{"id":16669,"date":"2012-09-04T12:41:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T10:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16669"},"modified":"2012-09-04T12:41:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T10:41:36","slug":"estimating-sunset-time-with-your-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/04\/estimating-sunset-time-with-your-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Estimating sunset time with your hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I came across this handy tip over at <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5932126\/estimate-the-time-of-sunset-with-your-hand\">Lifehacker website<\/a>. \u00a0I think that&#8217;s pretty useful for outdoor photography, when camera people want to some of the best sky colors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/estimating-sunset-time.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16670\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/04\/estimating-sunset-time-with-your-hand\/estimating-sunset-time\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/estimating-sunset-time.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"estimating sunset time\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/estimating-sunset-time.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16670\" title=\"estimating sunset time\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/estimating-sunset-time-500x281.jpg?resize=500%2C281&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/estimating-sunset-time.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/estimating-sunset-time.jpg?resize=510%2C286&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/estimating-sunset-time.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All you need to do is extend the hand full and count the number of finger width distances between the sun and the horizon. \u00a0Each finger is approximately 15 minutes, which means each hand is about an hour. \u00a0This is of course just an approximation, but it&#8217;s always better to have an approximation than nothing at all. \u00a0Enjoy.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I came across this handy tip over at Lifehacker website. \u00a0I think that&#8217;s pretty useful for outdoor photography, when camera people want to some of the best sky colors. All you need to do is extend the hand full and count the number of finger width distances between the sun and the horizon. \u00a0Each finger &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/04\/estimating-sunset-time-with-your-hand\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Estimating sunset time with your hand<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,30],"tags":[52,239,74],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-photography","tag-sun","tag-time","tag-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28557,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/07\/accurate-instagram-filters-reconstruction\/","url_meta":{"origin":16669,"position":0},"title":"Accurate Instagram Filters Reconstruction","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"homm\/color-filters-reconstruction is a GitHub repository with a number of tools that help to automatically or semi-automatically deconstruct the color filters applied to a picture by such services as Instagram, Google Photos, and others. 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