photography

Road trip: part I

Road trip photos

Rocky Mountains in Canada, 9 days.
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part I:
Nikon D200; Zeiss Planar 50/1.4 and Dad’s Nikkor 28/3.5. The 28 is pre-AI, which made for some trickiness, but with some creativity it’s nothing insurmountable. By miles and miles this takes the pie, cake and tart in the biggest-post-on-dave’s-blog competition, and will likely keep those respective desserts for a long time. No Photoshop.
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part II:
Nikon F3; same two lenses (except for a few shots I took with an E series 50/1.8).
ETA: ~2 weeks. No Photoshop.
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Thoughts:
Shooting scenery with a 75 is really interesting–I liked it, but the few times I used the Zeiss on my film camera, seeing that pretty 50mm perspective through the viewfinder was a breath of fresh air. Shooting so many photos of such variety as a road trip gives gave me lots to think about in the realm of lenses. I think a 18-70 (which, with sensor crop, is actually 27-105) would be an absolutely stellar all-rounder as long as it’s reasonably fast. The 18-200ish lenses are pretty cool, but that just seems like trying to do too much.
#23
#50
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#154
#172
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#460
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#614
#3 (second memory card)
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#332
#403
#115 (third memory card; the thumbs up is for Dave H.)
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#193 (fourth card)
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#293 (US-Canada border. Back in the good old US of A baby!)
#336 (out of order because it perfectly follows the previous shot. Wave on, Old Glory)
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#574 (this one ought to be a bit bigger than the others I believe)
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#665 Lest there be misunderstanding, the road trip wasn't taken in this truck. That said, it is very high up on my bucket list to take a road trip in an old vehicle that has lots and lots of character. I may after I finish work for the summer. Ride to Haida Gwaii from WA state on a thirty-year-old Suzuki? Yes, maybe.

It was a great trip; I do hope the 53 photos were enjoyable.

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5 Comments

  2. missusk76
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    I’m glad you enjoyed your trip up into my part of the world. You got some great shots. Regarding the road trip in an old vehicle with ‘lots of character’ – been there and done that, several times through this same part of the country. Just a little advice. Don’t have a time line: you never know when the old character is going to get a little moody. :)

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    1. donqvijote
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      Thank you much, I appreciate the good words; I really appreciate the good wisdom, too. It’s almost as if the vehicle imparts it’s character into every aspect of the trip, isn’t it? I’m thinking to take a motorcycle trip up to the Queen Charlottes in September–still not sure though, I think I’ll call a ranger station or town hall around there and ask about the weather come that part of the year. Riding in snow may be a little bit too heavy on the “lots of character” side of things :)

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