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spitsbergenSpitsbergen  Live SearchImage Exists
Norway
GPS Coordinates:
78° 53′ 59.99″ N, 18° 01′ 00.00″ E
Microsoft Virtual Earth:
LAT 78.89999722222223
LON 18.016666666666666
Spitsbergen is an island located just north of mainland Norway, and is home to glaciers, ice floes and polar bears. Part of the Svalbard archipelago, Spitsbergen is one of the largest islands in this chain in the Arctic Ocean. You can get to the island archipelago by plane from Norway, which takes approximately three hours. During the summertime, polar bears can be found on the pack ice hunting for seals and jumping from ice floe to ice floe. Spitsbergen also has a diverse number of birds to photograph, from nesting arctic terns to long-tailed jaegers to thick-billed murres on the cliff edges. Spitsbergen's beautiful pristine blue glaciers and ice floes are a sight to behold.
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Hóra Sfakion and region  Live SearchNo Image Exists. Click To Send Us Yours
Crete
GPS Coordinates:
35° 12′ 53.19″ N, 24° 08′ 05.46″ W
Microsoft® Virtual Earth™:
LAT 35.200705555555500
LON 24.137349999999900

iceland fallsIceland falls  Live SearchImage Exists
Gullfoss, Iceland
GPS Coordinates:
64° 19′ 25.07″ N, 20° 06′ 56.58″ W
Microsoft® Virtual Earth™:
LAT 64.326116666666600
LON -20.121119444444400


The Vitaletta Chapel  Live SearchNo Image Exists. Click To Send Us Yours
Seen from the main road between Pienza and San Quirico d’Orcia, Tuscany, Italy
GPS Coordinates:
43° 04′ 28.12″ N, 11° 37′ 37.42″ W
Microsoft® Virtual Earth™:
LAT 43.074477777777700
LON 11.627061111111100

 

Pack a compact
Even if you plan to do most of your shooting with your D-SLR, bring along a compact zoom camera, and carry it everywhere with you, even if you’re just stepping out to get the morning coffee. Photo opportunities can strike at any time when you’re in new environs, so don’t miss a shot by being unprepared. A compact is also a good backup if something happens to your D-SLR.
 
 

Get in the mode
Canon’s Picture Styles, available on the Canon EOS 5D, provides a quick and handy way to customize the way your images look—like using different films to get different effects—except that you can change the Picture Style for each shot if you want. You can choose among six styles including Landscape and Portrait, and adjust sharpness, contrast, color saturation and color tone in each. For more on the EOS 5D, click here.
 

capadocciaCappadocia  Live SearchImage Exists
Turkey
GPS Coordinates:
38° 40′ 13.85″ N, 34° 50′ 20.67″ W
Microsoft® Virtual Earth™:
LAT 38.670513888888800
LON 34.839075000000000

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Type in the GPS coordinates of any location in the fields below the map (try one of the locations featured in this month’s Outdoor Photographer). Click “Go” and you’ll be taken directly to the location on the map.
 

valle blancheVallée Blanche
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France
GPS Coordinates:
45° 52′ 11.07″ N, 6° 53′ 16.99″ W
Microsoft® Virtual Earth™:
LAT 45.869741666666600
LON 6.888052777777770
The “White Valley” is among the most extreme places in the world to ski and one of the most photographic spots in western Europe for the outdoor photographer. The valley is surrounded by the titanlike mountains of the French Alps. Here you can find Aiguille du Midi and Mont Blanc, two huge and jagged mountains that stick out over the horizon of the valley, which make for great panoramas. Access for skiers to Aiguille du Midi is via the world’s highest cable car, which takes you up to the ice, snow, crevasses and dangerous slopes. Here you can catch the action of a skier going down dangerous turns, or move around and capture scenic vistas.
 

Know your equipment
If you’re getting a new camera for your trip, get it at least a few weeks in advance so you have time to thoroughly acquaint yourself with all of its features. Be completely comfortable with your gear, especially with the sophisticated metering and focus systems typical in most D-SLRs, which offer exceptional options for control, but take some practice to master. Many photo opportunities don’t repeat themselves. You don’t want to miss “the moment” because you’re fuddling with how your camera works.
 



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