View Full Version : Traveling to take photos


Nick in Atlanta
March 29th, 2005, 06:52 PM
What is the farthest you've traveled from your home city solely to take photos? Where did you go and was it worth it? Did you have a traveling companion (ie, spouse, child) and did they have a good time? Show us some of your photos from your trip, if you want.

Nick in Atlanta
April 3rd, 2005, 10:55 PM
Hey Nick, I once went to Botswana to photograph a monkey! Now that's far. Great question. This thread is really getting a lot of action.

th0m
April 3rd, 2005, 11:12 PM
Hahah, the photo forums aren't the most active of 'em all ;) I usually travel just within my city, so in a radius of about 5km, but sometimes I stay out for hours on end, climbing fences and trespassing, just to get that shot that I want :D I also have a few shots in my mind that I haven't had the time to take or aren't the right moment to take them, some of them in my own town, some in other cities, about 20-40 km away. Thinking about them makes me happy already, although when I think about it too much, the results are sometimes disappointing, so I shouldn't think about it too often ;)

SUNNI
April 4th, 2005, 01:01 AM
i dont travel to take pictures, i thake pictures because i travel ;)

Nick in Atlanta
April 4th, 2005, 05:34 AM
Hahah, the photo forums aren't the most active of 'em all ;) I usually travel just within my city, so in a radius of about 5km, but sometimes I stay out for hours on end, climbing fences and trespassing, just to get that shot that I want :D I also have a few shots in my mind that I haven't had the time to take or aren't the right moment to take them, some of them in my own town, some in other cities, about 20-40 km away. Thinking about them makes me happy already, although when I think about it too much, the results are sometimes disappointing, so I shouldn't think about it too often ;)

It's amazing how much trespassing you have to do to get a photo you really want. Or so I've heard.

th0m
April 4th, 2005, 10:41 AM
It gives a little edge to taking a photograph. Just don't get caught ;)

MILIUX
April 4th, 2005, 01:18 PM
Went to Gold Coast to take photos.

:) That's like 600km North of Sydney.

flatiron94
April 4th, 2005, 06:12 PM
The only time I travled just to take photos was last saturday. My dad took me downtown minneapolis (which is like 20 miles away) on the light rail/bus

.P.S. If you would like to see these photos I will create a thread with all the photos. ( including minneahaha falls)

Nick in Atlanta
April 4th, 2005, 10:14 PM
The only time I travled just to take photos was last saturday. My dad took me downtown minneapolis (which is like 20 miles away) on the light rail/bus

.P.S. If you would like to see these photos I will create a thread with all the photos. ( including minneahaha falls)


Sounds great!! I'm a big fan of the twin cities. My brother did the seven year undergraduate degree at the U of M and I used to drive up from the University of Wisconsin in Madison to visit him all the time. This was back in the late '80s though.

jmancuso
April 5th, 2005, 02:41 AM
from houston, i went as far as florida. btw, i bought a digital rebel today. w00t!

Nick in Atlanta
April 5th, 2005, 04:17 AM
from houston, i went as far as florida. btw, i bought a digital rebel today. w00t!

Is that a DSLR or a "single unit."

jmancuso
April 5th, 2005, 04:20 AM
^ dslr

hkskyline
August 10th, 2005, 06:18 AM
I made a diversion to Munich on my way across the Atlantic from Geneva to check out their airport and snap a few photos.

More photos : http://www.geocities.com/asiaglobe/gallery/munich.htm

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/20050423/DSCN8850.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/20050423/DSCN8857.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/20050423/DSCN8891.jpg

Nick in Atlanta
August 11th, 2005, 06:13 AM
Munich is a very cool looking airport. I really like the photo of the red people mover.

hkskyline
August 11th, 2005, 06:53 AM
That's actually a maglev train model! There is a Transrapid exhibition inside that talks about a potential maglev link to the city centre from Munich airport!