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Asterfold: Sunset Planner

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See where the Sun will set from the spot you shoot from

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See where the Sun will set from the spot you shoot from

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Asterfold draws the Sun's real path for any place and date on a sky dome, coloured by golden hour, blue hour and twilight, calculated offline. Save your exact spot, aim with a first-person horizon and a 14-200 mm lens, and see the dates the Sun sets inside your frame. Tonight's Sunset, Stars and Sunrise ratings with reasons. No account.

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Hi Product Hunt! I make Asterfold. I kept driving to a spot for sunset only to find the Sun going down behind the wrong hill. So I built a planner around the exact place you stand. What's in it: - A sky dome with the Sun's real path for any place and date, coloured by golden hour, blue hour and twilight, calculated offline - Save your spot, turn toward your shot on a first-person horizon and pick your lens from 14 mm to 200 mm - See the dates this year when the Sun sets inside your frame - Tonight: Sunset, Stars and Sunrise ratings with plain-English reasons, plus low, mid and high cloud from MET Norway - A Field Journal that compares what the sky did with the forecast you saved Ratings are a rule-of-thumb estimate, not a guarantee. No account and no analytics. What do you check before deciding to go out for a sunset shot?

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12d ago

How to find exactly where the sun will set from your spot

The sun doesn't set in the same place all year. Over the year the sunset point swings a long way along the horizon, so a building or ridge that frames it in June won't in December. To plan a shot:

1. Pick the exact spot you'll stand, not just the town.

2. Find the sun's bearing at sunset for your date, and its path in the last hour, when the light is best.

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12d ago

Photographers: how do you decide which evening is worth going out for a sunset?

Asterfold: Sunset Planner launches here on 8 November. I'm one of the makers.

It's a sunset planner for the places you actually watch from. A sky dome draws the Sun's real path for any place and date, coloured by golden hour, blue hour and twilight. You save the exact spot you shoot from, turn toward your shot on a first-person horizon, and pick your lens (14 mm to 200 mm, or your phone's camera) so the frame matches. It's calculated on the iPhone, so it works offline at a remote viewpoint.

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