Disney Picture of the Day Thread - February 1, 2010

[tx2tn]

 

[South Carolina]

 

[ejud]

Oh nice!



Jud

 

[DisneyFreak06]

Cinderella looks almost like a doll or a mannequin or a statue here! Crazy.

 

[Uncle Greg]

UK by Uncle_Greg, on Flickr


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[mom2rtk]

UK by Uncle_Greg, on Flickr


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Beautiful and SO inviting!

How are you getting the soft focus effect in so many of your shots?

 

[ejud]

UK by Uncle_Greg, on Flickr


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Dang nab it! I took that EXACT shot last week- was 'closing' Epcot, musta been about 10:30 or 11, and mine doesn't look ANYTHING like that... How do you get the exposure without the street lights burning out the image???



Jud

 

[Uncle Greg]

Beautiful and SO inviting!

How are you getting the soft focus effect in so many of your shots?

Thanks. Funny you should ask that. I add a little soft focus to a lot of my shots. Sometimes it's Gaussian blur, other times it's with pre defined filters in processing. The reason I say funny you should ask is because in this shot I decided not to add any soft focus effects and see how people liked it. It is an HDR so maybe that contributed here...but I didn't add anything intentionally.

Dang nab it! I took that EXACT shot last week- was 'closing' Epcot, musta been about 10:30 or 11, and mine doesn't look ANYTHING like that... How do you get the exposure without the street lights burning out the image???

This is a 3 shot HDR so the darkest exposure should capture the streetlights properly. I could have used an exposure a little darker as they are still slightly bright. The other 2 exposures capture the other parts of the scene "correctly" and then the three shots are blended to get one pic without anything being completely dark or way too bright.

 

[thecapells]

 

[ejud]

This is a 3 shot HDR so the darkest exposure should capture the streetlights properly. I could have used an exposure a little darker as they are still slightly bright. The other 2 exposures capture the other parts of the scene "correctly" and then the three shots are blended to get one pic without anything being completely dark or way too bright.

Thanks, and I did consider that, but even so, the 'take' that has the building so well exposed, it seems to me, the lights would have still 'bled' into the bits surrounding them?



Jud

 

[ColleenG]

This one's for you Jud. Sorry it's a bit blurry.

 

[ejud]

This one's for you Jud. Sorry it's a bit blurry.

OOOOOoo! THAT'S where I left him!!!



Jud

 

[STEAMBOAT209]

 

[senecabeach]

Morning All....

CinderelliT....Thank You for the compliment !!
Uncle Greg...Great HDR shot !!

8 more sleeps !!

POTD....

 

[NC State]

Jud, when is your next trip to WDW?

 

[mom2rtk]

Thanks. Funny you should ask that. I add a little soft focus to a lot of my shots. Sometimes it's Gaussian blur, other times it's with pre defined filters in processing. The reason I say funny you should ask is because in this shot I decided not to add any soft focus effects and see how people liked it. It is an HDR so maybe that contributed here...but I didn't add anything intentionally.

Well, I had noticed it in your other posts as well. I think I would describe this one as having a "glow" as opposed to a soft focus, but I do like it.

 

[eeyoreland]

So many of these pictures are amazing!!! I can only dream of taking pictures like these so please keep them coming. Just confirmed a February trip so while just a few short weeks ago I was looking at the pictures and sighing because I wasn't sure when I'd be back, now I can look at them and count down until our trip.

 

[bellebookworm9]

Once we got to our room, check out the view: (Looking to the left, that's the bus stop).

 

[lugnut33]

 

[Mayra]

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