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Remember… Dreams Come True
Tomorrowland
Disneyland
Anaheim, California
August, 2008

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This day in Disney history:

(1941) Dumbo premiered in New York City. Unlike the previous films Fantasia and Pinocchio, Dumbo was a bargain, made for a little more than 0,000 and bringing a profit of 0,000. The film won a Best Score Oscar for Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace, and the lullaby “Baby Mine” was nominated for Best Song.

Cinderella Castle
Fantasyland
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
January, 2008

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Disney · Explored · Kingdom · Magical

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With its (up to) 9X EV bracketing, the D300 makes it easy to do an HDR image. This is my first attempt at a multiple exposure tone map, all my other HDR’s up to date have been from a single RAW or jpeg. Yeah, I know, nothing new here with the Dream Lights and Partners, but I don’t think I’ve seen it done in HDR yet. And part of the reason I wanted to do this in HDR is that it’s nearly impossible to get this exposure this way with a single file. In fact, it probably is impossible, save some SERIOUS post processing work. So there you have it, Cinderella Castle Dream Lights – 2008, in high dynamic range.

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Cinderella Castle
Main Street Hub
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
November, 2008

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This is my first ever attempt at panoramic stitching. It is actually three photos stitched together as a very large panoramic image. I used a program called PanoramaStudio. It said it had a free trial, but when saving it left huge watermarks on the image. So I bought it. I can’t believe how easy this program makes panoramic stitching. It literally does all the work. I’ve never seen another software program perform so seamlessly as this. Amazing.

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Main Street USA
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
November, 2008

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I couldn’t force myself to not take this picture the way the sunlight was hitting the castle as the sunset. It was a beautiful sight and I stuck around just to get some castle shots at dusk before heading over to DHS for the evening…

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Partners
Main Street Hub
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
November, 2008

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Disney · Dusk · Explored · Partners

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Illuminations: Reflections of Earth
Epcot World Showcase
Walt Disney World Resort
Bay Lake, Florida
November, 2008

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Disney · Earth · Explored · Illuminations · reflections

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10"
f/11.0
24 mm
ISO200

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Dumbo The Flying Elephant
Fantasyland
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Bay Lake, Florida
November, 2008

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Multi-Exposure High Dynamic Range
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Expedition Everest
Asia
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Bay Lake, Florida
November, 2008

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Well guys, I’m back from a 5 day trip to Walt Disney World. Although I took my camera with me, with the 50mm f/1.4 mounted on it at all times, I didn’t really get all that many photo opportunities. It was a family trip and we were touring with another family that had never been to Disney World, so just not a ton of time for pictures. All in all, I brought home 803 RAW files. Probably only 1/3 of those are keepers and probably only a 1/3 of the keepers are pictures I’d post on Flickr. So that equals out to be around 87 pictures – hopefully enough to post one a day until our October trip. I feel like I really got to know my camera this trip and I played around with exposure compensation a lot and using only the 50mm really made me think about composition. I used the tilted composition a lot because everyone seems to be doing that these days, and also because sometimes I just seemed to close so sometimes by tilting the camera you can get more in the frame. I did get one night at the studios when everyone else went back to the hotel so I did pretty good there. There were so many times that I wish I had my tripod and a wider lens though. We stayed at Pop Century so I got a few decent pics there also.

All in all it was a fun trip… some highs and lows:

Highs:
-Like I said before, I got to know my camera pretty well.
-Discovered that the 50mm f/1.4 is an AWESOME lens for dark rides.
-We were able to do pretty much everything we wanted to do.
-Had a fun day at Cocoa Beach and heard (to cloudy to see) the space shuttle go off.
-Olivia rode all the attractions including Tower of Terror, Rock N Roller Coaster and Expedition Everest – and loved them all!
-Met up with my brother and his family for a day at the Magic Kingdom.

Lows:
-Man was it hot!
-Holy smokes it was crowded
-Pop Century (I’m not sure if I’ll ever stay at a value resort with the family again)
-Bus transportation (I was on the fence, but I now know for sure that I’m a rental car guy)
-People Mover being closed. I can’t tell you how many times I walked by wishing I could take a ride on the TTA.
-Missed out on experiencing the American Adventure because my family thinks it’s boring.
-Totally blew it (photographing, again) Peter Pan’s Flight.

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Exposure: 1/40
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 200

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Hollywood Boulevard
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Walt Disney World Resort
Bay Lake, Florida
June, 2009

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This picture made it to Flickr Explore June 20, 2009 – #1 – thanks everyone!

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Disney Photo Challenge winner in "Twilight" – thanks for your votes!

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Balloons · Daily · Disney · Dusk · Explored · Hollywood · Studios

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Epcot
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
November, 2008

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