Share Your Disney Ornaments
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makinorlando
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Tara decorated our tree this weekend. I think she has a calling! It looks awesome. We have quite a few ornaments, I will have to take some photos! Gives me a reason to stop working!
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Well, this isn't an ORNAMENT per se, but it is around our tree, and it is Disney-related!
We went out and cut down our tree this afternoon and so I was able to put our monorail about the tree for the first time. (Which my 20-month-old went bonkers for!) I thought it might be fun to do something a little artsy...
This was done by putting the camera on a low tripod (actually I used the Clamperpod stuck on the thick, square leg of an old telescope tripod), setting it to bulb mode and manual focus, trying a couple different apertures, and using a remote shutter release. I'd back the monorail up enough to give me a few seconds, then as it came into view (not through the viewfinder - too low - but composing ahead of time and knowing when it's be in frame) I'd open the shutter for 2-2.5 seconds, and just before closing the shutter, I'd fire my very old flash unit from my 35mm (loose, not attached to a camera.) The first photo, I shot it directly at the scene and it was completely blown out. After that, I shot it in the opposite direction, and there were enough reflections to give a ghostly image on the monorail, with a trail from its green headlights. When all was said and done, I did a little color tweaking and cleanup, and voila.
The background could use a little improving (like not having a power outlet there) but I was just experimenting while a movie was on the TV.
(edit: I had to redo the URL as I created higher-quality resizes on my site and the folders changed.)
We went out and cut down our tree this afternoon and so I was able to put our monorail about the tree for the first time. (Which my 20-month-old went bonkers for!) I thought it might be fun to do something a little artsy...
This was done by putting the camera on a low tripod (actually I used the Clamperpod stuck on the thick, square leg of an old telescope tripod), setting it to bulb mode and manual focus, trying a couple different apertures, and using a remote shutter release. I'd back the monorail up enough to give me a few seconds, then as it came into view (not through the viewfinder - too low - but composing ahead of time and knowing when it's be in frame) I'd open the shutter for 2-2.5 seconds, and just before closing the shutter, I'd fire my very old flash unit from my 35mm (loose, not attached to a camera.) The first photo, I shot it directly at the scene and it was completely blown out. After that, I shot it in the opposite direction, and there were enough reflections to give a ghostly image on the monorail, with a trail from its green headlights. When all was said and done, I did a little color tweaking and cleanup, and voila.
The background could use a little improving (like not having a power outlet there) but I was just experimenting while a movie was on the TV.
(edit: I had to redo the URL as I created higher-quality resizes on my site and the folders changed.)
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My new tripod arrived today so I figured that was a good excuse to take another few shots...
I actually took the photo at every aperture that my 50mm would go at, 1.4 to 22, to compare how the different shots look. Talk about a difference in depth of field at the two extremes! At F22, everything you can see was in focus. At the low ones (like this one - F2.0), I couldn't keep the hands and the eyes in focus at the same time. I also hadn't noticed that apparently their noses broke off at some point!
I actually took the photo at every aperture that my 50mm would go at, 1.4 to 22, to compare how the different shots look. Talk about a difference in depth of field at the two extremes! At F22, everything you can see was in focus. At the low ones (like this one - F2.0), I couldn't keep the hands and the eyes in focus at the same time. I also hadn't noticed that apparently their noses broke off at some point!
nicolemarie
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Great pics!
Here are a few of mine...
Here are a few of mine...
Jeanne B
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I feel like an outcast, my one and only Disney ornament. After many trips to WDW I just purchased this on our Disney cruise a week ago. 
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