Yellowstone tips (Page 2): I would say by all means take the lens! You will have lots of opportunityto use it. Wish I could go again. By the way, if you are 55 or older you can get a...

brow3904 Loc: Upstate South Carolina

I would say by all means take the lens! You will have lots of opportunityto use it. Wish I could go again. By the way, if you are 55 or older you can get a senior pass which allows you to get into all national parks free.

Have a wonderful time.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

brow3904 wrote:

I would say by all means take the lens! You will have lots of opportunityto use it. Wish I could go again. By the way, if you are 55 or older you can get a senior pass which allows you to get into all national parks free.

Have a wonderful time.

Senior pass is at 62, not 55. And they are not free, they cost $10, but are good for life, or until you lose it.

brow3904 Loc: Upstate South Carolina

You are right. My wife got in on my pass.

cudakite Loc: San Antonio

MT Shooter wrote:

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Wow! great info. I'm going in late sept. can't wait!!

cudakite Loc: San Antonio

brow3904 wrote:

I would say by all means take the lens! You will have lots of opportunityto use it. Wish I could go again. By the way, if you are 55 or older you can get a senior pass which allows you to get into all national parks free.

Have a wonderful time.

Is there a website to get that pass? I need all the help i can get!

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

cudakite wrote:

brow3904 wrote:

I would say by all means take the lens! You will have lots of opportunityto use it. Wish I could go again. By the way, if you are 55 or older you can get a senior pass which allows you to get into all national parks free.

Have a wonderful time.

Is there a website to get that pass? I need all the help i can get!

Just get it at the entrance to any National Park.

brow3904 Loc: Upstate South Carolina

I would Google it.I was mistaken about the age, it is 65 and you can take someone with you.

vinnya Loc: connecticut

you can do it by mail also but it will cost you 20 dollars got one the beginning of summer they charge 10 bucks for the paper work

MT Shooter wrote:

cudakite wrote:

brow3904 wrote:

I would say by all means take the lens! You will have lots of opportunityto use it. Wish I could go again. By the way, if you are 55 or older you can get a senior pass which allows you to get into all national parks free.

Have a wonderful time.

Is there a website to get that pass? I need all the help i can get!

Just get it at the entrance to any National Park.

vinnya Loc: connecticut

age is 62 got one a few months ago

brow3904 wrote:

I would Google it.I was mistaken about the age, it is 65 and you can take someone with you.

Camelot Loc: Chicago, Il.

Having just returned from Yellowstone I would recommend three spots:
1. Lower Falls (early morning for best light)
2. Mid Geyser (Prismatic Springs)(noon is OK)
3. Old Faithful (take +three shots for HDR)
Take a large tele for birds, buffalo, and elkhorn (early morning or late evening)
GOOD SHOOTING!!!

GAClowers Loc: Tacoma, Washington

banjonut wrote:

I am heading to Yellowstone in about a week and will be there 3 days approx. Just wondering if anyone has any tips on "must see" areas besides the obligatory Old Faithful. I don't mind a little walking but don't really want to make a career out of it.
Will I need to lug the 70-200 on any walks, or would this be best left in the car?

Good luck. We spent a week there, drove 400 miles within the park, walked about 45 miles and still didn't see it all. :shock:

Coolcameragirl Loc: Bradenton, FL

I spent a whole day of my one week trip to Yellowstone photographing the grizzlies and wolves at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone. They have taken grizzly bears "too accustomed to people" from the park and into this reserve. Pictures are taken from above, so no fence lines. Amazing to just watch. Well worth the visit.

Zenith701 Loc: Southern California

Michigan is a long way from Yellowstone so while you are out there you might what to try and hit The Tetons. They really aren't that far away. I lived in eastern Idaho for years and never got tired of see Yellowstone or the Tetons.
Have fun.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

banjonut wrote:

I am heading to Yellowstone in about a week and will be there 3 days approx. Just wondering if anyone has any tips on "must see" areas besides the obligatory Old Faithful. I don't mind a little walking but don't really want to make a career out of it.
Will I need to lug the 70-200 on any walks, or would this be best left in the car?

Don't feed the wild animals least you become prey.

jimni2001 Loc: Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA

My recommendation, don't pet the bears, bison or moose. You could not see all of that park in three years much less three days. I love the winter there. It is the only place I have ever been where I could actually hear the snowflakes hitting the ground and in the geothermal areas it is raining not snowing. What ever you do, don't rush. It is far too beautiful to rush through and take plenty of batteries and memory. Most of all have fun.