Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Sonny, great suggestions. Steve > On Oct 22, 2017, at 1:10 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > When I don?t have control of the vehicle, I generally use a 35mm, > especially when the window might be in the way. You can get closer to the > window to avoid reflections, and camera shake doesn?t compound as much. If > you can, sit close to the driver or the guide, and establish a rapport with > them, and they?ll go slow when they can to help you out. They?ll also be > more aware of things you might like to photograph and show you more > attention. In a bus, the front seat by the door, or the seat immediately > behind the driver is prime, of course window seat. > > SonC > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 2:29 PM Steve Barbour <stevebarbour at mac.com> > wrote: > >> In December, Tara and I will be in Morocco for a couple of weeks. A prime >> reason for being there will be photography. A question arises, beyond the >> usual; as we will traveling a lot by bus doing a circuit of the country in >> a clockwise direction?Casablanca, Rabat, Fez, Erfoud, the Sahara, Tinehir, >> Todra Gorge, Ouarzazate, Ait ben Haddou, Marrakech, and on to Casablanca, >> for our return. Beyond our own choice of glass especially for off the >> bus, >> what lenses may be ideal on the bus, for mountains, desert scenes, I >> assume that a zoom from wide to very long is most desirable, experienced >> travelers familiar with this trajectory might suggest other. Also what >> side of the bus, if either, is preferable. Realizing this all sounds >> dumb, >> it seems useful to enquire, to avoid making some serious mistake. >> >> Many thanks for bearing with this, please wish us a bon voyage, >> >> >> Steve Tara >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information