Sgt. Fox Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 My wife threw a surprise party for my for my 30th birthday last weekend, with the culmination of the party being a surprise trip to Disneyland, THAT DAY!!! Crowds were light for a holiday weekend, the weather was perfect, and despite all my doubts, Midway Mania was actually really, really fun! I took a whole bunch of photos, including a lot of HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos. I hope you enjoy them! There are a lot of photos, and they're pretty large files so I picked out and put most of my favorites in my trip report for you. In order to prevent bogging you down on the forum, the rest are on my blog at www.arizonasteve.com Welcome to Disneyland! Main Street USA The Hub Partners Castle... So... SMALL No Matterhorn Line! We Must Ride! Mark Twain Best Ride EVAR No Line Here Either! We Got SOAKED On Splash For Some Reason Heh. They're Still Defacing It Eight Years Later... GRRizzly Rapids You Can Almost FEEL The Mist Sunset At The Pier Panorama Of The Pier At Night Panorama Of The Pier With The Sun Setting Tower of Terror at Night Go Star Trader! Still Kickin' Space Is Soooo Nice With the Redone Track
Electerik Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Well, I don't know anything about the technology...but they're really nice photos. Thanks for sharing them!
Luka Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Awesome, awesome, awesome pictures. The Panoramas were awesome. Thanks for sharing. :::D:::D ::
rosscoe Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 They are stunning.. The ones of Grizzly Rapids and Splash Mountain are breathtaking.
TheRapidsNerd Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Very vivid, and very artsy/animation cell looking or graphic novel looking at times. They definately pop. Nice work.
Wes Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 How come the daytime skies are so murky in appearance? It's like there's a black fog in the sky.
kraken613 Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Nice! Those pictures are AMAZING quality! What kind of camera do you have?
Swimace Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Wow, those photos are awesome. That first one you posted of The Haunted Mansion was by far my favorite, the sky just looks so crazy in the background.
cprocks22 Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 ^ I agree with him, AMAZING pictures!! I gotta ask what kind of camera you have and what lens/lenses you we're using, all the pictures were awesome! Any chance for some wallpapers ?
Wes Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 I gotta ask what kind of camera you have and what lens/lenses you we're using, all the pictures were awesome! It's less about the lens and camera when it comes to HDR. HDR images basically combines different exposures of the same photo by tone-mapping it (usually through Photoshop or Lightroom). Here's a better explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging
Sgt. Fox Posted September 8, 2008 Author Posted September 8, 2008 Thanks for all the compliments guys! To answer your questions, I'm shooing a Canon Digital Rebel XTi. All of the photos were taken with either a Canon 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS lens or a Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. I use a cheap-o travel tripod for the long exposures since it can fit in my backpack. The sky looks murky in some of the shots as a side-effect of the HDR. HDR also creates a halo effect where the ground meets the sky that I try to get rid of, but it's pretty tough. Here's a quick tutorial on HDR if you want more details: HDR Explanaiton I'm also glad you liked the panoramas. You can get larger versions of them here: Panorama 1 And here: Panorama 2
griffon Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Those panoramics and the sunset shot are wonderful I'm pretty sure you can get rid of some of the shadow in the blue sky... Depends on what HDR program you're using, there are a ton out there. If nothing else you can go back into PS and paint over it to even everything out. Nice work though, I have not seen many theme park HDR shots.
haux Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 I'm not too big a fan of HDR because a lot of the time the result looks too cartoonish and fake, and it's annoying. But you did a pretty good job without overdoing the levels. And it's good that it wasn't cloudy because clouds look horrid when HDR is overdone. Pretty cool. I've tried HDR at an amusement park, but I can't get too wide a range with my camera.
Bucket Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 How come the daytime skies are so murky in appearance? It's like there's a black fog in the sky. That's probably just the smog.
the ghost Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 I think that picture of paradise pier is actuaully better than the one on the post cards in the gift shop. I really think you should try to get some stuff made for Disney. I dont know who you would talk to, but I would gladly buy all those shots on a postcard.
Groteslurf Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Those pictures are so awesome. Almost too good to be real. Great job !
nojarama Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Great photos! Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to visit it in person myself again next month!
BeemerBoy Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 I'm not a fan of the daytime ones, but the night shots were very well done! Thanks for sharing.
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