Hockeyman55

Its been a while since my last post but never fear, im still here A cool shot of Illuminations that I took back in Feb. Had a great spot to watch and photograph Gaston's during AP previews in November. Was fortunate to be there with only a handful of other people in the new section These are always fun. A lond exposed shot of the merry go round at Downtown Disney taken back in March

Thank you My workflow Import photo into Lightroom, crop if needed and if real noisy ill add some noise reduction Edit in Nik Color Efex using pro contrast and sometime detail extractor to help with shadows Send back to LR and adjust some basic things like highlights, clarity, vibrance, things of that nature When thats done I send to Photoshop to run the high pass filter to get the picture as sharp as I need it.Then back to LR to export in the folder with the rest of the pictures. That might be heavy editing to some but to me that isn't really too bad and really all minor adjustments. Heavy to me would be like taking multiple shots of the same thing and layer masking a picture together with all the best parts of the different photos to make one super picture lol. Really only takes me only a few min to edit a picture, only thing that takes me longer is if I have to clone something out or if I go back and forth on what it should look like. No I have posted some HDR pictures that look almost fake also and those are pretty heavily processed. I know the first shot I raised the vibrance a tad since it was a very colorful picture and wanted to bring that out a little more without over doing it. The second shot to be honest with you, im not too fond of lol. The original came out with a lot of noise and a little out of focus. I worked on it for a little while and this is what I came out with and just moved on. Still a little grainy for my liking and little heavy on contrast.

Lets start Monday off with some Universal Orlando pictures. The first one I took after a long day at the parks back in the beginning of March. I really wanted to get a wider shot this along with more water but the bottom area in front of the Hard Rock was flooded with cheerleader groups practicing. The second shot is one I shot during Cinematic Spectacular that same night

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words

Ah, I'm not trying to compete against anyone. Just trying to enjoy two of my favorite hobbies. He has posted some unbelievable pictures that I have seen.

Its Friday and you know what that means . . . . Fireworks Friday! This one is a compilation of shots I took in February of Wishes at the Magic Kingdom

Thanks Mr Little These are the same guys and gals that you all will see during Star Wars Weekend. Out of curiosity I have looked up how they make these costumes and its just crazy the time and money they put into them, they are super impressive.

Been a few weeks since my last updated so here I am with some few shots from last weekend. No they aren't from a theme park but their is a sort of tie into that realm. Last Saturday night we spent the evening at a Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, FL for a single A minor league baseball game. Normally I wouldn't really be interested in going to a game but that all changed when I found out it was Star Wars Night! So with having a buddy in the 501st I figured I would hop on over and get some pictures since I wont be making it to SWW this year. On with the show.

Its been a few days since my last post but im back for some Friday pictures. Today's pictures are brought to you by the Magic Kingdom Haunted Mansion Bride

Im going thru this right now with my 2-1/2 year old. I started getting her and our 1-1/2 year old excited by showing them videos of coasters on Youtube to familiarize them with them. We've also taken them to all the Central FL parks and got them excited anytime we walked past a coaster since they were to small to ride. Finally the day came early Feb that my oldest was just tall enough to ride Goofini, cleared it y 1/2" We got in line and she was super excited and happy up until the gates opened and there in front of us was the coaster. She did put up a little struggle but didnt go into full tantrum or anything so I knew she would be ok once inside the car with me. I think maybe she thought she would be by herself in the car and that freaked her out. Once we sat down she calmed down and then cheered up once we climbed the lift hill. The whole ride she was excited and yelling weeeeeeee. Got off the ride and said "again". Proud father moment right there. Fast forward a month and we took her to Legoland and she was tall enough to ride Coastersaurus and surprisingly was excited to ride it. I was very nervous that it being a rather loud coaster would scare her off but she hopped right in and had a blast riding and wanted to ride again.

Thanks Mr Little Its really pretty easy to do if you know your way around Photoshop. All I did was take the original picture, rotated it upside down and then in filters I ran it thru polar coordinates to wrap the photo around like that. Rotated it back, then fixed a few things that didn't line up perfectly and that was about it.

Lol thank you. In celebration of the weekend here is one for Fireworks Friday

So in other words, everyone go visit Fun Spot and help bring some more cool stuff for the future expansion

Gotcha. That figure 8 racer looked pretty cool. Also thank you for the response

Im curious if the these water park plans have changed from this original art work to what it shows on the Fun Spots site now. This original one looks pretty bad @$$

Spaceship what the . . . . . My first little planet processed picture.

Its Friday so you know what that means . . . . its Fireworks Friday

Thank you. Wish I would have gotten it going threw thru whole course, there's always next time.

Thank you! A couple Universal Studios Orlando pictures for you viewing pleasure Right before Cinematic Spectacular started Light bulb

An Expedition Everest nightcap

Who doesn't love a fun boat ride through Mayan ruins. Todays pictures are from the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros at Epcot. I really enjoy the Mexican pavilion and is probably my favorite one in Epcot. Not to mention the ride hardly ever has a line at least the times I have been .

Thanks Stuff513 I have tons more to post after I go through and post process them.

Today I bring you 2 pictures from our visit to Sea World in early March. The first is form the Turtle Trek queue, finally was able to see the show for the first time but had to leave early since it scared my little ones. Second is an action shot of Manta that I think came out pretty good. Turtle Tank in the Turtle Trek queue. Manta in action

I honestly don't remember much about the ride itself other than it was a little bumpy but not painfully so. I was so busy watching my daughter reaction that I didn't pay much attention to the ride itself lol.

Today I bring to you a few Legoland Florida pictures. My almost 3 year old was able to ride this for her first wooden coaster credit. Was a proud dad! These are not the Legos you are looking for!