Re: The benefits of accidental exercise

Oleg Lego <> wrote:

On 1 Jul 2008 02:28:16 GMT, Chris Malcolm posted:

Oleg Lego <> wrote:

On 21 Jun 2008 10:45:42 GMT, Chris Malcolm posted:

I find exercise programmes too boring for words, so I manage to trick
myself into taking exercise by getting involved in interesting things
which happen to involve physical activity.

One of those is my project to photograph the summer solstice sunset
from on top of a local hill. I want to see (and photograph) exactly
what part of the distant montain ranges of the highlands the sun sets
behind. I have suspicions derived from much map work in the local
library that it could be rather interesting. What makes this a project
rather than a single walk up a hill is the Scottish weather. I've been
trying to photograph this special sunset view for over a decade.

If you are looking for a project with more frequent requirements,
might I suggest photographing the position of the sun at a set time
each day (Standard Time), every few weeks or even once per month.
Using Photoshop or similar to combine the various positions, you can
end up with a natural analemma. Very cool.

That's a nice project, but it doesn't involve much exercise :-)

As with the solstice project, it depends entirely on where you choose
to shoot from, and you have the same problems with the weather.

The thing is I can choose to shoot an analemma from pretty much
anywhere, including some of the windows of my house, whereas there is
no choice in my solstice project, it can only be shot from one place
at one time. From any other place the alignment of sun and distant
summit cannot occur, with the possible exception of a few other high
points on that alignment, which if they exist will be a lot further
away than the one I'm using.

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