DVC Mike at BLT Dec 6-14

[a742246]

Thank you for sharing these pictures!

 

[jakenjess]

Absolutely stunning!

 

[DVC Mike]

Morning mist on the Seven Seas lagoon.

DM_141213_063534_140_MorningMist by DVC Mike, on Flickr

 

[DVC Mike]

Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary

DM_141212_051107_Chef_Mickeys by DVC Mike, on Flickr

 

[DVC Mike]

Nothing spectacular in this shot. I just liked the fog that rolled in. It got pretty thick fairly soon, obscuring everything.

DM_141213_065934_MK_Ferry_Fog by DVC Mike, on Flickr

 

[hakepb]

Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary

DM_141212_051107_Chef_Mickeys by DVC Mike, on Flickr

I think you just challenged an Imagineer to add color changing, luminescent flooring in Chef Mickeys

 

[hakepb]

Nothing spectacular in this shot. I just liked the fog that rolled in. It got pretty thick fairly soon, obscuring everything.

DM_141213_065934_MK_Ferry_Fog by DVC Mike, on Flickr

A fog rolling in...

You might have to get the time lapse app for the a6000

 

[DVC Mike]

Bay Lake Tower

DM_141212_070953_BLT_Dawn by DVC Mike, on Flickr

 

[DVC Mike]

If you've still looking, long before now you will have noticed an obvious theme for this trip - Sunrise and Sunset. After a while, they all start to look the same, eh?

DM_141212_065311_CR_Dawn by DVC Mike, on Flickr

 

[DVC Mike]

OK, no sunrise or sunset here.

1929 Cadillac at the Grand Floridian.

DM_141211_055743_1929_Cadillac_GF by DVC Mike, on Flickr

 

[DVC Mike]

Wait... I think I just inadvertently went back to Sunrise photos. Sorry.

DM_141211_063541_VGF_Dawn by DVC Mike, on Flickr

 

[hakepb]

Was it more cloudy / hazy during your trip?
It was so rainy during my July 2013 trip, I mostly took sunset pictures because that was the only time of day that the sky looked interesting enough to photograph.

 

[DVC Mike]

Was it more cloudy / hazy during your trip?
It was so rainy during my July 2013 trip, I mostly took sunset pictures because that was the only time of day that the sky looked interesting enough to photograph.

I don't like days where it's completely cloudy, as the sky is a boring grey. I leave my camera in my room on those days.

Days with completely clear blue skies can also lead to boring skies, but I will take photos.

My favorites days are when the skies are partly cloudy, as clouds add interest to a photo.

 

[DVC Mike]

Main pool at the Grand Floridian.

DM_141211_060729_GF_Pool by DVC Mike, on Flickr

 

[DVC Mike]

DM_141210_071618_Contemporary by DVC Mike, on Flickr

 

[DVC Mike]

And now for something a bit different - a B&W photo (no, youngsters, there is nothing wrong with your screen).

DM_141210_071410_BLT_BW by DVC Mike, on Flickr

 

[hakepb]

DM_141210_071618_Contemporary by DVC Mike, on Flickr

Wow wow!

How do you keep finding these places that I didn't think existed

 

[DVC Mike]

I only had the Sony A6000 for about a week before I took it to Walt Disney World, and I didn't have enough practice with the settings, leaving me to make some pretty bad mistakes as a photographer.

In the shot below, I somehow left the camera in Auto ISO mode, so instead of changing the shutter speed for a bracketed set, it just changed the ISO. That makes for a very noisy shot.

This is a quick shot of the inside of our room on the 12th floor of BLT. I must say, I rolled that sleeper chair over to the window and spent many an afternoon just staring out the window or reading a good book. And of course, we watched Holiday Wishes from our balcony. So, even though it's a very simple shot of the room, it sure brings back good memories.

Do you see what's missing? There is no Mickey Christmas wreath on the Contemporary as there has been for the past few years. We really missed it!

http://i235.*************************************DM_141210_074130_BLT_Room.jpg

 

[DVC Mike]

OK, so I tried the Sony A6000 on Pirates of the Caribbean. While it is not as good as the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, it is just OK. The auto focus struggled a bit, as the shots below show.

Most of these photos were shot with an ISO of 12,800! They are just not good enough, in my opinion.

http://i235.*************************************DM_141210_094028_PC_Skel.jpg

http://i235.*************************************DM_141210_092907_PC_Ship.jpg

http://i235.*************************************DM_141210_093019_PC_Redhead.jpg

http://i235.*************************************DM_141210_093246_PC_Jail.jpg

http://i235.*************************************DM_141210_094315_Pirates-1.jpg

Haunted Mansion was closed for a refurb, so I'm looking to try again next time.

 

[DVC Mike]

So, I was rooting around in a desk drawer, and found this old weathered photo of the Magic Kingdom.

DM_141213_061912_MK_HDR by DVC Mike, on Flickr