DCL picture of the day

[tiggerwannabe]

CandianCruiser, I think that's a great way to save a blurry photo

~I'd frame it, I love your work~

May I now ask what equipment you use? Is it a pro model? I use a standard camera and get very frustrated when it doesn't do what I need...I have blurry issues in low light and a built in flash that's too bright

Aiken4Mickey, You need a host to post

Just about any photo host will do. I use photobucket, some use the DIS, some use webshots...some cost, some don't. Photobucket has a minimal charge if you exceed your bandwidth. I pay $25 for a year of unlimited use of my photobucket.

Once you have a host you paste the properties of the photo here, and add the image code. ~HTH~

~c~

 

[tiggerwannabe]

My DCL pic for today...

 

[disneylover5]

We loved our server....he would do anything to keep the kids laughing...each night they got a different word!!

 

[Canadiancruiser2]

~I'd frame it, I love your work~

May I now ask what equipment you use? Is it a pro model? I use a standard camera and get very frustrated when it doesn't do what I need...I have blurry issues in low light and a built in flash that's too bright

~c~

Thanks. I'm no camera expert, but I can share some tips that I follow. I'm using a Canon Powershot S40 that I bought back in 2002. I think the current model is the S80, but I hear the S70 is supposed to be pretty good too. What camera do you have?

The S40 is a medium sized point and shoot camera with some handy manual settings. For a small camera, I've been very happy with it, but the images come out a little on the soft side so I have to usually sharpen them up.

I carry with me a small extendable tripod to take photos of lower lit areas. For example, I took the image of the atrium below without using the flash, and the camera was mounted on my tripod. I basically set my camera to manual mode, pick an F stop like F5.0 or something, set the exposure to 1.6 seconds (or whatever - I usually experiment with the time since some shots are too dark or too light), adjust for tungsten lighting, turn off the flash, set the self-timer to 2 seconds, and take the picture. The 2 second self-timer eliminates camera shake from pressing the button. Some cameras only have a 10 second sel-timer mode, but that's fine - you just need to wait 8 more seconds before the camera will take the photo.

You might want to experiment with your camera's manual mode to see what it can do. If you don't want to lug around a tripod, you can just find any stationary thing to place your camera on to take the photo. I use garbage cans, tables, ledges, walls, etc - anywhere that I can put the camera on so it's steady. That reduces blur with the longer exposure times and darker lit areas when you aren't using a flash.

Check the camera's setting to see if there is a setting to adjust the white balance or flash strength. You can play with the settings if things are too bright. I like using natural lighting as much as possible so that's why I bring along a tripod. The small flash that's built into most point and shoot cameras is pretty limited to portrait photos of things fairly close to the camera.

If you have a fancier camera, you can set the ISO setting to 1600 or higher to take shots of the shows in the Walt Disney Theatre with the flash turned off. The ISO increases the sensitivity in dim light so the pictures turn out brighter with less motion blur I think. The drawback is that a higher ISO setting introduces graininess into the photo sometimes.

Other than that, take lots of shots and experiment a bit!

 

[wkrider]

I love to see it when kids have conversations with the characters. A lot of times I wish I could hear what they were talking about. He sure knows how to pick who to have the conversations with...I wish I was that brave.

 

[tiggerwannabe]

This is my baby, she's two years old, my hubby and FIL bought it for me for Christmas. It's a great camera but seems to be missing some of the features you mentioned, like a timer and actual "nighttime" settings.

I'm printing what you wrote, thank you-so I can follow all the adjustments and see if my camera has these settings~

1 more question, sorry~we can do this via PM if I'm clogging the thread

Are you using filters? I've used a star filter to get the points on lights like that...those filters go on my manual Minolta SLR.

TIA,
~colleen~

 

[tiggerwannabe]

 

[Amlee]

This is my baby, she's two years old, my hubby and FIL bought it for me for Christmas. It's a great camera but seems to be missing some of the features you mentioned, like a timer and actual "nighttime" settings.

I'm printing what you wrote, thank you-so I can follow all the adjustments and see if my camera has these settings~

1 more question, sorry~we can do this via PM if I'm clogging the thread

Are you using filters? I've used a star filter to get the points on lights like that...those filters go on my manual Minolta SLR.

TIA,
~colleen~

Going to jump into this conversation for a sec. Do an internet search for your camera. Sometimes a really smart person will figure out how to upload all the great features of a newer verison of a camera and then you can download it on to your older version and it's just as good as the new verison.

I know with one of my mothers camera I was able to download all of the new features on the 1000+ camera with out having to purchase the new camera.

 

[Amlee]

I love to see it when kids have conversations with the characters. A lot of times I wish I could hear what they were talking about. He sure knows how to pick who to have the conversations with...I wish I was that brave.

Thanks!!
He had a deep coversation with all of the characters. It was so funny to watch, because he would get the characters so tickled. We figured out he was telling them just how to spell his name and how old he was. Then the characters would keep the conversation going with him. They all knew his name by the end of the cruise.

 

[AshAlytwins]

I love the professional pictures that we had taken on the wonder...please share yours too!!!
This is ours...

 

[Super Goof]

Walking onto Serenity Bay on Castaway Cay.....Ah yes, peace and tranquility, blue sky, clear water, and sun.

 

[TiggerKing]

Okay, not exactly a DCL pic, but it is Disney related. The fish in the bottom of the picture is called a Mickey Mouse Platy. DW and I found them at Petsmart when buying fish for our new aquarium tonight!

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Going to jump into this conversation for a sec. Do an internet search for your camera. Sometimes a really smart person will figure out how to upload all the great features of a newer verison of a camera and then you can download it on to your older version and it's just as good as the new verison.

I know with one of my mothers camera I was able to download all of the new features on the 1000+ camera with out having to purchase the new camera.

Thank you for the input

~I never would've thought of that~

 

[tubaman]

Ever wonder where the Promenade deck leads to on Deck 4 forward?

Now you know. Those are huge winches for the mooring lines and anchors.

It's scary the first time in there because your thinking "I this really the jogging path?" But it is.

 

[GoofyFD]

Okay, not exactly a DCL pic, but it is Disney related. The fish in the bottom of the picture is called a Mickey Mouse Platy. DW and I found them at Petsmart when buying fish for our new aquarium tonight!

I see Mickey!!!!

 

[DIS NURSE]

It's scary the first time in there because your thinking "I this really the jogging path?" But it is.

I completely agree with you that this is "scary".......the first time I rounded Deck 4 (the track, if you will), I couldn't beleive that DCL lets the "public" near these very important parts of the ship! The guts of the ship are literally out there for anyone to mess with!

.......that made me a little weary.....

 

[DIS NURSE]

.....So, how pathetic is this?.....I have seen the guts of the ship many times over and over (while doing laps) and I have yet to even visit Palo?

.....I have been around these Boards awhile and have read no fewer than one hundred million great things about Palo.....but I have been admiring the inards of the Magic instead!

.......am I sick in the head, or what?

 

[Canadiancruiser2]

Palo is nice, but it's no biggie. I actually skipped out on "High Tea" when my DW booked it. We had Palo booked for dinner and for brunch so I pretty much was Palo-overdosed as it was. Besides, we're on vacation . Who wants to dress up so much on holidays?

It's more fun just to sit at the entrance to Palo and do some sketching with charcoal and chalk.

Here's a quick drawing I did:

 

[TiggerKing]

Palo is nice, but it's no biggie. I actually skipped out on "High Tea" when my DW booked it. We had Palo booked for dinner and for brunch so I pretty much was Palo-overdosed as it was. Besides, we're on vacation . Who wants to dress up so much on holidays?

It's more fun just to sit at the entrance to Palo and do some sketching with charcoal and chalk.

Here's a quick drawing I did:

You crack me up!

 

[AshAlytwins]

Memories......