eelslinger Loc: Earth

I will be in Phoenix after Labor Day, What should I Know, and Where should I Go....? Thanks..( Please be Civil )

Chris F. Loc: San Francisco

It's still hot! Just kidding, but if you have a car and want to see the Grand Canyon it's about a 3 - 3 1/2 hour drive to the north. There are lots of super photo opportunities there.

Chris

eelslinger Loc: Earth

Thanks Chris..!

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Apache Trail, out to the east.
Town of Sedona to the north.
Pat

eelslinger Loc: Earth

Thanks Pat...!

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Definitely Sedona.

DavidPhares Loc: Chandler, Arizona

If you want to stay close to the Phoenix area, I would suggest taking your camera to:

(1) The Fountain in Fountain Hills. They run the fountain every hour on the hour for fifteen minutes. It is 330 ft tall in a beautiful park. Go at dusk. It is located just North of East Shea Blvd East of Scottsdale. There are beautiful bronzes in the park as well.

(2) The Phoenix Zoo, located in East Phoenix. You will want to go early in the day, as it is still warm. Take your tele-zoom and a monopod.

(3) Jump on the Light Rail Train at night and head out toward Mesa. Get off at the Downtown Tempe Station, and shoot Downtown Tempe with a tripod. Don't miss shooting the nicely lit bridges over Tempe Town Lake. Also, go up on the upstairs loft at Hooters and shoot down on Mill Avenue.

(4) if you have a car, drive up to the lookout on South Mountain and you can shoot the entire Valley at night. Impressive. The Salt River Basin is wide and flat and makes a very nice panorama.

(5) If you are not taking your camera: (A) Why?, and (B) find an air conditioned eatery and stay out of the heat!

Enjoy.

David

RS Loc: W Columbia, SC

I did two short trips to Fort "Who-gotcha" Huachuca which is right near the Mexico border. Those were schooling trips a couple years apart and each for only a few months. I didn't have a lot of free time to meander about for site-seeing and photo-taking around Arizona, but have always said I'd like to make it back out that way some day. It is certainly a different environment for photo ops than what I'm used to here in the southeast. Lots of luck on your trip.

eelslinger Loc: Earth

Thank you very much David....Good Stuff..!

eelslinger Loc: Earth

Thanks RS.......

DavidPhares Loc: Chandler, Arizona

" It is certainly a different environment for photo ops than what I'm used to here in the southeast."

Truer words were never spoken. However, if the only part of Arizona that you saw was Sourh of Phoenix, you missed our beautiful forests in the North of the state. You can see just about anything in Arizona except for beach front. On the good side, though, we have no blizzards, no hurricanes, no ice storms, no earth quakes, no tornados, only a little dust storm now and then. I love it. And sunsets that are to die for.

See what I mean.

An Arizona sunset

eelslinger Loc: Earth

Looks like a little piece of heaven..!
Thanks David

DavidPhares Loc: Chandler, Arizona

If you make it up to the White Mountains, which is deep in the National Forest and the White Mountain Apache Reservation, try to get up early and catch the sunrise. While getting ready for a day of fly-fishing, I shot this sunrise out the window. I do love the beauty this state affords both the resident and the visitor.

David

Sunrise in the White Mountains near Greens Peak

eelslinger Loc: Earth

Outstanding David...!