Fantasmic!

I'll second that opinion. I'm having difficulty picking one picture to focus my attention on.. they're all excellent. I always like light beam shots, so I like the snake one.. the shot of the boy is excellent, so dramatic.. I love the sharpness of the Mickey with a sword shooting sparks and the fine detail of the water fountains.. the finger sparks are also nicely detailed, I love all the little sparklies..

I want a smiley icon that's giving the thumbs up sign.. but since I don't have one.. I can only offer this instead:



"niiiiice"

 

Awesome shots! I've always been a fan of Sorcerer Mickey so I think that's my favorite out of the group. They're all great images, especially the ones with pyrotechnics.

 

What great photos I think Mickey with the sword is my favorite

 

I think that we were about 40% of the way back from the front. I used a 200mm lens on a 1.3x body and many of the pictures were extensively cropped (digital zoom, if you will).

 

here's one from the terrace, taken during the private vip dessert party, 200mm f/2.8 L on 5d, on tripod, at iso 1250
imagineomics noiseware pro, full noise reduction, and a little levels and a special velvia curve action i have

it was well worth dragging the 200 to mousefest, this was the only time it left the hotel, but it allowed me to get a pretty reasonable set of fantasmic images

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actually it's not that heavy, it just usually doesn't make the flying trips , always along in the huge multilens pack that goes in the 5th wheel
and it is one of canon's best, no doubt, although i'm pretty certain my next lens purchase will be it's closest competitor for canon top marks, and that's the equally renowned, claimed by some to be even better, the one, the only, the 135mm f/2.0 L
i really want that lens for the music festival stuff this summer, so i'm squirelling away the extra day of employment each week just for that

and i have to add this, i bought mine used from keh, rated excellent, and i will never part with it unless the canon mount changes and eos goes the way of fd mounts

 

Wow! Do you use a tripod for these or telephoto lens?

 

Roger,

Just checked out your pics. Wow! When youre ready to get a new camera let me know and Ill take that one I love my Canon A630 but I know it could never take pics like that!

 

I am still a Nikon D40 newbie and I can't get ANYTHING to come out from Fantasmic. Anyone out there who can help me with the right camera settings to get something from this show? I have tried several of the modes and a couple lenses and still can't get anything even remotely good. I am usually using the 18-200 mm VR lens on it. Thanks for any guidance from you pros!