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What distinguishes a journey from a vacation is that on a journey it is the total trip, from beginning to end, that counts: in other words, the entire travelling experience supplies the challenge, and the fun, rather than just the destination.
Photography from a car, coach, or train does not offer much opportunity for sharp, well-considered images. Nevertheless, it is worth taking the odd shot showing the countryside passing in a blur in order to record something of the experience of being there. It is better to try for a shot of a marvellous view than spend the rest of the journey wondering if you missed something special. And if it does not work, with a digital camera you can always delete the image.
For the best results when shooting from a moving platform, use a wide-angle lens, but avoid including too much of the foreground. The phenomenon of movement parallax means that the foreground appears to move much faster than objects in the distance, and it is impossible to render the foreground sharp – even at moderate road speeds. The use of an image-stabilized lens can be of considerable help.
Remember that the windows in coaches are often tinted – even if the view looks neutral in colour, if it is slightly darker than clear glass it will surely tint your images. Digital cameras may fare better than film-based ones in this respect, since the automatically adjusted electronic white balance may be able to compensate for any tint.
If you are travelling in a small group then you will almost certainly want to stop the vehicle whenever you see something promising. If your travelling companions are not sympathetic to your photography objectives – and even if they are -continually stopping and starting can become tiresome. You will, therefore, need to develop a sense of when something is really worth screeching to a halt in order to photograph.
Watch the changing views as you progress through the countryside to anticipate where a good viewpoint might be. However, bear in mind that what you see from, say, a coach or a four-wheel-drive vehicle is from a higher viewpoint than road level: this difference, though only small, can introduce an obstruction or cut off important foreground information.
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