It's Still a Magic Kingdom Morning?
As we entered the mansion, we were presented with the former (and current) resident. Mr. Gracey was kind enough to display his favorite portraits, though not all was what it seemed. Apparently the room got bigger... or the pictures did, or it was all a trick!
We soon hopped aboard the Doom Buggies and were off on a tour of the "house". I had my camera out with the nifty 50 as explained earlier, and tried to get pictures. Unfortunately, due to an unfortunate combination of my poor eyesight and it being a bit too dark for the sensor to focus, not many came out (and I didn't even attempt that many). I did get a few though...
After the mansion tour, we headed off for some good ol' Americana. I can't remember if we did this last year or not, but I know I didn't do it with Beth & Emily. I'm thinking we did last year, but honestly, I don't remember. I know I didn't take pictures like I did this time. Unfortunately, once again my inexperience shot me down. I did get 2 that I was able to save...
Both of these needed heavy processing to get them to this point. They were WAY blown out. My metering was pretty far off and I could only recover so much. For anyone thinking about shooting here, either utilize spot metering, or at least heavily bracket down a stop or two. The larger dark areas off to the sides of the lit subject throw off any wider metering by a lot.
Disclaimer: Here starts writing that I'm doing now, everything previous to this was before I randomly disappeared. Tone and such may change! I'm also going to be a bit pickier about the photos I show, as I've learned a bit since this trip. I also may miss a thing or two, since it's much harder to remember the details after so long. Maybe I should have taken notes
So, after we hung out with the presidents of both past and present, I needed a break and I took one. The obligatory end-of-September crane was out in force hanging Christmas lights...
Yeah, I had tosssed the Sigma 8-16mm back on at this point.
After that was taken care of, it was time for a little boat ride. Now, Mom questioned me about taking pictures on here, stating that I've seen this enough and probably didn't need any photos. What does she know? (Well, other than a lot...but I mean on this particular subject. Protip: a photographer NEVER has enough photos of anything!)
Sing along with me now...
We finally got on our boat. The line wasn't really long, but I can't remember how long it actually took, 5-10 minutes probably. Of course, since I'm trying to remember from about 7 months ago, it's tricky (It's tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time, it's tricky...). And after that, we're going to take a short break. I promise it'll be less than 6 months before my next installment... especially since I'm going to continue to write.
...After I reprocess and select the remaining shots... Of which there are roughly 1292 to sort through
(As a note, from here on out, not quite from above on out, I am being much more selective. Sorry. I'm pretty sure I promised to show my bads... but as a rule, I no longer show my bads, only my good ones... but I'll at least knock it a step down to "Acceptable" for you who have waited so long!)
Oh yeah, and you can stop singing, since we haven't started yet.
However, by the time I post this. I will have likely already done it. So it's not like YOU have to wait longer! (as a note... I am not done with them all yet (though I've finished up though day 3 and some select groups after that) ... which means it is going to make you wait
maybe)