Lots of Disneyland Pictures for those of you who rarely come to the Disneyland Boards

[TheLionKing]

This thread is devoted to people who like to look at pictures and photo enthusiasts. If you don't really care how the picture was taken, then just enjoy the pictures and skip the commentary.

I am trying to keep up with the Master... Mr. Murphy

Pictures were from Sept 21

Yesterday was a GREAT Day....

Did some morning work stuff on my way down to Anaheim. Stopped at my framers to frame up some Disney art work I bought at the Disneyana Event.

Arrived at Disneyland around 12 and had lunch at the rainforest cafe. I had a 10 dollar gift certificate to burn. Had Chowder and an Oriental Salad. Good value and I couldn't finish it all.

Went into California Adventure to see the Animation Building and if there was anything new. Headed into WWTBAM-PI and got into the Hot Seat on the second show by a lucky guess. Who knew Robert Watson was the "Father of Behavioural Psychology"?

I got my 32,000 point Polo shirt with the help of the audience. and missed the 128,000 question. It was a toss up between alpabetical versus date of induction on how the flags at the united nations are arranged. My phone a complete stranger sounded pretty sure it was date of admission. Thinking back, a lot of the countries were probably admitted the day the UN was created.... It's alphabetical. Oh well, still got the shirt. Now I have one from WDW and one from California Adventure.

The Tower of Terror is rising from the ground.

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Headed over to Disneyland to really put the new camera to the test.

Took the obligatory picture of the Partners with the fill in flash. that is why the statue looks grayer.

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The Parade of Stars was another good subject.

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That picture is for MaryJo and Lesley. They are always drooling over Tarzan!!!!


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Nice picture of the the gang with the Matterhorn in the background.


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The Matterhorn was being repaired and you could see where they cut into the mountain.


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The Mark Twain with Big Thunder Mountain in the background.


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I always like to get two icons in the same shot!!!



It was starting to get dark which meant I could start experimenting with my Flash!!!


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No flash here, just a picture of the Matterhron lit up at night.


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It's A Small World topiary done with a fill in flash.


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This has a delayed flash so the slight blur gives it a sense of motion. I have no idea who those people are. . It took me about 10 shots to get this one right. Thank goodness for digital cameras.!!!!


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Here is a day shot of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. I love getting that rock formation in my pictures.


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This was another tough shot to do and it took me several to get it right. This is a timed late flash. If you take the flash right away, there is not enough open shutter time to pick up the rock formation in the background. That is why the smokestack has a little transparency to it and it looks a little like a ghost image just in that spot.


Taking pictures of Fantasmic is a real challenge without a tripod. The shutter speed is kind of slow and that creates blur if the characters or my hands are shaking. The one shot of Sorcerer Mickey was with a 300 mm lens. This lens was especially prone to shaking since the shutter speed was about 1/3 of a second. I was having a real difficult time until I upped my ISO to 1000. Even still, Mickey was blurry most of the time. The pictures of the MArk Twain and the Dragon where taken with a slightly faster lens and I was closer to the subjects.

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So the park was closing. On my way out I took another picture of the Partners with the castle illuminated.


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And I just love the windows at the emporium with Lilo and Stitch.


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Was this TMI?

 

[minniecarousel]

Great pix! That reminds me, I will have to go down to DCA once Tower of Terror opens - it's one of my favorites!

 

[Grog]

Great pics

 

[PandyPaws]

Thanks, Dave. It's nice to see pics taken at Disneyland, we get so used to seeing Disney World. Some very nice shots there indeed

 

[janette]

Great pictures! I like the instructions on how you did them. I just need a digital that will do it

 

[helenabear]

Wonderful pictures!! I really like that night shot of BTM with the train in it... very neat to compare night & day! Great instructions too! What kind of camera do you have? Sounds like you have some good flash options with it! Thanks so much for sharing the pics & how you took them

 

[Patrick IL.]

These are outstanding Dave! I really want to get back to DL sometime, its been many years.

 

[glo]

These are awesome Dave!! I have never been to DL and would love to go someday...I know who to call for my tour guide though... Thanks for posting these...loved them!!!

 

[Brisully]

Spectacular shots Dave. What kind of camera are you using???

 

[supercarrie]

Thank you SO much for these pics. I was going to go last night, and then again this morning, with different people, and I had to turn both invitations down due to homework. But these helped me get my DL fill for the week.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Great pictures, Dave, thanks for sharing. Sure would like to be there, a great park it is. Really miss it, and all the nice folks I got to share time with there. Let's get the camera specs, Dave, we need to know about your newest toy.

I like Carrie's statement of getting her DL fix for the week. I need a fix for year, LOL.

I always knew the Partners statue was taller than the 'little' Castle, Dave.

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[DocRafiki]

Very nice.

 

[TheLionKing]

Dan, we Disneyland AP holders prefer the term "quaint" rather than "little" or "small" when describing our castle.

 

[UncleKyle]

Great pics! Thanks!

 

[olena]

I just loved these! Thanks so much!!!!

 

[Credit Man]

Great pics! Thanks for posting.

 

[Patrick IL.]

Originally posted by TheLionKing
Dan, we Disneyland AP holders prefer the term "quaint" rather than "little" or "small" when describing our castle.

LOL!!!!

 

[tiggerlover]

Great pictures, thanks for sharing them. I have never been to DL and it was nice to see.

 

[Marla Hellwig]

Dave - great pictures - thanks for giving me my Disneyland fix this morning

 

[Rajah]

I shouldn't have looked at this thread -- now I REALLY want to go back to DL!

Great pics, Dave!!!