Utah

[Mickw]

Thanks. im arriving on April 9th. Maybe a little late for the Eagles? Ive got a 7D and a 1DS3 extenders, basically a lot of gear to cover any eventuality. Im heading toward the southern national parks but can travel anywhere in the state for four days. Its a once in a lifetime road trip. Thats until next year anyway. Thanks for the advice. Any advice on places in very gratefully recieved. My wife thinks ill either be eaten by animals, bitten by snakes or dissappear somewhere in a desert as i have no common sense.lol

Mick

[alex]

Hi Mick,

I've been to Zion Nat'l Park and the Moab area (Arches Nat'l Park and Canyonlands). All three provide excellent opportunities. Mostly landscapes, panoramas, dramatic lighting from sunsets/storms. If memory serves you should have some nice storm clouds in April. There are also plenty of interesting plants and trees to get shots of as well; I find the desert climate makes for very interesting stunted trees.

Haven't been to Bryce, but have heard it's really great too.

Please do wear heavy boots and bring plenty of water!!

Alex

[Rocco]

Thanks. im arriving on April 9th. Maybe a little late for the Eagles? Ive got a 7D and a 1DS3 extenders, basically a lot of gear to cover any eventuality. Im heading toward the southern national parks but can travel anywhere in the state for four days. Its a once in a lifetime road trip. Thats until next year anyway. Thanks for the advice. Any advice on places in very gratefully recieved. My wife thinks ill either be eaten by animals, bitten by snakes or dissappear somewhere in a desert as i have no common sense.lol

Mick

Yeah, unfortunately the eagles are usually gone by mid March.

Something I would suggest would be to stop by a ghost town or two. It will probably be a nice change of pace from the sometimes daunting landscapes you find here. (daunting because of the sheer amount of hiking you might find yourself doing only to find you're not looking at the landscape you'd hoped.) One I've always wanted to visit is Frisco in Beaver County. Here's a good resource for the ghost towns around here, most with sample images that have been uploaded by users.
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ut/ut.html

And one to Frisco specifically: http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ut/frisco.html