Traveling to take photos

[Nick in Atlanta]

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]

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]

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 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]

i dont travel to take pictures, i thake pictures because i travel

[Nick in Atlanta]

Originally Posted by th0m

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 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]

It gives a little edge to taking a photograph. Just don't get caught

[MILIUX]

Went to Gold Coast to take photos.

That's like 600km North of Sydney.

[flatiron94]

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]

Originally Posted by flatiron94

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]

from houston, i went as far as florida. btw, i bought a digital rebel today. w00t!

[Nick in Atlanta]

Originally Posted by jmancuso

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]

^ dslr

[hkskyline]

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

[Nick in Atlanta]

Munich is a very cool looking airport. I really like the photo of the red people mover.

[hkskyline]

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!