Lens and other recommendations for Charleston, Savannah and New York City?
Mar 7, 2019 09:21:30 #
You mentioned Central Park also: might be the best free attraction in the City. The Band Shell and the Row Boat Lake and the Promenade are musts. I’d suggest starting at the Museum on 82nd & Fifth (or somewhere near there) and working your way South to the Park exit on 59th & 5th. You can work your way South along 5th Ave to Rockefeller Center and 30 Rock. Y
You may want to wander out of the Park for a few blocks in the 70s and 60s on the East Side and just walk the streets between 5th, Madison and Park Aves. These streets hold some of the oldest and most expensive private homes in the City.
You may want to wander out of the Park for a few blocks in the 70s and 60s on the East Side and just walk the streets between 5th, Madison and Park Aves. These streets hold some of the oldest and most expensive private homes in the City.
Mar 7, 2019 09:41:38 #
ERoutten
Loc: Raleigh, NC
I'd recommend a couple of hours at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah. It will be beautiful, as the azaleas will be blooming. And, there are photo opportunities everywhere! http://www.bonaventurehistorical.org/
Mar 7, 2019 09:45:17 #
Oh, don't forget the mandatory visit to Chippewa Square in Savannah for a shot of Forest Gump's bench. 
Mar 7, 2019 09:59:06 #
DJphoto wrote:
We are going to be spending 4 days each in Charles... (show quote)
I'd bring the 80D with both of those lenses.
Mar 7, 2019 10:09:34 #
DJphoto wrote:
We are going to be spending 4 days each in Charles... (show quote)
I just got back from Charleston with my80D and besides the city visited Ft. Sumter and both the Yorktown and the Laffey. I only had the 18-135 lens and felt I’d have been better served by the 15-85 for the wider angle. With your kit I would take the 18-135 and 10-18.
Mar 7, 2019 10:11:06 #
EdU239 wrote:
I just got back from Charleston with my80D and besides the city visited Ft. Sumter and both the Yorktown and the Laffey. I only had the 18-135 lens and felt I’d have been better served by the 15-85 for the wider angle. With your kit I would take the 18-135 and 10-18.
And you did not miss having anything longer. Correct? It makes sense to me.
Mar 7, 2019 10:14:59 #
fetzler
Loc: North West PA
Architect1776 gives some good examples of the use of wide angle lenses. Wide angle lenses are not for panoramas of distant objects like mountains. In this case, take multiple images with a normal or slight telephoto lens. Wide angles are to separate foreground objects and are also useful in tight areas. If you use a DSLR don't worry too much about keystoning. If necessary you can correct in post or just have fun with it. If one obsesses about keystoning then use a view camera. PC lenses are difficult to use without a tripod.
Mar 7, 2019 10:18:01 #
Mar 7, 2019 10:32:06 #
Having lived in the Charleston area for over 40 years, I never run out of new and interesting places to photograph. Certainly the downtown historic district presents beautiful architectural subjects but venture out of that area into Mt. Pleasant and take in Boone Hall Plantation. Also check out Angel Oak on Johns Island, great panoramic view of Charleston from Ellis Creek bridge on James Island, sunset views from the Mt. Pleasant Waterfront Park
Mt. Pleasant Waterfront Park
Mar 7, 2019 11:22:57 #
DJphoto wrote:
We are going to be spending 4 days each in Charles... (show quote)
The 18-135 is all you really need. IMHO.
My father came through Ellis Island in 1924, so I had to go see it on a recent trip to NYC. While standing in line to board the ferry on Ellis Island, I happened to turn around, and quickly took this shot of downtown Wall Street with my iPhone. I wound up cropping it and making an 11 X 14 print, which just came out beautiful. It’s just amazing what you can do with iPhone cameras nowadays.
Don’t forget to take this shot from Ellis Island, and enjoy your trip!
Mar 7, 2019 11:34:57 #
dsmeltz wrote:
And you did not miss having anything longer. Correct? It makes sense to me.
Correct. I did not miss having a longer telephoto. Might have felt differently if I were a serious birder. I did miss not having a wider angle so the 10-18 would have been a good addition or just the 15-85 if only taking one lens.
Mar 7, 2019 13:28:28 #
DJphoto wrote:
We are going to be spending 4 days each in Charles... (show quote)
Great trip!!
Charleston & Savannah might be moderate temps. NYC will be cold and windy near the rivers. Be prepared. The observation deck at Empire is awesome, but I'd recommend Rockefeller Center. You might consider waking the High Line in NYC - interesting and photo ops. https://www.thehighline.org/visit/
Try becoming familiar with the subway system - easiest, fastest and least expensive way to travel.
I feel the Canon 80D with EF-S 10-18 and 18-135 will be convenient and cover photo ops. For sure, leave the 70 - 300 home- too heavy to carry around. Don't forget your smart phone - they do pretty well too.
Enjoy your time.
Mark
Mar 7, 2019 15:49:54 #
Nanarozzi
Loc: Brentwood, TN & East TN
I’m going to leave the lens suggestions up to the experts, but If you are going to Charleston between March 13th and April 18th, you may be interested in the Spring Festival of Houses and Gardens. Link is below.
https://www.historiccharleston.org/blog/events/category/festival-houses-gardens/
We’ve been going to Charleston since the mid 80’s and own a place at the beach with some friends. Just an FYI, Please don’t overlook the food/restaurants. My brother started texting me a little while ago asking if I’d been to any of the restaurants he had just texted me. I replied ‘yes’ to all of them except one and asked where he was getting all these restaurant names. He said the list of best 25 US restaurants just came out (it was either US News and World Report or USA Today) and the restaurants he was mentioning were listed were the ones from Charleston. He said Charleston had the highest percentage of best restaurants for the 25 listed. I asked ‘Including NYC’ and he said, ‘Yes, including NYC’.
Enjoy your trip!!!
https://www.historiccharleston.org/blog/events/category/festival-houses-gardens/
We’ve been going to Charleston since the mid 80’s and own a place at the beach with some friends. Just an FYI, Please don’t overlook the food/restaurants. My brother started texting me a little while ago asking if I’d been to any of the restaurants he had just texted me. I replied ‘yes’ to all of them except one and asked where he was getting all these restaurant names. He said the list of best 25 US restaurants just came out (it was either US News and World Report or USA Today) and the restaurants he was mentioning were listed were the ones from Charleston. He said Charleston had the highest percentage of best restaurants for the 25 listed. I asked ‘Including NYC’ and he said, ‘Yes, including NYC’.
Enjoy your trip!!!
Mar 7, 2019 16:37:59 #
dsmeltz wrote:
Oh, don't forget the mandatory visit to Chippewa Square in Savannah for a shot of Forest Gump's bench.
Forest Gump’s bench is no longer at Chippewa Square but in the Savannah museum . You can however photograph the location. I agree with going to Bonaventure Cemetery, if you do a tour you’ll learn lots of Savannah history. I recommend touring with Shannon Scott, he is very knowledgeable of all things Savannah, including Midnight in the Garden of good and evil . If your interested in things regarding the movie, tour Mercer/ Williams house. Go down to River St and see the Waving girl, walk the cobble streets and enjoy the little shops. A short walk from river st is Leopolds , famous for its ice cream. St John’s Cathedral is beautiful with its stain glass windows. The fountain at Forsyth Park, and each of the squares have a bit of history to them. We enjoyed the hop on off trolley tour or a carriage ride, all the tour guides share a vast amount of knowledge of Savannah history. On the way to Charleston stop at St. John’s island to visit the Angel Oak tree.
Mar 7, 2019 16:46:00 #
sr71 wrote:
A lot of history there on Ellis Island, could at one
time look out my bedroom window and look upon
Ellis, there was where the "Wop" was born......
ask me how I know......
A lot of history there on Ellis Island, could at one
time look out my bedroom window and look upon
Ellis, there was where the "Wop" was born......
ask me how I know......
I'll take a guess ...
"WithOut Papers" or "WithOut Passport" ?
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