In Praise of the Sat Nav
10th April 2010
One of the most useful pieces of photographic equipment I have is the Sat Nav in the car. Firstly, because I can explore all kinds of backroads looking for photographic locations knowing I will always find my way home, and secondly because when I do find a good location I can store it in the Sat Nav memory, and return at a future date.
Today I was travelling back from Cork, it was a beautiful day and I wondered where I might get a picture this evening, I knew that if I drove straight home I would reach Westport just before sunset. As I drove through Headford in Galway I pressed the favourites button on the Sat Nav. Up came the nearest four favourite sites. One of them was an entrance “lake like burren” I had made that entry two years ealier when I had discovered this spot on one of my backroad explorations. I did not realize at the time that the lake was Lough Carra and my entry was simply a description to jog my memory.
So I pressed OK on the Sat Nav and arrived at Lough Carra near Ballinrobe about 30 minutes before sunset.
I took a number of photographs before, during, and after sunset. Remarkably all these photographs are taken within 100meters of each other. It was a fantastic evening and my passengers, Barry my son and Grainne my daughter showed remarkable patience as I ran around trying to capture as many views as I could.
This picture qwas taken half an hour after the sun went down.
Today I was travelling back from Cork, it was a beautiful day and I wondered where I might get a picture this evening, I knew that if I drove straight home I would reach Westport just before sunset. As I drove through Headford in Galway I pressed the favourites button on the Sat Nav. Up came the nearest four favourite sites. One of them was an entrance “lake like burren” I had made that entry two years ealier when I had discovered this spot on one of my backroad explorations. I did not realize at the time that the lake was Lough Carra and my entry was simply a description to jog my memory.
So I pressed OK on the Sat Nav and arrived at Lough Carra near Ballinrobe about 30 minutes before sunset.
I took a number of photographs before, during, and after sunset. Remarkably all these photographs are taken within 100meters of each other. It was a fantastic evening and my passengers, Barry my son and Grainne my daughter showed remarkable patience as I ran around trying to capture as many views as I could.
This picture qwas taken half an hour after the sun went down.