Quickie Photography Destinations

haziz · Sep 5, 2008

Any suggestions for destinations for photography. Basically a destination that would allow me to fly to it and enjoy a nice 3-4 day weekend photographing, generally a 3 day holiday weekend possibly with an extra day off. I prefer to fly and dislike long drives (anything over 100 miles). Ideally it should involve:

1. Proximity to a major airport, allowing one to fly in and reach the desitnation quickly.
2. Spectacular and somewhat unique scenery. I genreally prefer landscapes (e.g. Yosemite, Antelope Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Rocky Mountain National Park etc)
3. Ease of getting there. The overall ease of flying in, renting a car, staying close to my destination and then flying out. The idea being that the whole trip does not turn into a tiring logistical nightmare.

Reasonable options I can think of are Yosemite (using Fresno as the airport) and Rocky Mountain National Park (using Denver). I live in the Northeast US and would ideally prefer destinations that don't turn into a hassle flying to them but am generally flexible.

Ideas? Suggestions?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Sincerely,

Hany.

haziz · Sep 27, 2015

Any ideas? Sorry for resurrecting my old thread, but I am still looking!

Sirius Glass · Sep 27, 2015

Moab Utah has Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point next to it.

http://www.moab-utah.com/
http://www.discovermoab.com/
https://www.google.com/search?q=moa...oTCPWFkYrTmMgCFcs7iAodi9oE-A&biw=1366&bih=629

Fly in to Grand Junction Colorado or Salt Lake City, then rent a car and drive [you would need a car in Moab to get to the spectacular scenery. If commercial flights start up again soon then you could fly to Moab, but that has been sputtering on and off for a while.

RobC · Sep 27, 2015

have you been waiting for a reply for 7 years?

Fly to Manchester UK and visit the Lake District just North of Manachester.

Or

Fly to Glasgow UK and visit the The Trossacks just north of Glasgow

Sirius Glass · Sep 27, 2015

If you want to stay in the UK then

Conwy Wales
Isle of Skye in Scotland and the surrounding lochs

RobC · Sep 27, 2015

Sirius Glass said:
If you want to stay in the UK then

Conwy Wales

Isle of Skye in Scotland and the surrounding lochs

I was thinking of driving distance from airport

mesantacruz · Sep 27, 2015

San Francisco... Take highway 1 down to LA or San Diego. If you can get another flight from either LA or SD, that would be the trip of a lifetime. Spend a night in SF, Spend two in Monterey, which is 15 minutes away from Big Sur. Point Lobos is okay, but Garrapata is the real winner. Or, just go to SF and spend all three days there (definitely get a car, public transportation is great!, but a car will get you anywhere so much sooner).

Kilgallb · Oct 7, 2015

Shanghai: the most amazing city in the world.

paul_c5x4 · Oct 8, 2015

Venice, Rome, Porto, Paris, Barcelona - All good places to visit. If you want entertaining airports to fly in to, Barra (BRR) and Gibraltar (GIB) should be in your top ten.

jeffreyg · Oct 8, 2015

The Oregon coast. You could fly into San Francisco and drive North, into Seattle and go South or Portland and go East. Drop the car at your final destination. The Oregon coast is about 400 miles long and especially Cannon Beach is great. In Washington state you have the rain forest at Quinault, beaches along the coast and Hurricane Ridge at Port Angeles. As mentioned above Moab and Bryce Canyon in Utah are two of my favorites as well.

http://www.jeffreyglasser.com/

Trail Images · Oct 8, 2015

You could fly into Palm Springs airport and visit Joshua Tree NP. There are plenty of places to stay just outside the park at reasonable rates. The town of Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, and 29 Palms all have facilities.
Not sure how much area you're trying to take in at one bite. If you want to concentrate on one locale it's a good landscape site overall. Plenty of rock formations and high desert terrain as backdrops.

pentaxuser · Oct 8, 2015

haziz said:
Any ideas? Sorry for resurrecting my old thread, but I am still looking!

It might be useful if you tell us where you have been in the last 7 years on quickie destinations or have you been at home waiting for replies?

pentaxuser.

Sirius Glass · Oct 8, 2015

pentaxuser said:
It might be useful if you tell us where you have been in the last 7 years on quickie destinations or have you been at home waiting for replies?

pentaxuser.

What and take away the mystery?

cliveh · Oct 8, 2015

I think any destination can be interesting. You can often find a good shot where ever you go and perhaps by going to places that many consider boring, you can discover something special.

MrBrowning · Oct 8, 2015

What about Acadia NP? Ply into Bangor ME drive just about 1 1/4 hrs and you're there.

Nodda Duma · Oct 8, 2015

Kancamagus highway in New Hampshire. Fall colors are peaking (came late this year)

MrBrowning · Oct 8, 2015

Nodda Duma said:
Kancamagus highway in New Hampshire. Fall colors are peaking (came late this year)

+1

Was up in that area this past summer. Beautiful ride.

Sirius Glass · Oct 8, 2015

Lake Wobegon which I believe is near Minnenoplace Minnesota, you betcha.

Lake Wobegon is the little town that time forgot, and the decades cannot improve.
Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

Ded · Oct 27, 2015

visit new zealand. it doesnt matter which airport u fly to. the country is small in comparison to the US. so u get into stunning nature real quick!

pbromaghin · Oct 27, 2015

Sirius Glass said:
Lake Wobegon which I believe is near Minnenoplace Minnesota, you betcha.

Lake Wobegon is the little town that time forgot, and the decades cannot improve.

Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

Ya! The high school 5-man football team (the Leonards) will be playing St. Olaf H.S this Friday, so you can get some not too bad sports action. There's the World's Largest Pile of Burlap Bags and the Statue of the Unknown Norwegian, which are pretty good. You won't find it on the map because the surveyors screwed up by starting at the eastern and western borders and somehow overlapped. It does show up on Google Earth, though.

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