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For those of you who have spent a considerable amount of time in several parts of a state for the purpose of outdoor photography, which is your favorite?
Just one? Maybe Oregon. Historic city architecture, mountains, waterfalls, water birds, desert, shore; when I'm in Portland, all of these are within a two-hour trip. Allow a day, and caving and astrophotography are options. What's yours?
All depends of what you want to take pictures of. For example, for taking photos of the Auroras and for wildlife photography it's very difficult to beat Alaska.
Just one? Maybe Oregon. Historic city architecture, mountains, waterfalls, water birds, desert, shore; when I'm in Portland, all of these are within a two-hour trip. Allow a day, and caving and astrophotography are options. What's yours?
I think some of the prettiest states that I have been in were before I had a photography hobby so I'm not sure. You know, I wasn't very observant back then. I liked Utah but not the places that are typically popular with photographers. I liked New Hampshire but that was over 30 years ago. I'm off to West Virginia this year. Maybe it will be there. On the other hand, birds are my favorite subject so maybe next year I'll head to a Gulf state.
I caught quite a few shots in Lincoln Nebraska, May 2015, when on personal business. Most notably, the remarkable Nebraska State Capitol (building). I took a long Saturday morning to wander the town one end to the other. I otherwise didn't find it that inspiring of a town, though I'm sure 50K Cornhuskers would tell me to go jump in the lake.
Come to think of it, the rail yard was remarkable, too, from a little distance.
Point being, there is beauty to be found everywhere, at the macro or micro-level from Key West to Caribou to Blaine to San Ysidro, that pretty much defining the CONUS four corners. I've been to each, and a thousand points in-between.
Not really sure how someone can "be in" a state and not be observant of...what? Anything? There is a swamp (watershed) a mile north of my house popular with birders, so I bring my Zeiss binoculars and 300mm lens on the DSLR. Wish I had a 400mm sometimes. Illustrative of point in previous paragraph. So the answer seems to be, "Yes, to all."
New Hampshire. In the fall the foliage is very beautiful and no matter where you aim your camera you can't go wrong. Year round there are the White Mountains, the Connecticut River with old covered bridges, beautiful meadows, charming small towns, farmland and the animals that go with it. There is a coastline only 19 miles long but much of it is extremely beautiful with either flat sandy beaches or cliffs overlooking the ocean and rugosa roses blooming alongside the walkway.
Hard for me to pick a favorite. Hawaii, as noted above maui and kauai, are great. Wyoming at the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, California at Yosemite, Utah at Zion, Maine, my home state of NC and last but certainly not least-Alaska!
I caught quite a few shots in Lincoln Nebraska, May 2015, when on personal business. Most notably, the remarkable Nebraska State Capitol (building). I took a long Saturday morning to wander the town one end to the other. I otherwise didn't find it that inspiring of a town, though I'm sure 50K Cornhuskers would tell me to go jump in the lake.
Come to think of it, the rail yard was remarkable, too, from a little distance.
Point being, there is beauty to be found everywhere, at the macro or micro-level from Key West to Caribou to Blaine to San Ysidro, that pretty much defining the CONUS four corners. I've been to each, and a thousand points in-between.
Not really sure how someone can "be in" a state and not be observant of...what? Anything? There is a swamp (watershed) a mile north of my house popular with birders, so I bring my Zeiss binoculars and 300mm lens on the DSLR. Wish I had a 400mm sometimes. Illustrative of point in previous paragraph. So the answer seems to be, "Yes, to all."
I do a state when I take a road trip photography vacation. Some states have a few good photography spots (and are frequently photographed not just by photography hobbyists and pros but also by tourists - I think of a gristmill I've seen in hundreds of photos) and in some states you can drive all over the state and hit something no matter where you travel but they aren't tourist destinations so you don't see the same old thing if you look at a lot of photos from that state.
Personally, I would like the idea of photographing Nebraska. Nebraska scenery does not show up in a lot of photo contests in which people from Tennessee enter nor is it known as a tourist destination. If someone said they liked photographing Nebraska for X, Y or Z reasons, I'd listen.
My all-time favorite states for photography would be in this order: Utah, California, Montana, Massachusetts, Colorado, NY.
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