Travel Photo Diary

[kat]

what a wonderful set and family vacation!!

[AntZ]

what a wonderful set and family vacation!!

Thanks Kat.

[AntZ]

So the next 3 days of our trip were spent at Disneyland, and I have to admit it was bigger and more fun than I was expecting. I think we were there at a pretty good time so that the crowds weren't huge. "The Happiest Place on Earth" certainly was joyous the week before Christmas, with carols playing everywhere.

A number of these shots were taken with my Canon s100 which I had finally managed to get my hands on the night before, after a week of struggling to find a store that had not sold out. At some point I'll do a full review, but it was handy to be able to have such a capable camera in such a small package.

The Toy Soldiers in the daily parade.

Toy Soldiers by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

Our kids managed to get a call up to fight Darth Vader

IMG_0530.jpg by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

These guys bailed up a friend of ours and the kids all jumped to her rescue.

Storm Troopers by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

The iconic castle all lit up.

O, Sparkly Castle on Yonder Hill by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

The "Its a Small World" ride

Disney - Its a Small World by ~AntZ~, on Flickr
I also did a photosynth of this one here

The Mickey Wheel at night

California Adventure Park at Night by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

[Marko]

TOTALLY enjoying looking at these Antz! thx for sharing them!

[Iguanasan]

Way cool additions, Antz... nice stuff.

[Runmonty]

Great new additions. I am enjoying this series.

[AntZ]

So I almost missed today because photographically it was pretty dull and because Rodeo Drive is more my wife's scene than mine. But one highlight was this Bugatti Veyron. Anyone with a passing interest in cars will know about this car.

Bugatti Veyron by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

My only regret is that I didn't touch it out of respect. I'm not a big fan of leaning all over someone else's stuff. But on reflection a guy like this doesn't park a car like this in front of his store in a tourist area and not expect people to be all over it.

Bugatti Veyron Front by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

This was family photo that I liked.

Beverly Hills Fountain by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

Day 11 is Grand Canyon day...and the end of 2 of my cameras but not before I shoot a lot of beautiful images.

[AntZ]

We really only spent an afternoon and a morning at the Grand Canyon, but I shot about 1000 images. HDRs, panoramas and photosynths tend to require a lot of images. This was also the place where I managed to kill 2 cameras within a 12hr period. I dropped my 4 day old Canon s100 in a tangle of frozen fingers, gloves and wrist straps, then our 40D took a roll on to the floor of the bus Both cameras partially worked for the remainder of the trip.

I never thought of the Grand Canyon as somewhere it would snow, but I am glad it does as it add a little something.

I'm going to lead with my favourite shots

Grand Canyon Sunset by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

Another

There's a river down there somewhere. by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

The weather was quite changeable, and every time I looked over the canyon it looked different.

Grand Canyons by ~AntZ~, on Flickr


A break in the clouds by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

My daughter contemplating life

Thinking... by ~AntZ~, on Flickr

My lovely wife

Its a long way to the other side by ~AntZ~, on Flickr