Clearwater and Orlando areas????

Karrie McDKarrie McD Registered Users Posts: 372 Major grins
edited January 24, 2008 in Location, Location, Location!
I will have one day in the Clearwater area (I will actually be in Port Richey) and one day in the Orlando area to feed my photo taking obsession :D . I will be playing with my, soon to be, new 10-22 and my baby the 24-70 so I am really looking for good landscapes and cityscapes. For Orlando area I would like to know good places other than Disney World. I don't know these areas at all so maybe a highway or park name or address or something you could give me that would help direct me to an area. I don't mind driving a couple hours out of the way either.
Thanks so much for the help!
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  • SavedByZeroSavedByZero Registered Users Posts: 226 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2008
    Well in Orlando you should find your way to downtown and the lake Eola area.

    ==> Lake Eola

    This is in downtown and you should find some interesting buildings angles and such to shoot. Orlando doesn't have a huge city scape but it's not so bad. Winter Park is also a very area with lots of tree lined streets.

  • Karrie McDKarrie McD Registered Users Posts: 372 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2008
    Cool photos! Thanks!!
    Instead of city scapes I think I should have said interesting buildings/architecture interesting neighboohoods, neat little beach towns...etc...
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  • philiphutsonphiliphutson Registered Users Posts: 235 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2008
    Karrie McD wrote:
    Instead of city scapes I think I should have said interesting buildings/architecture interesting neighboohoods, neat little beach towns...etc...

    Last time I was in Orlando I hit Henry P. Leu gardens (Botanical Gardens) and a fresh water spring park just outside of Orlando. But neither of those are what you are looking for take a look at some of the coastal routes between Merrit Island and the melbourne area.
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  • jdfaithjdfaith Registered Users Posts: 172 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2008
    If you're going to be in Port Richey, check out the Sunshine Skyway bridge, Tampa's Ybor (e-bor) City, Tarpon Springs, Clearwater beach or any of the other beautiful Tampa Bay beaches.
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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2008
    I found this place interesting
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  • SavedByZeroSavedByZero Registered Users Posts: 226 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2008
    Karrie McD wrote:
    Instead of city scapes I think I should have said interesting buildings/architecture interesting neighboohoods, neat little beach towns...etc...
    Well I still think your best bet in Orlando is in and around Lake Eola. Tree lined real brick streets, side walk resturants and cafe's, lighted lamp posts, wild white and black geese in the lake and lots of alleys, buildings and stair wells from Church Street Station back over to the lake.

    As far as the city scape goes, it's no NYC but we've got a few tall buildings to look at and some nice foutains too.

    Orlando6966.jpg

  • Karrie McDKarrie McD Registered Users Posts: 372 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2008
    Thank You
    Thank you all very much! Now I have some direction and am really looking forward to going. I will most definatly share my photos when I get back. I'm leaving Feb 6 and returning Feb 17. It is going to be a fun trip.
    However, I don't think we will top last years vacation. We were at Down Town Disney and some staff came and practacly kidnapped us and before I knew it we were being escorted all over Magic Kingdom and then sleeping in Cinderella's Castle. Wow, that was amazing!!!!!! Too bad I didn't have my camera last year. I could have got some better shots of Cinderella's Castle Suite. O Well,
    Anyways again, thank you all very much for helping me out!!!!!!
    "Whether you think you can or you can't, you are right."
  • JESTERJESTER Registered Users Posts: 369 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2008
    Karrie, In Orlando you might want to try Univeral Orlando. You can just pay for parking and come into Citywalk for free and walk around. From there you can take one of three "free" water taxis to three Resort Hotels. Portifino, Hard Rock and Royal Pacific. Lots of great photo ops. They also have walking paths to each hotel which are very well landscaped if you are into that sort of thing.

    I also agree with SavedByZero about Lake Eola.

    Here is a photo of the Portifino:
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