jcwall396 Loc: Roswell, GA

We are planning a 9-day trip to Croatia starting in Zagreb and working our way down to Dubrovnik. For those of you who have been, do I need to take a wide-angle lens to shoot the Plitvice National Park? Or the walled city in Dubrovnik? I'd like to travel as light as possible, but don't want to miss a great photo op because I left a lens at home. I'm definitely taking my Z6ii and the 24-70 f/2.8. Thanks for any advice.....

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Darn, I was expecting to see pictures of your Visit to Croatia / Plitvice National Park from the title......

jcwall396 Loc: Roswell, GA

Ah, sorry about that! Just got back from Iceland and working my way through those photos....I will post some shortly!

efleck Loc: Vancouver, WA State

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When I visited Plitvice NP over a decade ago I visited a truly spectacular site. When I was there it was fairly crowded and the trail/boardwalk through the falls area was somewhat crowded. However, I lingered as good people gave me a chance to set up and take a shot. A wide angle might come in handy for an overview of the falls area but what I liked the best was the chance to take close-ups of the colors of the smaller falls. I brought my small pocket tripod and used it, in the days before camera or lens stabilization, to take some long exposure shots of the small falls going over brightly colored limestone or algae. With a modern stabilized camera/lens you might be able to get these shots free hand.

In Dubrovnik I used my wide angle quite often. However, a moderate telephoto, up to about 150 would be useful to bring close some of the building detail. As with Plitvice, Dubrovnik was very crowded with swarms of tourists. Try to get out in the city in the early morning for some great light.

Have fund.


Earl

AikenMooney Loc: SouthCarolina

Dubrovnik is great & I would suggest a WA. If on tour with others changing lens can be a problem as you probably know so maybe a one lens solution is better. To me a WA takes more planning to get nice images.
Traveling light is nice but means different things to different people.

In my case I went from Nikon back to Oly/OMDS. For that trip I would carry 12-100, 7-14 & fast prime.
My wife would have a 14-150 on her camera.

Enjoy your trip, we hope to get back to Dubrovnik.

efleck Loc: Vancouver, WA State

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AikenMooney,

Your camera experience is almost exactly like ours. I used Nikons for years (as I used in Croatia 10 years ago in my previous post); however, I have since moved to the Olympus/OMDS system and now take my OMD OM1 plus the 12-100 f 4.0 and 7-14 f 2.8. My wife carries my older EM1MkII with the 14-150. It works out fine for us on trips in cities and countrysides. For our upcoming safari trip to Africa in two weeks, I will drop the WA and add my 100-400 5.0-6.3 for daylight animal shots and my 40-150 f 2.8 for low light conditions. The stabilazition afforded by the Oly lenses and OM 1 camera makes taking low light images at lower ISO much easier. Now, if I can get that night animals to stop moving that would be great! Earl
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Fayle Loc: Seward, Alaska and Rionegro, Colombia

I was in Croatia in 2016. I used my 24-105 mostly and my 70-200 came in handy several times.
Underneath my photos is a small "i" symbol. Clicking on it will give the lens details.
Enjoy your travels!
https://www.fayledvisionphotography.com/Europe/Croatia-2016/i-ZBbhPKP

jcwall396 Loc: Roswell, GA

Your photographs are spectacular!!

AikenMooney Loc: SouthCarolina

Really, really close as those are the 2 lens I have used in Africa. Yes, OM1 handles low light much better than the previous Oly's. I use Topaz with LR & PS.
Our 14-150 gives very nice images & is compact for that zoom range. Only difference is she has it on Mk III.
Happy travels.

Fayle Loc: Seward, Alaska and Rionegro, Colombia

Thank You!

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

jcwall396 Loc: Roswell, GA

This link is a big help - thanks for posting!

Maxpixel

I was there a few years ago, not part of a tour. I arrived at the gate well ahead of opening. The view from the gate is spectacular and worth spending some time at. Tour buses mobbed the place at 9 AM and your best photo opportunities are before that. A wider angle lens will allow shots of waterfalls that include reflecting ponds in the foreground. Also, the water is so clear you
can get shots of fish under water with landscapes. I used 16-35 and 24-105 lenses.

DICK32

JCWALL: I was in Croatia in November. On an Overseas Adventure Tour--OAT boat tour of Croatia and Montenegro. My grandfather met Nikola Tesla in 1893 at the Columbian Exhibition in Chicago and worked with him. Tesla was born in Smiljan, Croatia. We got a driver to take us to the house he was born in that is still standing in Smiljan. It is in a park along with his father's Church and a museum with Tesla's stuff that you can visit. The curator of the museum told me that Tesla had over 400 patents. He invented the concepts for AC current, The brushless AC motor, florescent light, and key radio transmission components. And the generators for AC current and power distribution. Go to Kirka National Park. It is beautiful--dozens of stunning waterfalls and it has some of the components that were used for generation of AC current. Camera lenses: If you're on a cruise ship. You'll be close to shore in harbors, so you don't need a long lens. the towns are not big, so you won't need a long lens for that. Bring a lens to take close up pictures of flowers, museums and buildings. They have some beautiful palaces. Croatia was occupied by a number of emperors. They are on Euro currency now. Just started in January. The Croatians are kind. Cell phone reception was good. plugs are 240 volts.

Ed Chu Loc: Las Vegas NV

Enjoy; I am headed there, also on Aug 12 ! I'll be watching for responses to your query

Ed