Wow, incredible read.
Thanks so much. I think I've found my itinerary!!
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Wow, incredible read.
Thanks so much. I think I've found my itinerary!!
Hi Stella, glad you enjoyed it ! [Actually it was nice to look over it again myself] lol
It might be helpful so I have mapped our route.
You can zoom in and out and left and right using the tools on the map.
Each marker represents an overnight stop, or at least near to. Some places we stopped for more than the one night, but each driving day was manageable. Of course you can alter it to suit your needs but it might help your planning. [I know the maps are giving you a headache ! Lol.
This is a wonderful report with amazing photos, and has given us plenty of inspiration for our own planning! Thanks Dave!
Hi Subman.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the report and that it's been of some use to you. It brought back some memories for me too !
You might find this thread interesting as you make you way from Cheyenne towards Arches NP as well.
Dave.
Hi Dave,
That Denver loop is also amazing - thanks for the link! Can't wait to get to those parts now - of course, we'll arrive there 'fresh' after a five-day slog down the I-80... But in the future these loop trips will definitely be high on the agenda for me, whether with friends or most likely the family. By the way, do you have a map saved of the Denver trip, like you have one here of the SF loop? Would be great to see it.
I also looked at your Highways of Happiness, even though we won't be going that way this time, and there were some truly outstanding photos in there! Out of curiosity, what type of camera do you use? I was thinking of getting one of those bridge cameras (like Nikon Coolpix) rather than go all out for a more professional one, as they are considerably cheaper and less cumbersome to carry around. But do you think a bridge camera will be good enough to capture some of those magic 'moments'?
Thank you and a happy new year!
Subman
Subman -- I have a Nikon Coolpix AND a Canon T3i (what you might call a "bridge" camera). I love them both for different reasons. If I'm just doing family candids on the run, the Coolpix takes good photos and is portable enough to throw in my purse. However, for scenics, the Canon does a beautiful job and has the versatility of things like wide-angle lens, telephoto lens, sunshades, filters, etc.
Here is a thread that I started when I was starting the quest for a "new and improved" camera. Hopefully it will have some good information for you.
Donna
Hi Donna,
Thanks - brilliant information here! I just need to discuss with the wife and start making some decisions... Exciting!
Subman
There is a map on page 8 [post 73] of the Denver report ,although on checking I did notice one error between 'H' and 'I' that I will have to sort out sometime. From Telluride we continued on 145 to 62 to Ridgway and then south through Ouray and Silverton to Durango on 550, aka 'The Million dolar Highway' which is spectacular !Quote:
By the way, do you have a map saved of the Denver trip,
For SF and Denver I used a Fuji Finepix S9600 and on our recent trip [Highways of Happiness] I had a Fuji HS20EXR. I like the Fuji as it's probably the closest you can get to a DLSR without the expense and extra lenses, but not necessarily in the end result, the picture. Most good bridge cameras will give you excellent results and the Canon powershot, Nikon coolpix and perhaps the Panasonic Lumix will probably give better results than the Fuji HS20 on Auto mode. The thing I like about the Fuji is it feels like a DLSR to handle and you can have full manual control to compose your shot, the permanent manual zoom [up to 30x] and the ability to manually focus are 2 strong points for me, as most do not offer them and are great for capturing wildlife on the move when speed is important. Most of my photos are straight out of the camera other than perhaps a slight tweak with exposure, which makes me feel happier than creating a picture through a Photoshop program. So it takes learning and experimenting to get reasonable shots out of the Fuji, but somehow keeps me in touch with with 'real' photography like back in the day when we used prints and had one shot to get it right. It's a heavier bulkier camera to carry around than most of them out there and the lighter, easier to use cameras are popular for a reason, so you won't go far wrong with any of those for point and shoot pictures. Features like Panoramic mode, HD video and multi shot [3 captures/one image] with many scene selections and so on, are pretty much standard these days. To summarise, for ease of use and results I would look at Canon, Nikon or Lumix, but if you are looking for more control, have a basic understanding of light metering etc, and are a bit of an oddball like me, you can work to get results from the Fuji. [Now the HS30EXR I believe]Quote:
Out of curiosity, what type of camera do you use?
A decent bridge camera will be good enough, but how good the end results are still largely depend on the operator.Quote:
But do you think a bridge camera will be good enough to capture some of those magic 'moments'?
Dave.
Hi Dave,
I don't know how I missed that map, but thanks for pointing it out.
Cheers for the camera info as well! I need to decide pretty quickly what to get, so I'll have time to learn how to use it properly before the trip. I'm not the best when it comes to technology, so a bridge camera will surely do for me.
Subman
Thank you, beautiful snaps