Robert Sparrow
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Wales & Lake district definitely, wouldn't recommend going to Scotland unless you enjoy being eaten alive by midges.
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Thanks Andy, lots of research here!My Niece is a Crofter (++) within the route you show and I go to visit couple of times a year
We take the Corran Ferry to cut across
Your Map ignores the Sound of Mull or the Isle. These are the 2 best places to see White Tail Eagles -- there is a trip (lochaline) where one can see them up close. But you need to book in advance. I take ferries whenever I can to cut the corner.
Fort William - take the Ben Nevis cable car to look out across the North West of Scotland
The Glenfinnan Viaduct and War Memorial - the Jacobian Train passess over the viaduct twice a day - the best shots are when the train is outbound from Fort William. Park in the visit centre car park and walk up the path to at least the level of the top of the viaduct -- this is a very popular spot.
Many castles, lighthouses and and.
I assume you will be heading to Sky, if you have not been there before.
Everything is weather and cloud level dependent
I would avoid Loch Lomond -- take the A84 not the A82 -- and if you are clever you can take a look at the Skyfall house. We stop at the Real Food Cafe
Attached are a few of my preferred shooting sites
You’re probably right on the wildlife close shots…and the 100-400 flexibility is nice as well as the IQ out to 560 and 800 in a pinch, it’s just not as good as the 400 prime is…and realistically the two short zooms are probably all I will need in London…I can always feet zoom if I need to or to back to a location with the longer one…she’s got 3 or 4 rehearsals so I’ll have lots of free time to wander about. I’ve thought about the 24-120…and might eventually end up with one of those for walking around and street shots…but I haven’t done one of those in awhile and the 14-70 range and crop since both bodies are 45MP ought to do the trick. I’m quite sure that I’m overthinking it.Just some quick thoughts.....
I'm guessing that realistically there won't be a lot of opportunities to get close enough to wildlife to get decent shots? If so, then I'd leave the 400 f4.5 home. The 1.4 on the 100-400 gets you very good images to about 560mm.....and up to 800 mm of good quality reach with the 2X. PLUS, the 100-400 telephoto lens covers a great range.
70-200 f2.8? I wouldn't take it just for low light. NR is too good these days. I'd leave it at home and use the 100-400.
14-30 - Oh YEAH!
I'd take the 24-70 with covers the gat from 30mm to 100mm very nicely. The other lens I would consider if it were available is the 24-120.
FWIW - We are doing a December River Cruise (photo specific) in Europe with 3 days in Prague, so I will be making similar choices. I'll be taking: 14-24 f2.8, 24-70 f2.8, 100-400. Probably both the 1.4 and 2X tele although the 2X might stay home. Two Z9's.....
Ah... over-thinking it is something I can relate to! LOL!You’re probably right on the wildlife close shots…and the 100-400 flexibility is nice as well as the IQ out to 560 and 800 in a pinch, it’s just not as good as the 400 prime is…and realistically the two short zooms are probably all I will need in London…I can always feet zoom if I need to or to back to a location with the longer one…she’s got 3 or 4 rehearsals so I’ll have lots of free time to wander about. I’ve thought about the 24-120…and might eventually end up with one of those for walking around and street shots…but I haven’t done one of those in awhile and the 14-70 range and crop since both bodies are 45MP ought to do the trick. I’m quite sure that I’m overthinking it.
The best place to stay when visiting The Mac Loop is Ty’n y Cornel Hotel which is the hotel located on the banks of Tal-y-Lyn which is the lake you see in most Mac Loop videos.I want to visit the Mach Loop!
We are just back from 2 weeks in the UK. We got 10GB physical sims from any WH Smith outlet (in the airport and all over UK). valid for 30 days. I couldnt find them advertised anywhere but where great value at UKP20 each.Ok, resurrecting my old thread to add a non photo question. We have our AT&T phones setup for the international plan which is $10 a day and that will be $200 total for us because of the billing rules if we use our US numbers…so looking at other options. We can get an Airalo eSIM for our iPhones for $22 each fo4 10GB of data and local UK number and can be topped up if needed from the iPhone app…that should be enough data. Conversely…Amazon has 40GB Vodaphone prepaid physical SIMs for $35…both of which are far better than the $200 total for AT&T. Any real reason to choose one of these options over the other. Swapping physical SIMs is easy and we have a currently unused eSIM on both of our iPhone Xs’s…they’ll get upgraded to 15s in the fall and the latter are eSIM only but that won’t be until after the trip.
Thanks…if we decide to do the physical SIM that’s an easy solution…essentially the same deal as the eSiM and that might be a tad easier than swapping the physical ones…and we need to get used to eSIMs anyway as physical ones are going away in most phones these days…iPhones have been 3 only for a couple years IIRC.We are just back from 2 weeks in the UK. We got 10GB physical sims from any WH Smith outlet (in the airport and all over UK). valid for 30 days. I couldnt find them advertised anywhere but where great value at UKP20 each.