Sometimes, Timing is Everything

[ThurlFan]

Went to the 8:00 show of the Spirit of Aloha Luau at the Poly last week and while waiting to be seated I snapped this pic of the Castle with my trusty old S3. Right day, right time. I just felt like sharing :thumbsup2

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z77/MagicTripsCat/mk_luau.jpg

[klmall]

Quite lovely! Goes to show that it's the photographer, not the camera that gets the great picture sometimes!

[ukcatfan]

Nice shot! How was the Luau? We are going in Nov. for the first time since '02.

[ThurlFan]

The luau itself was terrific. Food was great, service was great, and show was lots of fun. Some of the bits were a bit corny, but the traditional dances from the various islands were interesting to watch. I used my camera in manual mode most of the show, and we were pretty far back so I didn't have as much light to work with compared to people closer in - but I got a handful of scrapbook-worth (according to Mrs Thurl) pictures. I used a shutter speed of 1/100 or 1/125, the widest aperture I could get, and mostly ISO 800 (even though I normally find it too noisy on the S3). Here's some of the best results (finished with Imagenomic Noiseware Community Edition):

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z77/MagicTripsCat/IMG_1563.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z77/MagicTripsCat/IMG_1601_filtered.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z77/MagicTripsCat/IMG_1608.jpg

[ssanders79]

The fire dancing is awesome. I would go back just to see that again. The food was good too (at least June '05, the last time I attended the Luau.

[GrillMouster]

The billowing clouds behind the castle remind me of the Disney advertisements where the castle is on top of and surrounded by clouds.