Essexps Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I posted a comment yesterday about not having been to any exotic locations in April/May. That got me thinking, perhaps we need a thread for upcoming trips to exotic locations booked in the near future - Cheer us up / Tee us off depending upon our own travelling plans. I'll kick things off as I'm off to Las Vegas at the end of this month for a 2 week Family Holiday/Wedding. Not sure I need that many more images of LV as I went last year - but that's the problem with people not checking your Portfolio before they book their wedding. Didn't get time to get to Downtown LV much last year, so that's the primary target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Well have a good trip Chris. Yes I'm jealous. Right now Cromer seems like an exotic location to me. I can barely afford to put fuel in the car. Kitchen utensils anyone? Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Just been down a sewer and in a Victorian pumping station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Back to Indonesia for all of August,make a change to go in the dry season,happy days !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 The British Museum is about as exotic as they come for me at the moment! Kumar Sriskandan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I posted a comment yesterday about not having been to any exotic locations in April/May. That got me thinking, perhaps we need a thread for upcoming trips to exotic locations booked in the near future - Cheer us up / Tee us off depending upon our own travelling plans. I'll kick things off as I'm off to Las Vegas at the end of this month for a 2 week Family Holiday/Wedding. Not sure I need that many more images of LV as I went last year - but that's the problem with people not checking your Portfolio before they book their wedding. Didn't get time to get to Downtown LV much last year, so that's the primary target. Go to the Valley of Fire for amazing natural sandstone formations and petroglyphs. Apparently there is a bar of the same name so if you have already done all the nature and just want downtown you can go there!!! I'm getting bit of a giggle over Las Vegas being "exotic". I grew up in Southern California and people who didn't have money for a big wedding would elope to Las Vegas. I guess the wedding chapels there are pretty exotic. A fun subject if you like to shoot people. I'm going to Alaska for the second time. Beautiful place with wonderful ANIMALS. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I don't plan to travel anymore, but there is one destination I might hit in the coming year: Havana, Cuba. I would fly to Mexico City on my US passport and then use my Irish passport to fly to Havana. Yes, there are other ways to do the trip. Why Havana? I have been to all Hemingway's drinking spots and consumed the appropriate beverages. Havana would complete the loop. http://edoruan2.blogspot.com Scan down to Paris Pub Crawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Thank you for the tips, Philippe. The first time I went to Alaska it was in September and the colors were gorgeous and the BEARS were nice and fat. I went to Brook's Falls and most of the time we were on platforms. This year I am going in July to Silver Salmon Creek Lodge on Lake Clark. They have grizzlies and we will be on the ground. I was told last time that the bears in Denali are more dangerous than the Katmai bears. We will be with guides and the bears will be busy fattening themselves up with clams and salmon. I do know it is always dangerous around bears but I will behave myself so I don't entice them!!!! I'm practicing saying to myself "Don't run and don't look them in the eye". We will have a few days in Homer with a 90 year old friend who feeds the sandhill cranes. They are in her yard every day. Such gorgeous birds. Last time was my first time shooting wildlife outside of a zoo so I think my technique will be a bit better this time. For me the experience of being with creatures in the wild is the very best thing about it all. I never thought I would be able to do it and I feel very, very lucky to be managing it once a year. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essexps Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 I posted a comment yesterday about not having been to any exotic locations in April/May. That got me thinking, perhaps we need a thread for upcoming trips to exotic locations booked in the near future - Cheer us up / Tee us off depending upon our own travelling plans. I'll kick things off as I'm off to Las Vegas at the end of this month for a 2 week Family Holiday/Wedding. Not sure I need that many more images of LV as I went last year - but that's the problem with people not checking your Portfolio before they book their wedding. Didn't get time to get to Downtown LV much last year, so that's the primary target. Go to the Valley of Fire for amazing natural sandstone formations and petroglyphs. Apparently there is a bar of the same name so if you have already done all the nature and just want downtown you can go there!!! I'm getting bit of a giggle over Las Vegas being "exotic". I grew up in Southern California and people who didn't have money for a big wedding would elope to Las Vegas. I guess the wedding chapels there are pretty exotic. A fun subject if you like to shoot people. I'm going to Alaska for the second time. Beautiful place with wonderful ANIMALS. Paulette Thanks, should be time for a couple of days out in the real world. Looks pretty close so may well get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Kitchen utensils anyone? Stu. Buying or selling? Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Baker Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 "Just been down a sewer and in a Victorian pumping station." From what I recall of the Fleet sewer, you'll need to wash your hands ASAP. Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHill Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Earlestown, half way between Manchester and Liverpool, for a family wedding in August. Anyone call that exotic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Earlestown, half way between Manchester and Liverpool, for a family wedding in August. Anyone call that exotic? Recently been to a wedding in Stafford. Now that is an exotic location. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 "Just been down a sewer and in a Victorian pumping station." From what I recall of the Fleet sewer, you'll need to wash your hands ASAP. Richard. Yes, did that but using the camera was a bit tricky in nitrile gloves. They did let me put the hard hat on back-to-front so I could see through the finder though. Northern Outfall sewer at Wick Lane. See my collection in a few days. Unfortunately it wasn't a time to linger so I couldn't get anything usable underground, but not many people get inside Abbey Mills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carole Lloyd Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Heading to Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh City and Bali in October. I've been to Bali before but not Vietnam so I'm really looking forward to it - and travelling light with the NEX. I'd welcome any tips for Vietnam if anyone has been there. Next year back to the UK - if I can save enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHill Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Earlestown, half way between Manchester and Liverpool, for a family wedding in August. Anyone call that exotic? Recently been to a wedding in Stafford. Now that is an exotic location. Allan One up on me ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Earlestown, half way between Manchester and Liverpool, for a family wedding in August. Anyone call that exotic? Recently been to a wedding in Stafford. Now that is an exotic location. Allan Hey, I lived in Stafford for 19 years and I can confirm it is an exotic location!! Well, compared to Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Earlestown, half way between Manchester and Liverpool, for a family wedding in August. Anyone call that exotic? Recently been to a wedding in Stafford. Now that is an exotic location. Allan Hey, I lived in Stafford for 19 years and I can confirm it is an exotic location!! Well, compared to Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent. John. Whoops! Now that is a nice area. And a good place to come from. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizair Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Sunshine Coast Queensland from end June to early Sep for me. Two - three day drive each way. Hardly exotic but it's a nice place to spend a winter. Plenty of photo ops. And besides I grew up there, so it's a bit like going home. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Smart Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Sunshine Coast Queensland from end June to early Sep for me. Two - three day drive each way. Hardly exotic but it's a nice place to spend a winter. Plenty of photo ops. And besides I grew up there, so it's a bit like going home. Ken Escaping the Melbourne winter, Ken? If you get a chance, pop up Mount Warning. Great views from the top on a clear day. I got a great snap of Mount Warning at sunset - so great that real estate agents in Tweed and Byron keep nicking it! Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizair Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 ^ Hope you get a good price eg. Such as good part of their commission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin McAbee Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 May not be Exotic but just photographed on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Kitty Hawk the birthplace of aviation, Wright Brothers museum and monument. Bodie Island Lighthouse that was opened for climbing this year, got pics from the top and bottom. Ate seafood and relaxed on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gaffen Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Not exactly exotic, but I'm of to Boston Massachusetts soon! Hope to get out to Cape Cod while I'm there. I will be there for the 4th of July celebrations too! A good chance to give both of my new (second hand) Cameras a good road test! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulstw Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 i'm going to Paphos in Cyprus in a months time, however, on inspection the 6300 shot of that place is hardly what you'd call exclusive on Alamy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Chriss Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Have just returned from the seafront at Southend. We do have some rather pathetic palm trees - they have really suffered with the cold north/easterly wind. But our local council appear optimistic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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