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Las Vegas Photo Suggestions
Hello All.
I will be traveling with my family to Las Vegas next month, and I am looking for some good photographic suggestions. Aside from the Vegas strip, Red Rocks is located 13 miles outside of Vegas and I plan to spend as much time seeing sunsets there as possible. We might take a day to go to the Grand Canyon, and another day to go to Death Valley. Outside of that I am not sure what to see or shoot. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I do not see a time that I can get back out there and I want to make the best of it. Thanks in advance, Chris ~Stay in Focus~ |
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I took a long day 8 am to 8 pm to visit Death Valley, and rarely stopped
driving. I am not sure you can do Grand CAnyon in a day. Valley of fire is more intersting to me than Red Rock Why not challenge your self and shoot Vegas. There is nothing like it in the world. As a photographer who loves to shoot sunsets myself, shooting cityscapes was an interesting challenge. JD "TaoSurfer" wrote in message ... Hello All. I will be traveling with my family to Las Vegas next month, and I am looking for some good photographic suggestions. Aside from the Vegas strip, Red Rocks is located 13 miles outside of Vegas and I plan to spend as much time seeing sunsets there as possible. We might take a day to go to the Grand Canyon, and another day to go to Death Valley. Outside of that I am not sure what to see or shoot. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I do not see a time that I can get back out there and I want to make the best of it. Thanks in advance, Chris ~Stay in Focus~ |
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TaoSurfer wrote:
Hello All. I will be traveling with my family to Las Vegas next month, and I am looking for some good photographic suggestions. Hoover Dam and Valley of Fire. Don in Tracy, Calif. |
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"JD" wrote in message news:4zr6c.15123$Cf3.6374@lakeread01... I took a long day 8 am to 8 pm to visit Death Valley, and rarely stopped driving. I am not sure you can do Grand CAnyon in a day. There are one day flyin trips from Las Vegas that take you to the airstrip at grand canyon village and include a coach tour along the rim http://www.looktours.com/air1.html Keith |
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I agree with the others who suggested Hoover Dam and Valley of Fire. And if you go to Hoover, see if they still give dam tours. They used to go to some behind-the-scenes areas that were very interesting, although I don't know if they still do due to security concerns. I am not sure you can do Grand CAnyon in a day. It's about a 5 hour drive each way to the south rim, so if you leave early you can spend the afternoon there and get back to Vegas before midnight. It's a long day, but it's worth it to see the Grand Canyon. If you go, try to stay for sunset as the lighting is much more dramatic. Better still, spend the night at a nearby motel and return to take sunrise pictures the next morning. I'd also suggest taking some pictures on the Bright Angel Trail, which is a popular trail which goes from the rim to the bottom. Even if you only spend a few minutes on it, you'll still get some great photos from below the rim. The trail begins right in the Grand Canyon Village area where you'll be anyway, so it's not out of your way. Here are a few photos someone posted: http://www.peterweb.dk/galleries/grandcanyon.htm James ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Remove "NOSPAM" from my address when sending me e-mail. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ - |
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Thank you all for the wonderful suggestions. I don't want to miss the Grand
Canyon, and I will probably do as suggested and stay over night so I can get the sunset and the next day's sunrise. I absolutely plan on shooting the city, especially the strip. I'd love to shoot the interiors of the casinos, but my camera's are too big to be concealed. I'll have a tripod with me for the observation decks - and I thank you all for the suggestions of them. I know this is not a photography newsgroup, but my plan is to shoot digital with my D100, slides with my F100 and infrared with my N80 or K1000. I'll be carrying a heck of a lot, but this is an opportunity and I do not want to miss anything. Multiple lenses and bodies will be the course of the day, but that is how I shot London and there was not a single shot I missed with the amount of gear I carried. Painful, but worth it. One final question with carrying that much gear around during the day - Do I have to worry about theft? I'm sure I do not, but also do not want to take any unnecesary risks. Thank you all again. I will post the photos on my website upon my return. Your comments were very appreciated! Chris |
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I don't know how much time you'll have, but you certainly wouldn't
regret a side trip to Zion. I think it took us about three hours to get there from Las Vegas. As another poster recommended, Kolob Canyons should have good lighting at sunset. I feel that the main valley is more spectacular. The sunset lighting on the Watchman was very good. Access to the valley is only by (convenient) shuttle bus from April through October. It's a six mile distance and there are many great views along the way. There are a lot of good hikes to choose from with varrying levels of difficulty. As for Vegas, I only carried one SLR through the casinos and didn't have any probems with security. I didn't take any pictures in the actual gaming areas. I don't know about crime rates, but I certainly wouldn't take any chances with my equipment. Maybe I'm overly cautious, but I figure that it's better safe than sorry. Sounds like you've got a lot of equipment. How do you carry it? Gadget bag? Photo backpack? I use a Tamrac MAS belt. It's not nearly as good as a photo backpack, plus I have to carry my tripod with a sling, but it's very convenient. |
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