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.
See where this picture was taken. [?]
Quick Exif:
Exposure: 1/40
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 200
Pictured:
Hollywood Boulevard
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Walt Disney World Resort
Bay Lake, Florida
June, 2009
Thanks for droppin' by!
__________________________________________________________________
This picture made it to Flickr Explore June 20, 2009 - #1 - thanks everyone!
__________________________________________________________________
Disney Photo Challenge winner in "Twilight" - thanks for your votes!
Bunnyrel, Nicole Gillam, Jessica Hellman, Grimes girl, and 388 other people added this photo to their favorites.
View 20 more comments
bhilinski 23 months ago | reply
Awesome! Please add this to www.queare.com.
Emediex1 [deleted] 21 months ago | reply
Love, love, love this photo. You are more than just talented! Remember, though, that Amsel Adams, when asked about the ratio of good photos to bad that he took, said, "72 to one." You're way ahead of him!
Chandler Leighton 20 months ago | reply
All time favorite.
sethworld 19 months ago | reply
You are invited to post this great photo in Top 20 Disney World Please read the group rules before posting.