Howdy all! I recently took a whirlwind trip of Europe a few weeks back and I have been a tad lazy lately, in posting up pictures. We hit Ireland (dublin), France (paris), Italy (Florence, Chinque Terrre), Germany (Dachau, Munich), Austria (Halstatt), and Turkey (Istanbul)
I brought my XTi, gripped, with 2X 8 gig extreme III cards, 24-70 2.8 L, and 70-200 2.8 IS L, and a Macbook carried in a Lowepro Fastpack 250.
I learned a ton about travel photography including...
The brick is heavy as heck. You get used to it eventually but 3 lbs adds up when you are hiking steep mountain trails!!
24mm is BARELY wide enough for landscape/travel shots. In hindsight, I would have rather brought a 17-40 f4 or a 10-XX
I used the 70-200 ONE TIME during the whole trip. I got some shots of a street hockey game in Paris, I have no doubt that it can deliver excellent shots, but its cumbersome and a very specialized lens.
Travel Light
This was my first foray into the world of post processing, (all pics shot raw, and edited in DPP) I wonder if i over did the color/contrast, C&C welcome!
Gallery:
http://djthemacster.smugmug.com …6_MsSrN/1/349437775_utNuv
Full Set (500+ Pix)
http://djthemacster.smugmug.com …8_RiYB8/1/332061212_qZ7tz
1. Dublin. A young man OD’d on Heroin here, and a monument was created in his honor
2. Dublin. Guiness Factory Pint glass
3. Dublin. Street Musician
4. Dublin. Street Artist
5. Paris. River Themes
6. Paris. Boloungerie
7. Paris. The Tower
8. Paris. Street Hockey (70-200 woot!)
