Posted by Kim Kaiser on January 12, 2007 at 3:28 PM
A sudden quick trip has emerged for me to go down there,,,
Its mostly pleasure, but i will be looking for things to photograph, of all kinds,,
the question is should i take a 600.. is there any reason it would be necessary,,,
i know in the past, i have always regretted not having all my stuff, but in my mind and liimited knowledge of the place, cant think of a reason to hump this thing,,
In my experience it would be a huge liability, bulk- and security-wise. If you are going to have enough time to get to outlying areas for birds, you might be happy you had it. But around town.... nah.
Good luck wading through the time share pimps at the airport and in all the hotel lobbies!
Posted by Kim Kaiser on January 12, 2007 at 5:08 PM
oh thanks a lot hank,, now i really have something to lookc forward too
Hope I didn't get you down with my reply Kim, because there's lots to look forward to (details in my email).
It's just that the folks trying to sell time shares swarm you at the airport, swarm you in the hotels, swarm you in the streets, and try every trick conceivable to get you to sit down and listen to them. Free drinks? Free dinner? No problem. You'll have hundreds of new best friends.
If you are firm in refusing it helps, but not all the time. I can get fairly confrontational when pushed past my rather broad limits, and a couple of times it was all I could do to keep from stomping toes and head-butting a few of them.
Hopefully that's eased up a bit in recent years.
Best news of all, if you're an early riser it's easy to get out of your hotel without seeing a one.
Posted by Kim Kaiser on January 12, 2007 at 9:23 PM
no problem,, i was just joking,around,, worse comes to worse, i can sit adn enjy sun and a few cold beers,, will be hard to get too down, being down there i would guess,,,
Posted by Rick Dunn on January 12, 2007 at 11:27 PM
I think it depends on where you'll be staying, Kim. When I was there, we were at an all-inclusive resort about 10 miles up the beach from town; I didn't bring my main gear, but I wouldn't have been overly concerned if I had. If you're staying in town, that might be a different story. It's a gorgeous place, of course, with lots of opportunities for shooting fauna. I don't shoot much wildlife so I focused mostly on scenics; but I could easily imagine the 600 coming in handy.
Given the opportunities, if it were me, I'd decide based on where I was staying and whether or not I could safely store the lens while out of the hotel.
Posted by Lisa Cuchara on January 13, 2007 at 12:56 AM
YES!!!!
There is an awesome bitd preserve. I had to go there for a meeting and my husband came along. He was able to walk our 500 down the street (in a backpack) every morning while I was in the workshop. (I did have some free time & took lots of photos too!) Awesome place!
We went in March. We stayed at the Crowne Plaza (conference)
San José Estuary
While we were there we got tons of photos of lots of various egrets & herons, terns, pelicans, cormorancts, gloassy Ibis, plovers, etc. plus lots of beautiful black necked stilts, and an array of tricolored herons, green herons, ducks and "other shorebirds". I would even go sometimes & take a short nap and wake up and the birds were right in front of me allowing for great closeups. Lots of great feeding and interactions. There was one poor glossy ibis who kept getting harassed by this groups of little egrets.
"The 125-acre estuary in San Jose del Cabo, the only true bird sanctuary on the Baja peninsula, holds white-winged doves, vermillion flycatchers, macaws, hummingbirds and more than 100 other species. From Highway 1, the only main route, head for the southern edge of San Jose del Cabo and take the Paseo San Jose along the gulf until it ends at a foot path to the estuary."
We went one day to the arch and took our 100-400 Is lenses and there were pelicans and other boobies and frigate birds but we were on a tour and not much true bird photography opportunities. Other interesting photos though.
I have two short slideshows on our trip to Los Cabos Mexico, one just birds, other los cabos
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=88278
I would love to get back there someday, but alas I have change jobs and free travel is one perk that I no longer have (don't have the stress of that job either though).
Lisa
Posted by Lisa Cuchara on January 13, 2007 at 1:00 AM
As far as bringing the 600 logistically. Depends, are you traveling alone or with someone?
Our packing varies accordingly. Alone -- 500 goes into standard black rolling suitcase padded by camera vest and knee pads, surrounded by camera lenses and battery chargers and such. Camera body itself goes into my laptop bag. Tripod and sidekick goes into checked luggage wrapped in jeans and such. I take out the guts of my lowepro 600 AW bag and stuff it full and pack that in my checked luggage and then re-assemble it and use it once there.
Traveling with hubbie makes it easier and 500 stays in lowepro AW bag as his carryon and 300 goes into black rollling suitcase, etc. We bring more but 1 + 1 is less than 2X amount of stuff. Couldn't have married him if he shot Nikon (hehe).
Posted by Lisa Cuchara on January 13, 2007 at 3:16 AM
As far as bringing the 600 logistically. Depends, are you traveling alone or with someone?
Our packing varies accordingly. Alone -- 500 goes into standard black rolling suitcase padded by camera vest and knee pads, surrounded by camera lenses and battery chargers and such. Camera body itself goes into my laptop bag. Tripod and sidekick goes into checked luggage wrapped in jeans and such. I take out the guts of my lowepro 600 AW bag and stuff it full and pack that in my checked luggage and then re-assemble it and use it once there.
Traveling with hubbie makes it easier and 500 stays in lowepro AW bag as his carryon and 300 goes into black rollling suitcase, etc. We bring more but 1 + 1 is less than 2X amount of stuff. Couldn't have married him if he shot Nikon (hehe).
Discussion
8 repliesIts mostly pleasure, but i will be looking for things to photograph, of all kinds,,
the question is should i take a 600.. is there any reason it would be necessary,,,
i know in the past, i have always regretted not having all my stuff, but in my mind and liimited knowledge of the place, cant think of a reason to hump this thing,,
any thoughts from anyone who has been down there
Kim
Good luck wading through the time share pimps at the airport and in all the hotel lobbies!
It's just that the folks trying to sell time shares swarm you at the airport, swarm you in the hotels, swarm you in the streets, and try every trick conceivable to get you to sit down and listen to them. Free drinks? Free dinner? No problem. You'll have hundreds of new best friends.
If you are firm in refusing it helps, but not all the time. I can get fairly confrontational when pushed past my rather broad limits, and a couple of times it was all I could do to keep from stomping toes and head-butting a few of them.
Hopefully that's eased up a bit in recent years.
Best news of all, if you're an early riser it's easy to get out of your hotel without seeing a one.
Given the opportunities, if it were me, I'd decide based on where I was staying and whether or not I could safely store the lens while out of the hotel.
There is an awesome bitd preserve. I had to go there for a meeting and my husband came along. He was able to walk our 500 down the street (in a backpack) every morning while I was in the workshop. (I did have some free time & took lots of photos too!) Awesome place!
We went in March. We stayed at the Crowne Plaza (conference)
San José Estuary
While we were there we got tons of photos of lots of various egrets & herons, terns, pelicans, cormorancts, gloassy Ibis, plovers, etc. plus lots of beautiful black necked stilts, and an array of tricolored herons, green herons, ducks and "other shorebirds". I would even go sometimes & take a short nap and wake up and the birds were right in front of me allowing for great closeups. Lots of great feeding and interactions. There was one poor glossy ibis who kept getting harassed by this groups of little egrets.
"The 125-acre estuary in San Jose del Cabo, the only true bird sanctuary on the Baja peninsula, holds white-winged doves, vermillion flycatchers, macaws, hummingbirds and more than 100 other species. From Highway 1, the only main route, head for the southern edge of San Jose del Cabo and take the Paseo San Jose along the gulf until it ends at a foot path to the estuary."
We went one day to the arch and took our 100-400 Is lenses and there were pelicans and other boobies and frigate birds but we were on a tour and not much true bird photography opportunities. Other interesting photos though.
I have two short slideshows on our trip to Los Cabos Mexico, one just birds, other los cabos
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=88278
I would love to get back there someday, but alas I have change jobs and free travel is one perk that I no longer have (don't have the stress of that job either though).
Lisa
Our packing varies accordingly. Alone -- 500 goes into standard black rolling suitcase padded by camera vest and knee pads, surrounded by camera lenses and battery chargers and such. Camera body itself goes into my laptop bag. Tripod and sidekick goes into checked luggage wrapped in jeans and such. I take out the guts of my lowepro 600 AW bag and stuff it full and pack that in my checked luggage and then re-assemble it and use it once there.
Traveling with hubbie makes it easier and 500 stays in lowepro AW bag as his carryon and 300 goes into black rollling suitcase, etc. We bring more but 1 + 1 is less than 2X amount of stuff. Couldn't have married him if he shot Nikon (hehe).
Our packing varies accordingly. Alone -- 500 goes into standard black rolling suitcase padded by camera vest and knee pads, surrounded by camera lenses and battery chargers and such. Camera body itself goes into my laptop bag. Tripod and sidekick goes into checked luggage wrapped in jeans and such. I take out the guts of my lowepro 600 AW bag and stuff it full and pack that in my checked luggage and then re-assemble it and use it once there.
Traveling with hubbie makes it easier and 500 stays in lowepro AW bag as his carryon and 300 goes into black rollling suitcase, etc. We bring more but 1 + 1 is less than 2X amount of stuff. Couldn't have married him if he shot Nikon (hehe).