Merry Christmas from the Animal Kingdom Lodge

Discussion in 'WDW Resorts / Downtown / Rest of WDW' started by Grumpwurst, Dec 20, 2008.

  1. Grumpwurst

    Grumpwurst Member Staff Member

    Here is a picture I took of the Christmas Tree in the lobby of the Harkness Hideaway (aka The Animal Kingdom Lodge). I was standing on the end of the lobby where the giant window overlooking the savannah is located

    I am really proud of this one. I did some tweaking in Picasa 3 to try and get it to pop better and I know someone with better post-processing talent in a "real" program can probably make it look even better. But I'm posting the before and after shots here

    Here is the after
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    Here is the before
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  2. Paul

    Paul Member

    Very nice Ray, you 're tweaking definitely improved it.
     
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  3. Grumpwurst

    Grumpwurst Member Staff Member

    Thanks Paul!

    I really think there is more that could be done to improve it. Picasa only really lets you tweak white balance, highlights, shadows, and fill light
     
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  4. Scottwdw

    Scottwdw Member

    Looks good to me, Ray. The AKL sure is one beautiful resort.
     
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  5. Paul

    Paul Member

    Sometimes just a tweak is all it needs. Sometimes I feel I over do it at times with the adjustments. That said, I have been using Adobe Lightroom for awhile now and like it a great deal. It includes noise reduction which helps out quite a bit on some of the higher ISO shots that I took at Mousefest.
     
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  6. Grumpwurst

    Grumpwurst Member Staff Member

    Thanks Scott.

    I'm constantly amazed at what I'm finding came out of my new Nikon D300. I'm not sure if it's the professional-grade body or the 18-200 VR lens or both
     
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  7. Grumpwurst

    Grumpwurst Member Staff Member

    If you were to view the original 12mp RAW file there is A LOT of noise because the AUTO ISO feature cranked it to ISO 2500. I'm still a n00b when it comes to post processing. I'm finally liking stuff coming out of my camera.
     
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  8. Tim

    Tim Administrator Staff Member

    that's really all you need, most times. nice job.
     
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  9. Grumpwurst

    Grumpwurst Member Staff Member

    Thanks Tim!

    This is one of the photos I've come across that I'm most proud of. I have a couple others of Space Ship Earth I hope to throw up later. It's just a pain to have to shrink my pictures down so they meet the 500k size limitations...haha
     
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  10. Tim

    Tim Administrator Staff Member

    if you're using photoshop, the save for web works awesome... alt+ctrl+shft+S and follow the dialog boxes. 80% is plenty good enough.
     
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  11. prettypixie

    prettypixie Member

    Very nice!
     
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  12. mSummers

    mSummers Member

    Nice work Ray! Glad you like the new camera
     
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  13. Grumpwurst

    Grumpwurst Member Staff Member

    To say I like it would be an understatement. As I'm going through my pictures for my trip report, I'm finding that I'm loving this camera
     
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  14. Craig

    Craig Member Staff Member

    That's a great one Ray! I too am glad the new camera is working so well!!!
     
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  15. Grumpwurst

    Grumpwurst Member Staff Member

    You and Roger got me excited about it. I was shooting better than I ever had immediately. I'm trying to see if I have any other TMIP worthy pictures
     
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  16. Tim

    Tim Administrator Staff Member

    i know the feeling. i cannot wait to unleash the Mark2 at WDW...
     
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  17. gary

    gary Member

    tim, are you compensating again??
     
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