I started to write down our trip for a report. This soon stopped as I put down my notebook on the morning of the first day and couldn't find it....... I have decided to add some of the photos taken instead.
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I will post some more as soon as I have edited the remaining.
;D Oh my !!! The sky!!! The parc looking all shiny and beautiful!!! wow wow wow ;D
Now I really cannot wait until we go! I hope your trip was as amazing as the photos :D
Beautiful photos :)
Quote from: ZINDERELLA on February 21, 2017, 01:21:52 PM
;D Oh my !!! The sky!!! The parc looking all shiny and beautiful!!! wow wow wow ;D
Now I really cannot wait until we go! I hope your trip was as amazing as the photos :D
The other days of our stay included snow on Friday and Saturday, Mist on Sunday and Monday, overcast Tuesday. Clear Blue skies Wednesday and showers on Thursday..............
Amazing pictures :o It looks like a wonderful and magical trip. Cant wait to see more.
These are terrific! The park looks wonderful! Can't wait to see it for myself in a few weeks :D
Great shots, and you lucked out with the clear skies.
I see you got a shot of Star Tours, so excited to see this once it's finished, did you see anything else in progress at Star Tours?
Quote from: WOOKIENOOKIE on February 24, 2017, 11:55:25 AM
Great shots, and you lucked out with the clear skies.
I see you got a shot of Star Tours, so excited to see this once it's finished, did you see anything else in progress at Star Tours?
Apart from the X-Wing we could not see anything. the whole area is boarded up. We did try to peek through the fencing but nothing could be seen. We only had 1 day of the six with clear blue skies
Best views can be seen from railroad as it passes through Discoveryland (no stop) as you are elevated you can see over the barriers.
Wonderful photos! Thanks for sharing them :D
(I hope you "only" lost the report and not your notebook)
A few more photos from our trip
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Quote from: Slimy yet satisfying on February 24, 2017, 12:59:41 PM
Best views can be seen from railroad as it passes through Discoveryland (no stop) as you are elevated you can see over the barriers.
Good tip, i'm really hoping it'll be open when we go on 5th April, but worried if the works over runs we'll miss it again.
Fingers crossed!
Quote from: grovesie on February 24, 2017, 12:29:42 PM
Quote from: WOOKIENOOKIE on February 24, 2017, 11:55:25 AM
Great shots, and you lucked out with the clear skies.
I see you got a shot of Star Tours, so excited to see this once it's finished, did you see anything else in progress at Star Tours?
Apart from the X-Wing we could not see anything. the whole area is boarded up. We did try to peek through the fencing but nothing could be seen. We only had 1 day of the six with clear blue skies
Wow you really hit the random weather, but your photo's are awesome and the start wars light show looked amazing. Thanks for posting them.
Love your photos :D
Awesome photos as always, Grovesie ;D :o :-*
Question for you. Your night shots look awesome and when you click on the photo and follow the link to flikr you get the information on the image. Your shutter speeds are slow, do you use a tripod or are your hands just that steady? If you use a tripod how do security react? Last year I took a monopod and they were worried I would have other uses for it.
ps your photo's cost me big time, my wife said "why don't your photo's look that good?" so I have had to buy a new camera.
Quote from: RockNRoller on April 01, 2017, 06:01:54 PM
Question for you. Your night shots look awesome and when you click on the photo and follow the link to flikr you get the information on the image. Your shutter speeds are slow, do you use a tripod or are your hands just that steady? If you use a tripod how do security react? Last year I took a monopod and they were worried I would have other uses for it.
ps your photo's cost me big time, my wife said "why don't your photo's look that good?" so I have had to buy a new camera.
Thanks for liking my photos. On this trip the photos were taken handheld. I did have my tripod with me but wanted to try my new lens and camera. To get good night shots you need 3 things
!- Steady hand
2- Low F-stop. My new lens is a F2.8 throughout the zoom.
3- high enough ISO setting
For many of my shots I take up to 50 shots getting the right settings. too high ISO and the picture suffers from noise, grain effect, too slow a shutter and then you get blur. I also take the pictures in batches of 3, as often the first is a little off as there's a little motion when you push the button to take the shot. You will get there it just takes a ittle time to get a rough idea of settings. Most of the magic happens in the post processing, where noise can be reduced, images sharpened etc