am setting up a feeding station and was wondering what position it is best to have it in relation to the sun, have been told have the sun directly behind and some have said to the side!!! any ideas
Sun over your shoulders is probably the easiest norm, however saying that I often like to shoot in a northerly direction....
Any way what is this thing called the sun?
Phil
Posted by Larry Corbett on December 6, 2006 at 10:22 AM
depends on what your shooting and at what time of day I guess and what type of lighting you are after
in my case it's always preferable to have full frontal lighting on a subject, side lighting is okay provided it is not too harsh, I always set my lens up first to check for good backgrounds, although not always possible I usually try to have my lens pointing north then put up the hide, by setting up the hide/ lens in a north facing direction I get a full days use of the winter sun and arrange my prop perches and feeders (for small birds) in a small arc in front of the hide then as the sun moves around during the day so does my lens on to the next perch in the arc.
if I want a backlit picture i just turn the whole setup round to face south
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am setting up a feeding station and was wondering what position it is best to have it in relation to the sun, have been told have the sun directly behind and some have said to the side!!! any ideas
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Sun over your shoulders is probably the easiest norm, however saying that I often like to shoot in a northerly direction....
Any way what is this thing called the sun?
Phil
in my case it's always preferable to have full frontal lighting on a subject, side lighting is okay provided it is not too harsh, I always set my lens up first to check for good backgrounds, although not always possible I usually try to have my lens pointing north then put up the hide, by setting up the hide/ lens in a north facing direction I get a full days use of the winter sun and arrange my prop perches and feeders (for small birds) in a small arc in front of the hide then as the sun moves around during the day so does my lens on to the next perch in the arc.
if I want a backlit picture i just turn the whole setup round to face south
not much use probably but thais is what I do