tinkerbee said:
Thank you Dan you did it again. Those pictures are great.
What kind of camera do you use? They come out so great every time.
disneymom3 said:
Absolutely stunning photos, Dan! Oh eleven months feels really long now! (til I go back) DH wants to know what kind of camera you have.
Jim from Jersey said:
Hey Dan......What kind of camera do you use? These pics are unbelievable. Not only are the subjects of the photos great, the quality of each pic is superb! Is it a digital camera? If so, how many mega-pixels? If not digital, what speed film? As like everyone else says, thanks for sharing.....this just gets me more excited about our October trip! Jim
The camera is a Nikon 995 which is no longer available. I think I purchased it back in 2000. There are many cameras today much better. It is a point and shoot, not SLR. I like the swivel body feature, enables getting some interesting angles and perspective I could not get without that feature.
As for mega-pixels, I think it is like 3.4. I take the pictures most often in a 1024 X 768 size, medium compression, resulting in a file size usually in the 250K or so range. When I post them here, I run them through either Adobe Photo Album 2 or Microsoft's Digital Image Pro 10 to bring them down to a 640 X 480 size, about 100K or so. Also, when processing through either of those, I most often will use the automatic brightness/contrast correction. That helps take away some of the haze that is in most pictures, even after having used the UV filter, and probably accounts for some of the sharpness and clarity. Just remember, those pictures here are from almost 15,000 taken over that 3 year period, LOTS of bad ones there too.
Pooh67_68 said:
...Me thinks you should quit your job and become a photographer for Disney.
I wish, what a nice job for retirement, LOL.
FroggyinArk said:
dan , if you dont mind i would like to borrow a couple of these to add to my screensaver?
Sure, Froggy, be my guest. If they are not good in a background format, send me a PM for the larger file.
Carl said:
Great pictures, but on the first 2 posts several of the pictures don't seem to load.
Don't know, Carl. I can only recommend a refresh, it is about 15 meg loading. If you click on that first page, don't scroll till it is done loading. Takes my PC about 10 seconds or so.
Kenswing said:
Great pictures Dan,
Do you use a tripod for your night shots, or are you just steady handed?
Ken
I have used a tripod, have a real little one I keep with me. But most are either on a trash can (lots of those everywhere there), braced against a tree or light pole, maybe a fence. Sometimes, without those, I will try holding it steady, but usually is blurred some. I have taken pictures on 100, 200, 400 and 800 ISA settings (800 is pretty grainy), lots of various manual settings, always trying to find something better, LOL. Fireworks, for me, are the toughest, as are pictures while on the rides, especially the darker ones.
always quiet said:
...I couldn't help but notice...........isn't that a Chicago Mickey on the Mousekeeping cart?!!
Yes, I wish they still made those, no longer available.
And again, thanks for enjoying the pictures here everyone, I do enjoy trying to share the magic if I can. A few have mentioned the pictures themselves, simple things, angles, what have you. The neat thing about Disney is there is so much beauty to be had in such simple things if only we slow down and look. That is what I try to do, just keep my eyes open, take lots of shots of lots of things.
I love looking at your pictures Dan!! 
I found this thread so interesting because some of the earlier ones I missed out on!! 
Back in 2000, I only had webtv and as hard as I used to try, I couldn't get a lot of them to open for me!! 
There were many "new" ones for me!! 
Don't worry Dan....I'll sit here and wait........................... 
I had sucha bad day today and am so tired. I needed this tonight! 
It is a Chicago Mickey. I wish they still made those, hold on to yours, a collector item now, LOL.
