Picture of the Day October 17th, 2012

[PythonFan888]

wdwensel:
senecabeach: Not bad at all!

Friday Fisheye:

Fisheye Friday - Inside The Seas Pavilion by Allen Castillo, on Flickr

 

[Uncle Greg]

Splash by Uncle_Greg, on Flickr

 

[wdwensel]

wdwensel ..... I'd like to use your "gorgeous" train station shot as my pc background...if its OK with you???

I'm very OK with it. Go right ahead.

Is that a picture of the Train Station from this year? I don't remember seeing Christmas trees there before.

Yes, it is. Taken on November 19th of this year.

Wonderful!

Perfect shot!!!!!!

wdwensel:

Thank you everyone!!!!


Here is the Christmas tree at Hollywood Studios:

 

[Kaewin]

Just catching up and Bill your really rocked. Excellent shots. I need a couple lenses I have just the "starter" ones. Should I go for more of a low light, fish eye or telephoto? I need a tripod most of all.

Ok picked by my son who is cutting school at McDonalds. (They have the McRib and trying not to get a second).

Here I go.

 

[bellebookworm9]

 

[wdwensel]

Just catching up and Bill your really rocked. Excellent shots. I need a couple lenses I have just the "starter" ones. Should I go for more of a low light, fish eye or telephoto? I need a tripod most of all.

First off, thank you! Secondly, a lens choice is very very much a personal choice, not to mention an expensive one. The lens I used in almost every one of my shots is my general "walk-around" lens (which is in need of being replaced as it has some nicks on the glass). I had two other lenses with me, a telephoto that I only used for two shots, and a low light lens, which I only used on a couple of rides. Everything else I shot was with my main lens. As far as picking which lens you want, a good place to start is a place like borrowlenses.com. You can rent a lens for a day or two, or how ever long you want, and then try it out to see if you want to plunk down the money on it. My two previous trips, I rented a wide-angle (that stopped just short of fish-eye). I enjoyed it, but am not ready to plunk down the cash for it. My personal process is to look at lenses on Amazon just to read the customer reviews. Then check out the lens on a site that lets you borrow them. As far as a tripod, I can't state enough how much a tripod is needed to get good night time shots. Yes, it's a pain to carry around the park, but looking at the photos it helps you get should make it worth it.

 

[STEAMBOAT209]

 

[Kathy Jetson]

Ya know, I am really thinking of doing a new "topical" video of Disney pics...



Jud

Butts from around the World?

 

[Kathy Jetson]

 

[cyndiella]

Butts from around the World?

snicker

 

[loribeth]

Mickey's Once Upon A Christmastime Parade by disneylori, on Flickr

 

[traylorc]

Tigger and Pooh Sledding by traylorc, on Flickr

 

[tink2044]

 

[ejud]

Butts from around the World?

Bingo!



Jud

 

[ejud]

Thank you everyone!!!!

Here is the Christmas tree at Hollywood Studios:

I was at the TTC a few hours ago, once again trying to vid Christmas Wishes, and there was another fellow there and I helped him out with where to stand and such; as I stood by watching my two cameras do their vid thing, I noticed despite his awesome tripod and camera, he was doing stills... so after I went up and chatted him up a bit, he showed me what he got- some good stuff, mostly a matter of timing, which I had noticed during the shoot- he had a remote... He also had a D7000... and apparently little knowledge of what is going on picture wise on the net. I asked if he had ever heard or seen pics by WDWensel... anyway, he was talking settings and stuff, and I told him you had finally thrown that away and gone with your gut and done the images! As in done, no need for anyone else to shoot that ever again... hoping he looks you up...

PS: that shot above? That's my shot! Ya, mine ain't as pretty, but shooting that from there? That was me.



Jud

 

[senecabeach]

 

[cyndiella]

 

[STEAMBOAT209]

 

[Dznefreek]

not really World related but my wife picked this up at an estate sale for me

 

[Kaewin]

First off, thank you! Secondly, a lens choice is very very much a personal choice, not to mention an expensive one. The lens I used in almost every one of my shots is my general "walk-around" lens (which is in need of being replaced as it has some nicks on the glass). I had two other lenses with me, a telephoto that I only used for two shots, and a low light lens, which I only used on a couple of rides. Everything else I shot was with my main lens. As far as picking which lens you want, a good place to start is a place like borrowlenses.com. You can rent a lens for a day or two, or how ever long you want, and then try it out to see if you want to plunk down the money on it. My two previous trips, I rented a wide-angle (that stopped just short of fish-eye). I enjoyed it, but am not ready to plunk down the cash for it. My personal process is to look at lenses on Amazon just to read the customer reviews. Then check out the lens on a site that lets you borrow them. As far as a tripod, I can't state enough how much a tripod is needed to get good night time shots. Yes, it's a pain to carry around the park, but looking at the photos it helps you get should make it worth it.

I am really thinking of some kind of telephoto or at least a better range. I see alot of shots on here and they have so much more close-ups from what I have from about the same spot and that is what I want. Also it would be nice for when my kids perform at school I would be able to get a closer image of them instead of at a distance. I guess the biggest part is how close do I want to get. i saw one on Amazon last year that had a high focus that one person said it was so good you could see an ant fart. Don't think I need that kind of lens. Mine is 18-55mm and the ones I was looking at were about 175-200. I will have to see if a place around here has a lens rental like you mentioned.