A walk from the TTC to the Poly to the Grand Floridian

Craig, what can I say. These are AWESOME! Great job! I of course love the shots of the Poly, but the GF shots are spectacular as well. That 11mm really is a huge advantage in that giant lobby.

 

Scott,

That's very generous of you as well! I wonder what that sucker will do with the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights

 

Thanks!
I played a little. I shot the GF with +.5 EV because the lighting is contrasty in the afternoon in there. I lifted the shadows a little on the computer, and adjusted the white balance off the columns and such.

 

Craig taught me a really cool tip on how to set the white balance when we got to visit with him and Dina during their June trip

 

Are you going to divulge it? The really cool tip, I mean.

 

Craig - absolutely gorgeous shots. You are making that lens sing - brilliant colors, brilliant contrast, wonderful compositions. You MUST add it to your collection!

I agree, and I also have to update you on another place in Disney that uses a french press - and in my opinion with the absolute greatest available coffee anywhere in Disney, as well as one of the best beans on earth - Jiko in the AK Lodge. Always with the press at the table, and using the finest Kenya AA Roast beans - some of the most flavorful, strong, rich, wonderful coffee beans there are. I've been drinking the same combination at home for many years - Kenya AA or Tanzania beans in a french press.

The Kona is great too - a much smoother, sweeter, less strong coffee good for accompanying breakfast or mellowing out.

 

I'm in! You can host the morning coffee meet, and I'll host the nighttime coffee meet.

 

Thanks so much Justin!

 

On mine and Ray's D80's to pre-set the white balance you have to dive through a bunch of menus which is annoying while you are in the middle of shooting. But on Nikon's when you set your WB button to "pre" and then press and hold the WB button, the top LCD starts flashing, you can then press the shutter to pre-set the WB. It works much faster. This is what you would do when using a white card, or Tim's expodisc, which he talked about HERE

BUT, that being said, I have never had to do that on the D300!! the D300 is absolutely WONDERFUL to shoot with. I have shot it on auto WB since day 1. On maybe 10 photos have I selected a different WB setting. I don't even have auto WB set to +/-.
I tweaked the WB and saturation on almost every shot on the D80.
If and when Tim upgrades to the New Canon 5d, he may never need his expodisc again!

 

you can still order expodisc from b&h and have it in plenty of time for mousefest. i am not a fan of ebay knockoffs even if the price is much cheaper. too much variation in quality for my liking.