Predicting where sun will rise?

dave66

This may be a strange question, so a bit of background. Ballymoney beach (near Gorey) in Wexford holds special memories for our family. This week my Parents are celebrating their 50th Wedding anniversary and I thought it might be a little different if I was to get a sunrise over the beach. I believe that sunrise will be around 4am this week.

Just wondering if anyone knows of a site where I can enter co-ordinates of the beach etc. to see where the sun will rise, I will be driving to the beach from Bray (about 45 minutes) so will have limited set up time, so any info I can gather in advance would be great.

Any ideas?

jpb1974

Sunrise is about 4:56am this week -

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=78

If you have a compass then I'd get up prior to Saturday and take a compass reading to see roughly where the sun will rise and make a note of it.

paulusdu

I find this tool (The Photographer's Ephemeris) great use

http://stephentrainor.com/tools

And it is free to use

Caoimhín

dave66 wrote: »

Any ideas?

Bring a compass. Sun will rise in the east, i promise.

Slidinginfinity

paulusdu wrote: »

I find this tool (The Photographer's Ephemeris) great use

http://stephentrainor.com/tools

And it is free to use

Dave this is what I was about to recommend.:)

It's a really useful and uses google maps, so for city shooting you can almost tell what street the sun will set on.:D

dave66

jpb1974 wrote: »

Sunrise is about 4:56am this week -

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=78

If you have a compass then I'd get up prior to Saturday and take a compass reading to see roughly where the sun will rise and make a note of it.

paulusdu wrote: »

I find this tool (The Photographer's Ephemeris) great use

http://stephentrainor.com/tools

And it is free to use

Cheers I'll check that out.

Caoimhín wrote: »

Bring a compass. Sun will rise in the east, i promise.

LOL, yeah I should have expected that would be a reply

Slidinginfinity wrote: »

Dave this is what I was about to recommend.:)

It's a really useful and uses google maps, so for city shooting you can almost tell what street the sun will set on.:D

Sounds good. I'm limited as to the days I can do this, as I have to collect people from the airport on Wednesday. I am tempted to do it on Friday, which is the day of the Anniversary, but my try hedge my bets by shooting tomorrow and then try Friday as well, just to widen my chances of getting decent weather, bloody June weather, can't rely on it. Guess I'll need to leave Bray around 3.30am to be on the safe side :eek:

Crispin

paulusdu wrote: »

I find this tool (The Photographer's Ephemeris) great use

http://stephentrainor.com/tools

And it is free to use

+ for that, good program

stabo

Crispin wrote: »

+ for that, good program

Ive downloaded this on Mac and wont let me open it.New to mac,but it says my comp wont support this software.

Kbeg3

I'm using it on a mac and it works fine

stabo

Kbeg3 wrote: »

I'm using it on a mac and it works fine

Yeah its probably something im not doing,will get a mate to have look at it later. looks like a great program.

JuliePhotoArt

There are some good tips on Photographing Sunsets and Sunrises here:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunset-sunrise-photography.html

johnmcdnl

did you download Adobe Air.. the link is the Red Adobe box on the page...

i think that's why it's not working for you... well it is if you got an "what program to open this type of file" message like i just did there....

dave66

paulusdu wrote: »

I find this tool (The Photographer's Ephemeris) great use

http://stephentrainor.com/tools

And it is free to use

Downloaded, installed and that's exactly what I needed, perfect.

Many thanks to all.

Dara Robinson

paulusdu wrote: »

I find this tool (The Photographer's Ephemeris) great use

http://stephentrainor.com/tools

And it is free to use

This is by far the best tool you will find out there

the_monkey

Also this

http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/gorey.html

Hugh_C

Dara Robinson wrote: »

This is by far the best tool you will find out there

It's also beautiful

dave66

So I have done my checking with the Photographer's Ephemeris and think I have a plan, so it's off to Wexford, well before the crack of dawn tomorrow. Fingers crossed I get this right otherwise the parents are getting a potted plant for their Golden Anniversary