I wasn't adequately prepared for Mousefest '07. In particular I wasn't physically prepared, my feet have a tendency to get really sore on Disney trips and I had wanted to try to toughen them up before the trip. But I didn't, and they were getting rather painful, especially since I'd already spent quite a bit of time on my feet during the cruise before the Disney World portion of things. On the day that I'd planned to do night photography at Epcot (the extra magic hour night) I was starting to consider scrapping the photography portion of the night and going back to the room early. But just as the decision time came, after I'd ridden a few rides (including the obligatory ride on Mission Space, orange team thank you very much) I decided to break out the tripod and see if I could keep going. I got everything assembled, screwing my camera onto the tripod head (yeah, I need to get a quick release mount) and plugging in the remote shutter release. I didn't think I'd be able to stand it, standing still is worse than walking when my feet get really tender like that. And you do a lot of standing still when taking night pictures. But as soon as I got started I stopped noticing my feet. It was great, it was a case of losing awareness of yourself when focusing on what you're doing. I was particularly pleased because it was the first time I'd had a proper tripod at Disney World, and I was overjoyed at the flexibility that it gave me. I was no longer restricted to shooting from trash cans as I was with my mini tripod. I shot a wide spread of exposures of most of my targets so I could try doing HDR renderings of them, but I still don't have the best handle on that process so my output thus far has been mixed. But here's a sampling of what I've produced this far. I don't think they're all HDR, but I don't remember which was which. I think the best I've produced this far has been the waterfall at Imagination. But I'm most interested in the pyramid structure in Imagination. I think the lighting and color and striking structure makes for the potential for great images, but I haven't been able to figure out how to process them well yet. [This attachment has been purged. Older attachments are purged from time to time to conserve disk space. Please feel free to repost your image.]
the first two are interesting takes, dan. the waterfall is nice also. it's nice to have a tripod at night for sure. now repeat after me, "extra magic hours are our friends."
Extra magic hours are our friends. Extra magic hours are our friends. Extra magic hours are our friends. (coming from someone who just planned a business trip around EMH...heheheheh) Great shots Dan. I really liked #2 for some reason...maybe because of the color capture.... Now if only my camera will work for the trip.
Dan these are wonderful! Nice work! I like them all for different reasons. The first is a nice angle for that shot, the second is cool with the lights from the roof, and the third is cool because I love the way water looks with long exposures.
Very nice Dan. #1 is my favorite. I love the color in the building you captured and the depth of the structure visible.
nice shots dan, i really like all 3, the first is my fav, i really think you nailed something there with all the shading of red, that's something there i've never even noticed before www.kirkphoto.com , that's all i'm going to say about quickrelease gear and the true spirit about mousefest is emh, that and sucking up the fatigue, and pain is just weakness leaving the body
