting location and the direction of the sun/moon. This function only works when you are sufficiently zoomed in (otherwise, the extended azimuth line would be inaccurate and misleading)NOTE: Beta Version 0.9.0 is set to expire on August 31 2009. There’ll be an updated version here by then (and if you’re running 0.7.2 or later, it’ll prompt you when there’s an update available). Requirements: · Adobe AIR What's New in This Release: Changes: · Details view azimuth lines extend to 200 miles length on holding down Shift key · Timezone name tooltip modified to clarify that displayed timezone abbreviation is for midnight on the selected date Fixes: · Program would hang on selecting date/location for which no moon phase event (e.g. Full Moon) occurred (e.g. any date in Feb 2010 in Sydney, Australia) · Timezone abbreviation was displayed for last calculated date, which could be different to that of actual selected date · On dates with daylight saving or other timezone offset adjustments, Details view altitude graphs were out of synch with displayed event times · On dates with daylight saving or other timezone offset adjustments, Details view events panel did not reflect adjusted time on moving slider · In the Configure panel, the Reset button was positioned incorrectly


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