joe_willmore

I've got a new e-Book out on Amazon entitled: "Hummingbirds: Attracting and Photographing Hummingbirds of the Mid-Atlantic." Out just in time for the arrival of the little buggers.

<p>If I want to see if any photos that I've posted online have been taken without permission and posted on a website or used for an add, what options do I have besides using Google Images? Any other sites or search engines you'd recommend to find out if a photo has been copied and used without permission elsewhere online?</p>

<p>Frank,<br> First, welcome to the USA and I hope you and your family have a great trip. You certainly have a lot of great possibilities you can see.<br> Second, seeing National Parks is great. But you're in a part of the USA (especially Northern Arizona and Southern Utah) where the scenery is spectacular even without hitting a national park. For instance, something that isn't on your list but I'd highly encourage is to take the time to stop and visit a slot canyon in Northern Arizona or Southern Utah. There are hundreds of them that are not that inaccessible. The most famous ones are the Antelope Creek ones (upper and lower) in Northern Arizona.<br> Third, as others have pointed out, Yosemite is in the opposite direction. But to be honest (and this is coming from someone who has been to Vegas a couple of times, has family in Utah so have been there maybe 60-70 times in my life, plus taken a couple of visits to Arizona), as beautiful and diverse as all of those places are, to me the two greatest national parks in the USA are Yosemite and Yellowstone. It would be a major drive to get to Yosemite but if that were all you saw (with it's amazing diversity...the waterfalls, El Cap and Half Dome, Merced river, Tuolumne Meadows, the entrance to the Valley, bear sightings and other wildlife), I'd pick Yosemite over all of the other options--it really is that incredible of a location.</p>