New Fantasyland Dusk-hour HDRs from last week

[zackiedawg]

Finally got through all my photos from last week's trip...it was a lot of fun shooting with only the NEX mirrorless, and using both the native eMount glass as well as a lot of use of manual focus glass with the assistance of focus peaking. ; One of my favorite times of day are the few hours around sunset and dusk - three very different types of light, but all interesting - the reddish/yellow glows of sunset, then the weird midtones and glow of dusk, followed by the electric 'blue hour'. ; While roaming Magic Kingdom, I found myself in New Fantasyland right around the dusk hour, just before blue hour, and decided that the odd, flattish light would be enhanced by using in-camera HDR set to 3 stops for some handheld scenery - it helps capture that 'glow' that dusk hour can produce, and that a single shot doesn't seem to capture. ; Here we go:

The landscape next to Beast's castle, which you really only get a good look at when heading over the bridge to Be Our Guest restaurant:

Be Our Guest entrance doors:

The bridge and castle backdrop:

Belle's storytime cottage:

Village Haus restaurant, as seen from the newly opened Fantasyland area that Dumbo once occupied:

Carousel and castle:

Little Mermaid building:

New castle walls and castle:

 

[Pops]

Very cool for being done inside the camera. Top one looks like a painting. ;

 

[zackiedawg]

Thanks Pops. ; I love strange light - and that dusk hour is cool - it's dark, yet not TOO dark - some photographers like to go with longer exposures so everything looks more bright and daylight, but to me that spoils that half-light feel - this time I wanted to keep the shots and the mood dim and darker, but with the color glow that needed HDR to get.