Wishes at the Magic Kingdom

Nice shot!

I only got to Town Square during my last trip. Took too long to get from MGM, I meant Pixar Studios.

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I actually did the Noodle Station during my last trip. It's nice to have a chair to sit in while you are waiting! If only the angle was better....

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Scott, I'll have to look it up at home. Something (i think it's my watermark software) is stripping the EXIF. But I think it was around f/22 and either 4 or 6 secs, ISO 200, HTP on. I remember stopping down for the finale.

Can't wait to see how D-lighting will handle something like that.

 

Yes indeed - great shots guys. The Tomorrowland Terrace area is always a favorite of mine for watching and photographing the fireworks shows. Though true that the slightly askewed angle aren't as nice as the staight-ahead shots, the ability to grab a soda, grab a seat and table, lay your camera bag on the table, set up your tripod along the rail, and relax in a chair with noone impeding your view...makes up for it in spades for me!

While up there for Mousefest, I shot wishes from that very location, from a table right on the corner on the lake:









It's also a nice place for pretty static shots of the castle at night, where you can always set up a tripod for longer exposures without having to worry about people walking in front of your shot:





Thanks for plugging my spot! In fact, next Mousefest, when Tim's giving the talk on Photo 101 or Night photography, maybe we could stake out the lakefront of the terrace for everyone to set up tripods and shoot the show from there.

 

Scott, I'll hopefully be able to answer your first question tomorrow. I haven't heard that they are not including a serial # for it anymore. But hopefully there will be some kind of adjustment in the RAW file with D-lighting, as I would prefer to use A2 or maybe even Bibble. Nikon hasn't fully supported Capture NX with Leopard yet. But I may give it a whirl just the same. Canon's HTP does affect the RAW file, and I believe Sony's does as well, so we'll see. I'm reading mixed reports - but it was the same with Canon's at first too.

 

Thanks for the tip Mike. I remember one day when I was trying to take pics of Bush 41 (okay I pressed the shutter release and thought I was advancing the film a lot), got home, and realized that I hadn't loaded the film correctly in the FtB so it never grabbed it. oops!

 

Okay it was actually ISO 100, f/20, 4 secs. cropped about 3/8 reduction. I did bump exposure pp to 1.66, recovery 1.5, and shadows to 22.
WB as shot.

 

I love these shots. I can't wait to get back to the park with my tripod that I finally got. I am really looking forward to playing with it during the fireworks!

 

Great Jeff - I really like that third shot! Never quite had the opportunity to catch the castle darkened and silhouetted against the fireworks like that. I'll have to look for that moment. Nice, crisp shots across the board, looks like a pretty decent vantage point too!