Photo op suggestions for cross country road trip, Looking for cool places to take 914 pictures along the way. |
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Photo op suggestions for cross country road trip, Looking for cool places to take 914 pictures along the way. |
Matty900 |
Aug 21 2018, 09:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
As many of you know I like taking pictures of 914's. I will add some of them to this thread. I am getting ready to make a very long cross-country trip so I can attend Red Rocks in Colorado and Okteenerfest in Georgia. I am looking for some scenic locations to take car pictures and would love meeting with others along the way. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Matty900 |
Aug 21 2018, 09:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Red rocks 2016
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Matty900 |
Aug 21 2018, 10:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Rt 66 2018
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Matty900 |
Aug 21 2018, 10:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Luftgekühlt 5
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Matty900 |
Aug 21 2018, 10:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Utah 2016
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ConeDodger |
Aug 21 2018, 11:19 PM
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Apex killer! Group: Members Posts: 23,621 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Tahoe Area Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California |
PMB isn’t scenic I suppose but you should drop in for a visit.
Leavenworth in KS. It’s sort of scenic but it’s also a more than century old Federal prison. |
bbrock |
Aug 22 2018, 08:50 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Some ideas for the lesser known or appreciated parts of the trip.
Along the I-70 route, the Flint Hills of KS between Junction City and Topeka are quite scenic tallgrass prairie and you will be traveling at one of the best times when the grasses have turned rusty red. There is a scenic overlook of Konza Prairie just a few miles south of I-70 on Hwy 177 toward Manhattan that, IIRC provides a place to park with nice tallgrass prairie in the background, but there are also opportunities off other exits of I-70. If you have extra time to burn, dropping south at Junction City to follow Hwy 4 to Topeka takes you into even better scenery and photo ops of old limestone houses. Also, lots of nice limestone houses that were officer's quarters at the historic part of Ft. Riley near Junction City, including the house George Custer lived in. There will likely be some corn harvesting going on in the endless ag fields if you like the classic Agriculture photo ops. +1 on Ft. Leavenworth. It also has probably the best mature cottonwood and elm deciduous forest left in the state. On the I-80 option, Scott's Bluff and Chimney Rock in NE have opportunities for photographs with iconic landmarks. The Loess Hills along the Missouri River between NE and IA are scenic too. Of course, the less traveled 2-lanes offer the greatest surprises if you aren't in a rush. Enjoy the trip! |
DRPHIL914 |
Aug 22 2018, 09:00 AM
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Dr. Phil Group: Members Posts: 5,769 Joined: 9-December 09 From: Bluffton, SC Member No.: 11,106 Region Association: South East States |
Ozarks in Missouri , ditto on the river valley roads in NE, along the mississipi when you cross there too, at the Arch,
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mgp4591 |
Aug 22 2018, 05:36 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,384 Joined: 1-August 12 From: Salt Lake City Ut Member No.: 14,748 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
As your coming south from Boise, take a minute and stop by Twin Falls and see if you can get a shot of the canyon just before town from the freeway. It's pretty impressive on its own but with a car in the foreground it'd look pretty sweet.
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stevend914 |
Aug 22 2018, 06:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 376 Joined: 13-December 16 From: Saint Louis Member No.: 20,670 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
As many of you know I like taking pictures of 914's. I will add some of them to this thread. I am getting ready to make a very long cross-country trip so I can attend Red Rocks in Colorado and Okteenerfest in Georgia. I am looking for some scenic locations to take car pictures and would love meeting with others along the way. Does anyone have any suggestions? The old court house with gateway arch in background. |
bbrock |
Aug 22 2018, 06:53 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
As your coming south from Boise, take a minute and stop by Twin Falls and see if you can get a shot of the canyon just before town from the freeway. It's pretty impressive on its own but with a car in the foreground it'd look pretty sweet. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) |
Matty900 |
Aug 22 2018, 08:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Thanks guys,
I am going to try and go to AAA and get a trip tik put together and add as many suggestions to it that I can. Then take what comes depending on time. Light weather ect.. I appreciate your feedback. |
raynekat |
Aug 22 2018, 10:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 30-December 14 From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Member No.: 18,263 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Those are great pics.
Love when you dial the background into black & white leaving the cars in the foreground in blazing color. Very cool. Is that some trick you can do in Photoshop or something??? |
Valy |
Aug 23 2018, 12:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,677 Joined: 6-April 10 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 11,573 Region Association: Northern California |
A 914 surrounded by bisons in Yellowstone is pretty nice.
Extra points if you get the steamboat blow in the background too. |
Matty900 |
Aug 23 2018, 01:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Those are great pics. Love when you dial the background into black & white leaving the cars in the foreground in blazing color. Very cool. Is that some trick you can do in Photoshop or something??? I use several post editors. Photoshop is one of them. I post the 914 shots on Instagram under 914rubber and other images under MattWhitesell Glad you enjoy them. We will get some together when your car is ready (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Attached image(s) |
PanelBilly |
Aug 23 2018, 08:46 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,819 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Get one of the bugs on your bumper. Make a design with tape and then remove it leaving the bug splatter outline
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Matty900 |
Aug 23 2018, 12:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Get one of the bugs on your bumper. Make a design with tape and then remove it leaving the bug splatter outline (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Maybe I will do a negative P O R S C H E across the chrome on my bumper |
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