A new "Hardest Shot in Disney" for you super-DSLR folks!

Discussion in 'Epcot Photos' started by zackiedawg, Apr 5, 2009.

  1. zackiedawg

    zackiedawg Member Staff Member

    OK...every time someone posts that the 'hardest shot' is such-and-such, all the ringers with their ISO6400-25,600 cameras and F1.4 lenses make it look like a cakewalk, with perfectly exposed, crisp shots of the scene.

    So I've located my 'hardest shot' in Disney...3 attempts have given me almost nothing to work with, and my best ended up not even being the optimal lens (F3.5 wide open). I had to use ISO3200, and a ton of layering, screening, and contrast masking to even get something other than a black screen...and even with all the noise reduction software in the world, an ISO3200 shot underexposed by 4.5 stops is not going to look great when brightened that much!

    Still, for the first time I can actually tell what the photo was OF...my previous results with P&S cams were a complete washout.

    Here's the scene:

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    It's in Living with the Land, in the Land Pavilion in Epcot. It's the buffalo home on the range shot as you start the ride. The above is F3.5, ISO3200, screened twice at 100%, midtones brightened 20% and shadows 10%, two doses of noise reduction, then contrast masked again and readjusted for saturation. Amazing that such poor results required such heavy labor to produce!!

    So now I want to see what you all can do. Especially those with F1.4-1.7 lenses, and DSLRs that can shoot respectable ISO3200-6400 or more. I have always loved that scene, and I want to see it captured better than what I've been able to do!!

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  2. Tim

    Tim Administrator Staff Member

    hakuna matata

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  3. zackiedawg

    zackiedawg Member Staff Member

    Aah...the aerial view! That would certainly make it a little easier, but I've never actually seen it from up there (I actually never ate at that circular restaurant...wanted to try it when it was a sit-down place, then when it went character-style, it wasn't really single-guy material). Still, it's an awfully dark scene, and that's far better a capture than I've managed. Thanks!
     
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  4. Tim

    Tim Administrator Staff Member

    Re: A new "Hardest Shot in Disney" for you super-D

    maybe if you're a good boy at pixelmania...
    I LOVE garden grill. food is awesome and you leave stuffed.
     
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  5. Craig

    Craig Member Staff Member

    I've got the garden grill view too! Dina took this while I continued to stuff my face with catfish!!!

    Put us down for pixelmania too! its one of our favorites too!

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  6. zackiedawg

    zackiedawg Member Staff Member

    OOh...nice! She caught the lightning too!

    I've got to get up there. Taking this from the moving boat is near impossible without ISO12800!
     
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  7. Jeff Fillmore

    Jeff Fillmore Member

    I completely agree!

    Even with the most advanced camera and fastest lens- from on the ride itself this is one of the most challenging shots in all of Disney.

    I for one have never been able to stay awake on this ride long enough to even try it!

    ...Sorry. ;)
     
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  8. Paul

    Paul Member

    I have to check this out, don't remember where this is.
     
  9. Craig

    Craig Member Staff Member

    Here is the one I got on the ride after lunch. iso 3200 at 1/20th at f2.8.
    I didnt do any post process to it, since it's blurred and not that great to begin with.


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  10. gary

    gary Member

    nice shot devine, hope you realize you've just put a serious hurt on my plans to hold off to the next 5d upgrade
     
  11. Roger

    Roger Member Staff Member

    3 years? In 3 years, ISO 102,400 will be the standard low end, with built in HDR processing to go with the 80mp images it'll create. But however, you'll need to buy the $1k filters in order to go beyond 28mp (the filters shift the light into narrow perpendicular beams for the sensor, otherwise all your images will look muddy and oof) Not to mention the 120fps HD2 video or built in cropping teleconverter.
     
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  12. Tim

    Tim Administrator Staff Member

    i think that might even have been with my 20d.
     
  13. Coo1eo

    Coo1eo Member

    Nice shots from the restaurant guys. I've only been up there once, years ago, long before I had my DSLR. I agree this is very tough from the boat. I don't have anything to show from it.
     
  14. Re: A new "Hardest Shot in Disney" for you super-D

    I am so in love with that idea right now! I guess Im just too impatient to load the pics into my computer at home with photomatix to get the result!
     

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