Beginner Sunrise/Sunsets

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Hi all,

Is there any way of 'reading' the weather to get an idea if a location will get a decent sunrise/sunset/light. I have a few apps (MeteoEarth, etc.) which shows cloud cover, precipitation, sunrise/sunset/golden hour times, etc. but just wondered if there were any 'techniques' to take into account.

For example - I have a free day tomorrow (Sunday) and live within an hour of North Wales or the Peak District, but want to make the most of it to get some decent light and try to get some decent landscape photos.

Any tips/tricks ? Thanks :)
 
Richard Breland said:
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Hi Richard,

so many photographers went to so many places in
all kinds of weather… I must say that the very cool
shots they came back with were not due to specific
conditions but to an opened attitude… go and see!

Experience is the sum of the explorations done while
going for the best and being prepared for the worse!
 
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Thanks Kodiak - I guess you are saying....just GO...and deal with the conditions whatever they are. I think you probably correct - after all there is nothing we can do about the weather anyway! Thanks :)
 
If you have an iPhone the well known app 'The Photographer's Ephemeris' has an add on with a free trial called SkyFire. Allows you so see a colour coded layer over the normal UK Map with different colours representing the chances of a colourful sky for either sunrise or sunset. Sliding Scale from Grey > Blue > Green > Yellow > Orange > Red. I've used it a few times and find it to be really accurate. Can add favourite locations and send you alerts too which can help making a decision on choosing a location on when you have some free time.

Unfortunately the North-West of England or North Wales doesn't look promising for neither sunrise or sunset tomorrow.

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Thanks for that. I am on android, but will see if I can find something similar. More or less made up my mind to go out regardless :)
 
I think Kodiak makes a great point Richard, an app I had seen forecast what could have been a good opportunity for a sunset on Friday night but looking outside I didn't hold out much hope at all. Nevertheless I went and right up to when the sun went down, there was hardly any colour showing at all, then as I was starting to pack away, one small part of the sky started turning red, then another, then another and so on until I was almost wetting myself.

For me the worst thing is seeing a great sunset through your house window and wishing you had gone out with the camera.

Darley Hillside - Matlock by Mike Swain, on Flickr
 
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