6 Surprising Tricks You Need to Know for a Site Visit

With so much to take in on a single site visit, we thought these 6 tricks might help make your job just that bit easier. Visiting a new place can be an amazing experience. But sometimes circumstances – like a change in the weather – can put a dampener on even the most positive visitor’s enthusiasm. Here we offer a variety of useful tricks for being prepared and some fresh ideas for overcoming any obstacles. All the tips in this guide are easy to use, from simple ways to predict the weather to an interesting method to keep yourself oriented. 6. Getting interesting effects for your photos Do you take a lot of photos but think that they could show more? Sometimes getting the most expressive images is all in the way you look at things. Interposing something like vegetation between the focus of attention and the camera can result in a strong sensation of revealing an almost secret scene. Blurring the focus on certain elements is a good way to emphasize what you consider to be more relevant.

To do this, create distance between the main objects and the less important ones to make the latter seem like background. Where you position the camera can be key: Taking a photo with the camera on the ground will produce a completely different image than taking it from an upright angle. For more photography tips, I highly recommend this website. 5. What common animals tell us about the weather Most of animals react when humidity or air pressure levels change because of their extraordinary sensitive senses, so if you have the chance of see them during your visit you could take advantage of their behaviour paying a little attention to the following signs. In case of bad weather is coming, several animals outside, except frogs, usually stay more quiet or nervous than normal, although there are a wide range of clues depending on the animals. In general, if you notice that birds fly down, cows stay together and lying down on the ground and cats lick themselves insistently, taking an umbrella will be a very good decision. 4. Ideas on taking notes or making drawings and keeping them safe Carrying a notebook in the pocket is a habit for some people, especially landscape architects. If you carry paper of medium thickness, you will have the freedom to use different tools to write or draw all of your fresh ideas or the interesting things you see when visiting a new place. Watercolor pencils are easier to use than conventional watercolor for travelers, and a plastic bag or sheet protector can be very useful to keep the notebook safe if you are out in nature. 3. The accommodation as part of the experience Choosing the accomodation is much more than just bed and breakfast can give us the chance to be involved with the place we visit. An option that you would never forget is a housing swap. There isn’t a better way to know a place in terms of lifestyle than staying there as local people do. You can have a look on this very well organized and detailed online source from this agency. A whole wide range of houses from over one hundred and fifty countries is also available on the website, from lofts in the city centre to charming single family houses in secluded areas around the world. 2. Simple trick to predict the weather – just look up High clouds mean good weather and low clouds mean the opposite, but there are other things to pay attention to when you are trying to get a handle on the weather. Looking at the moon at night is one of these tricks: Its clearly well defined contour is a sign of great news in terms of weather. However, if a kind of ring around the moon makes its outline blurry, or if the moon reflects a soft red color instead of its usual white, that often means it will rain within three days. Click on this link to find the scientific explanations behind these phenomena. 1. Orientation anywhere you are This is a fantastic trick to help you know which way is north even if you can’t find the common signs nature provides. All you need is your watch and a little bit of sun. How does it work? In temperate areas of the northern hemisphere, it consists of keeping the hour hand of the watch aligned with the position of the sun. The bisector of the number 12 and the hand will show which way is north. This method is different for people in the southern hemisphere, where the number 12 should be aligned with the sun. Then, the bisector of number 12 and the hour hand will indicate north. Getting oriented was never so easy, was it? WATCH: Find North using a Wrist-watch and the Sun – Navigation without a Compass There are a lot of surprising signs in the great outdoors that observant people can take advantage of when visiting places. If only we understood their language and heard everything carefully, we would notice how our surroundings are always talking. Article written by Elisa Garcia Return to Homepage Featured image: Youtube print screen, source.

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