Where, and where from?

[Fascadale]

I took these photos at the southern end of the Kilbrannen Sound, but I can't remember in which direction I was pointing the camera and from where.


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Thanks

 

[[70521]]

I took these photos at the southern end of the Kilbrannen Sound, but I can't remember in which direction I was pointing the camera and from where.

As it is a Saturday night I, for once am being flippant, you are pointing the camera towards the land from a boat

P.S. what is that curly thing and is that prop wash in picture one and that looks like a port light to me in picture three picture two well that might be a wee bit of canvas with the boats name on it to the starboard side - but I might be totally wrong.

 

[KAM]

Fist photo looks like you are heading south a few miles off Sanda looking north towards the Arranmans barrels and Campbeltown. The second is a bit further south east of Sanda again looking back North West to Sanda and the Kintyre peninsula. The last one is further east of Sanda looking west with what looks like Island Davarr on the right. I think.

 

[RichardS]

For once I have the solution to one of these where-was-its ............. do what I did last year and buy yourself a compact camera (a pocket-sized Canon with 14x zoom in my case) with GPS. The Canon is the same size as the same version without GPS and was on special offer and cheaper than the version with GPS although I see that you can buy it now for less than £120!

The photos are all tagged with the exact lat and long - which the camera can also display so it could be used as an emergency GPS backup - and when I say exact I do mean exact. The photos can be uploaded straight into the Canon mapping programme or into Google Earth and you can see the thumbnails and a pointer showing where they were taken, even in the middle of the ocean.

I've tested the camera on land over the last 6 months and would say that the accuracy is within 2 metres - you can take a photo, take a couple of steps, take another photo, and the camera will differentiate between the two.

Richard

 

[Spyro]

First one you were pointing the camera in the opposite way you were heading, can't you remember which way that was?
Second looks like sanda and sheep island.

 

[A1Sailor]

For once I have the solution to one of these where-was-its ............. do what I did last year and buy yourself a compact camera (a pocket-sized Canon with 14x zoom in my case) with GPS. The Canon is the same size as the same version without GPS and was on special offer and cheaper than the version with GPS although I see that you can buy it now for less than £120!

The photos are all tagged with the exact lat and long - which the camera can also display so it could be used as an emergency GPS backup - and when I say exact I do mean exact. The photos can be uploaded straight into the Canon mapping programme or into Google Earth and you can see the thumbnails and a pointer showing where they were taken, even in the middle of the ocean.

I've tested the camera on land over the last 6 months and would say that the accuracy is within 2 metres - you can take a photo, take a couple of steps, take another photo, and the camera will differentiate between the two.

Richard

That would certainly solve one of the OP's problems. Does it have a compass display to tell him which way the camera is pointing?

 

[SteveTibbetts]

For once I have the solution to one of these where-was-its ............. do what I did last year and buy yourself a compact camera (a pocket-sized Canon with 14x zoom in my case) with GPS. The Canon is the same size as the same version without GPS and was on special offer and cheaper than the version with GPS although I see that you can buy it now for less than £120!

The photos are all tagged with the exact lat and long - which the camera can also display so it could be used as an emergency GPS backup - and when I say exact I do mean exact. The photos can be uploaded straight into the Canon mapping programme or into Google Earth and you can see the thumbnails and a pointer showing where they were taken, even in the middle of the ocean.

I've tested the camera on land over the last 6 months and would say that the accuracy is within 2 metres - you can take a photo, take a couple of steps, take another photo, and the camera will differentiate between the two.

Richard

Or... Use your smartphone. I used my android phone to take a pic then interrogated the EXIF file attached to it to pinpoint where exactly my 'new' mooring was on google maps.

 

[ffiill]

Mmm-O levels -Cream-Eric Clapton;Ginger Baker and of course Jack Bruce who bought Sanda in 1968 or therabouts-a very long hot summer in Scotland!

 

[claymore]

that seems to fit
First one is the view you get having rounded the Mull, clearing Sanda and heading for Campbeltown. One is usually quite pleased with oneself at this stage, the hot sun is developing a thirst and the prospect of a bath in the hotel in Campbeltown are becoming all consuming
The photo looks a bit dark, clearly taken around midnight between May and September.

Fist photo looks like you are heading south a few miles off Sanda looking north towards the Arranmans barrels and Campbeltown. The second is a bit further south east of Sanda again looking back North West to Sanda and the Kintyre peninsula. The last one is further east of Sanda looking west with what looks like Island Davarr on the right. I think.