Suggestions for Photo tours or locations - Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion, & Sedona
Feb 4, 2017 18:38:51 #
jaymatt wrote:
For Sedona, I also suggest the Pink Jeep Tours. Th... (show quote)
Living in Arizona most my life, I agree with jay Matt, with one addition: get a good circular polarizer filter for the 24-105, and open it up to get all the image you can. I shot Sedona a year ago with that lens on my 5D Mk III, and really enjoyed the results.
If you are returning to a Phoenix, take a little detour up into Jerome, a nice little mining ghost town up in the mountains.
Feb 4, 2017 18:45:55 #
One other idea: if you are coming down from Utah into Arizona and can zig-zag over to the Lees Ferry crossing on the Colorado River, try the big blue float raft rides down from Glenn Canyon Dam on the River. The red sandstone cliffs go straight up from the river and the views are beautiful. You can Google this to book ahead of time. A lot of folks miss these great vistas in Glenn Canyon. They also have Condors breeding in the Canyon! Where else you going to see those? Check out the pictures on www.leesferryanglers.com.
Feb 4, 2017 23:01:57 #
another beautiful place to stop as you are in AZ is Wattson Lake just north of Prescott AZ amazing rock formations that reflect beautifully on a clear windless day
Feb 14, 2017 21:56:08 #
I was in the Page area this past New Years holiday season, reports from visitors for Antelope Canyon were waiting times of three hours. There were many bus tours visiting over the holiday. Should be better mid week. Plan on dropping around $ 120 for the upper canyon and not sure any more on the lower canyon, guessing $30.00? They are on opposite sides of the highway. The upper canyon is best when the sun is directly overhead, roughly 11 am to 1 pm. The lower canyon is good over most of the day.
Just south of Page is Horseshoe Bend. Park at the turnout and hike out about 1/2 mile over a low rise and to the edge of the cliff. You will want a wide angle lens to do this right. Figure about a 102 degree view angle- (10mm lens on a Nikon DX body) should be about right. Reports of best viewing is sunrise and sunset.
The 'Wave' is in the area also but is very restricted on access and has a three or so mile hike to it. This is the Coyote Buttes area. Look online for possible arrangements. This is between Page Az and Kanab Ut.
My memories of Monument valley were around the first part of May around 14 yrs ago. They get ferocious dust storms in the afternoon (in Kayenta) as the season shifts towards summer. The winds die down overnight and mornings are nice.
As others observe, you need considerably more than a week or two to visit all the worthwhile places in that region alone.
Just south of Page is Horseshoe Bend. Park at the turnout and hike out about 1/2 mile over a low rise and to the edge of the cliff. You will want a wide angle lens to do this right. Figure about a 102 degree view angle- (10mm lens on a Nikon DX body) should be about right. Reports of best viewing is sunrise and sunset.
The 'Wave' is in the area also but is very restricted on access and has a three or so mile hike to it. This is the Coyote Buttes area. Look online for possible arrangements. This is between Page Az and Kanab Ut.
My memories of Monument valley were around the first part of May around 14 yrs ago. They get ferocious dust storms in the afternoon (in Kayenta) as the season shifts towards summer. The winds die down overnight and mornings are nice.
As others observe, you need considerably more than a week or two to visit all the worthwhile places in that region alone.
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