photo sharing: wishes

[jillyb]

Here is a pic from the Halloween version - Hallo-Wishes

Very nice! It's my goal to one day be at WDW at Halloween. Thanks for sharing!

 

[oregondaddyof2]

It was so much fun last year, that we are going again this year for Halloween... Last year was a 9 day trip, this year is 14 days!!

 

[jillyb]

14 days would be

 

[The Sloan Ranger]

Beautiful shots everyone.

 

[jeromine]

Wow they are very very beautiful pics,,,, but there is no Cinderella in that,,,,

 

[HdnOut2WDW]

These are some great pictures. Was wondering what setting you use on your camera to take them. I have a Sony Cybershot and really have no idea how to take pictures like those with it. Any help would be great. TIA

 

[oregondaddyof2]

These are some great pictures. Was wondering what setting you use on your camera to take them. I have a Sony Cybershot and really have no idea how to take pictures like those with it. Any help would be great. TIA

Not sure on a Point and Shoot... I have a dSLR and so I used my manual settings... You have to adjust for a longer shutter speed and an open aperature so that more light gets taken in... You can go to the Photography section of the forums, and there are links on how to shoot fireworks, how to shoot night shots, and other helpful guides...

 

[CaptainCook]

Hi everyone,

I am home from vacation and now putting together a scrapbook of our trip. And only now is it hitting me that while I took video of Wishes from the Poly beach... I neglected to capture any photos. (And taking a screenshot from my video would look pretty poor indeed!)



Just wondering if anyone has any shots they would be willing to share? And if I can't locate anything from a Poly vantage... do you have a general Wishes shot you would not mind me printing for personal use?

Thanks!

Carrie

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Not the greatest but here you go.

 

[alan]

Hi Carrie,

I've got a fwe of the 4th July version of Wishes from the poly on my trip report here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2268415

Give me a shout if you'd like a larger version of any of them,

regards,
/alan

 

[CaptainCook]

Thank you both so much! I wound up using 2 photos, one from each of you. I really appreciate your sharing!

 

[WDWFigment]

I thought I had a thread going with these, but maybe that was elsewhere...anyway, shot with the Tokina 11-16



Clicking the picture takes you to its Flickr page, where you can view/download a larger copy, access my camera settings EXIF data, or navigate to other shots. It really does look better large, in my opinion.

 

[Ju Ju Bean]

I have lens envy.

 

[VVFF]

Since I don't think the D90 has ISO 100, I wonder if this might have been a good time for that ND filter. I would imagine you could get a bit sharper shot if taken a stop or two lower than F/20 and still have the same exposure time.

Cool angle though...need 1 more mm to get the "Partners" statue in a bit farther.

 

[WDWFigment]

Since I don't think the D90 has ISO 100, I wonder if this might have been a good time for that ND filter. I would imagine you could get a bit sharper shot if taken a stop or two lower than F/20 and still have the same exposure time.

Cool angle though...need 1 more mm to get the "Partners" statue in a bit farther.

Yep, I cannot wait to shoot fireworks with an ND filter (which I still haven't purchased, but I've narrowed it to the B+W 110 (10 stop), 106 (6 stop), or this thing called the Fader ND filter. Decisions, decisions.

 

[VVFF]

Yep, I cannot wait to shoot fireworks with an ND filter (which I still haven't purchased, but I've narrowed it to the B+W 110 (10 stop), 106 (6 stop), or this thing called the Fader ND filter. Decisions, decisions.

If you want it for this purpose I'd definitely get the 6 stop. I think the 10 stop might be excessive for fireworks. For example to get the exact same shutter speed as this shot you would have been at about F2.8-4 with the 6 stop ND, which is probably on the large side for fireworks. May not be an issue though if you nail the hyperfocal distance thought at 11mm.

You can imaging that the 10 stop ND would need its shutter speed lengthened for an acceptable aperture. Maybe this is what you are looking for though.

 

[jupster75]

I have lens envy.

I said the same thing in the other wide angle lens thread.

 

[Golf4food]

Do tell more about using an ND for fireworks - I just got one for use with fountains on an upcoming trip to Savannah, etc. but had not considered using it at night (seems counter-intuative at first, but thinking more it does make sense for fireworks). I'd love to hear more about the technique.

ETA: btw - love the shot, Tom. (Commented on the Flickr page, then forgot to comment here when I asked about the ND filter, lol)

 

[annnewjerz]

Do tell more about using an ND for fireworks - I just got one for use with fountains on an upcoming trip to Savannah, etc. but had not considered using it at night (seems counter-intuative at first, but thinking more it does make sense for fireworks). I'd love to hear more about the technique.

ETA: btw - love the shot, Tom. (Commented on the Flickr page, then forgot to comment here when I asked about the ND filter, lol)

With an ND filter on for fireworks, you should be able to get longer fireworks trails, etc. without having to worry as much about blown highlights. You'll also be able to keep your lens in it's sweet spot of f/8-f/11 (or whatever) rather than stopping down to f/16 or higher when you might experience some diffraction.

 

[boBQuincy]

Most of my fireworks photos are taken at ISO 100 and f/16, a 2 stop ND filter would be about right to get to the optimum aperture. I have a 3 stop (8x) ND and may try it on the next WDW trip (in 2 months). For more bursts the layering technique works well, it is fairly easy to add things to a black sky!