Shoot the longest day

The 21st of June is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere with the UK having the earliest sunrise 04:43 and latest sunset 21:22. Times provided by www.timeanddate.com.

For photographers this means many things; you have to get up earlier to catch the best light in the morning, you can shoot more pictures in daylight than any other day, and you can be out shooting later in the evening than any other day.

In reality if you were shooting an EOS-1D Mark III at maximum frame rate for all 16 hours, 38 minutes and 23 seconds of the day then you could shoot almost 600,000 frames, or enough to wear the shutter out twice! Doesn't look like being the best weather though.

So best of luck to all those planning to do some special photography. One of the most famous sites that links with the longest day is Stonehenge in Wiltshire, once again English Heritage is making provision for visitors to be there for sunrise.

I'm planning to be out with my new B+W ND filters for some long time exposures, just need to find the right place to let the really long exposures I'm planning give me a different kind of image.

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