Show Me: Dark Rides & Shows (Really)

[Gdad]

Let's see your best efforts to capture those difficult shots taken without flash in the darker rides and shows. And please take a minute to post the EXIF data and/or describe your process so the rest of us that struggle with this.

 

[Gdad]

I'll start- Here is one from the Jungle Cruise after dark. This was taken with my D50 w/ the 50/1.8 for 1/25 second exposure. ISO 1600. Shot in RAW then set WB to Tungsten, mild noise reduction, and adjusted levels.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

This is from the Little Mermaid show at MGM. It was taken with a Canon 1DM2 with a Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS lens at 200mm. Av mode, 1/60 second, f/2.8, ISO 1600. Show in RAW using auto WB. IS mode 1. Evaluative metering (should have used spot and metered off of her face). Exposure correction. A bit of noise reduction and sharpening.

 

[LMarge]

This is from the Little Mermaid show at MGM. It was taken with a Canon 1DM2 with a Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS lens at 200mm. Av mode, 1/60 second, f/2.8, ISO 1600. Show in RAW using auto WB. IS mode 1. Evaluative metering (should have used spot and metered off of her face). Exposure correction. A bit of noise reduction and sharpening.

Great photo, but my hair hurts trying to read and understand all of that!!!

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Great photo, but my hair hurts trying to read and understand all of that!!!

The simplified version: spent gobs of money on a big heavy camera and lens, lugged them to the Little Mermaid show, pressed some buttons, turned some dials, forgot to press one more button, pointed, and shot. Then I loaded the picture in the computer, pressed the button I forgot to press earlier, cleaned it up a bit, and posted it.

 

[boBQuincy]

The simplified version: spent gobs of money on a big heavy camera and lens, lugged them to the Little Mermaid show, pressed some buttons, turned some dials, forgot to press one more button, pointed, and shot. Then I loaded the picture in the computer, pressed the button I forgot to press earlier, cleaned it up a bit, and posted it.

Yep, that's it in a nutshell! Since big heavy cameras have come down in price you can now get similar results for only 1/2 gobs of money but it still isn't easy or cheap.

Here is one from Spaceship Earth:

and one from Splash Mountain:

and the websites they came from:
http://www.mindspring.com/~bobquincy2/wdw/sse/sse.html
http://www.mindspring.com/~bobquincy2/wdw/splash/splash.html

 

[Steve's Girl]

Great Movie Ride ISO 1100 f3.5 1/15. I would have preferred to use my 50mm lens on this ride, but used the 18-200 since I was afraid the 50 mm would not have been wide enough. This photo was taken at 18mm.

Tower of Terror ISO 1600 f4.2 1/25. VR really helps, but at 4.2, really had to up the ISO.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Fantasmic!

Canon 1DM2 with Canon 7-200 f/2.8 IS. Taken at ISO 1600, 1/200s, f/2.8, 200mm, cropped.

ISO 1600, 1/20s, f/2.8, 175mm.

ISO 1600, 1/500s, f/2.8, 200mm.

 

[Amy]

These photos are awesome, esp. the ones of Fantasmic! Do I dare hope to get any shots remotely close with my Canon S3 IS???

 

[GrumpyOne]

The stuff he was using is a step or two higher grade than the S3 is. While I have no doubt that you'll get some good pics, what he was using excels at low light situations.

At least you can rest easy that your kit is a lot easier to carry around.

I have to agree, awesome pics. I have to assume you meant 70-200, I couldn't imagine what a 7-200 f/2.8 IS Canon lens would cost.

 

[Gdad]

Here are a couple from POTC-

D50 w/ 105/2.8VR wide open at ISO 1600

 

[YEKCIM]

Here are a couple from POTC-

D50 w/ 105/2.8VR wide open at ISO 1600

Nice shots, Jeff; still waiting on that YETI shot, though!

~Ed

 

[Blueyed Girl]

These are all with my "point & shoot" type digi-cam. With my "good camera" (Canon Rebel) I still use film. I have not had the blessing of upgrading my digital camera yet. I'd also like to point out that these were taken with the auto setting as I am still learning when it comes to dark/night shots. So, with that said here are a couple of my "auto setting-try to keep a steady hand" photos inside The Great Movie Ride. Some are better than others.

Camera: Sony DSC-S600
Exposure: 0.125 sec (1/8)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.1 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Camera: Sony DSC-S600
Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 7.6 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

 

[Groucho]

Here's a couple Spectro shots... always a challenging subject.

The lens was the Pentax 50mm F1.4. ISO for both is 1600. The first photo was shot in Aperture Priority, F1.7, 1/500th second. The second was shutter priority, 1/90th second, F1.4, +1.50 exposure compensation (without the EC, you wouldn't catch the details of the costume, just the lights.) Metering was "multi-segment" according to the exif, which I believe means that it was the default entire-frame metering.

I didn't really try many dark ride on-ride photos, but here's a couple from Snow White's Scary Adventures. Pentax 50mm F1.4 again, Program mode (I think the ride stopped so I shot these without preparing), spot metering, ISO 1600. The first is 1/60th at F2.0, the second is 1/125th at F2.0.

Here's one that I kind of like, it's something you rarely see photographed and while the results weren't stellar, I think they're not too bad. The Space Mountain queue!

This was with my Zenitar 16mm fisheye, which means full manual mode, ISO 1600, shutter of 1/6th of a second (I wish I had the IS of the K100D or K10D), spot metering. The aperture isn't recorded with this lens but I'm assuming that I had it set to the max (F2.8) or very close.

Next trip, I plan to attack some more dark rides with the 50mm F1.4 or perhaps a wider F1.8 lens.

 

[wdwmom2]

These photos are awesome, esp. the ones of Fantasmic! Do I dare hope to get any shots remotely close with my Canon S3 IS???

Here are my S3 shots. Camera set on P mode, 800 ISO, and I let her rip !!! I really do need to experiment with more settings . Oh, and then I ran the pics through my noiseware program . Sorry they are not Disney related, they are from our Freedom of the Seas cruise last month.

 

[diznylnd]

Tiki room DL taken with Canon S2

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Here are a bunch from around the Magic Kingdom

Buzz Lightyear. ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/40s, 35mm. I did some exposure correction on Buzz's face, which was much brighter than his body.

Winnie the Pooh Ride. ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/60s, 64mm

Snow White's Scary Adventure. ISO 1600, f/3.5, 1/250s, 175mm

Hall of Presidents. ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/40s, 160mm

Tiki Room. ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/250s, 200mm

ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/15, 135mm

ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/100s, 135mm

Spectromagic. Taken with Canon 10D. EXIF not present. I can go look it up if anyone is dying to know.

 

[YEKCIM]

Here are a bunch from around the Magic Kingdom

Nice work, Mark. As Darth Vader says, "Impressive...most impressive".

~Ed

 

[LMarge]

Great shots everyone!! And you're right - my load will be a lot lighter since I'll only be totin' my little S2IS!!! The shot from the Tiki room gives me hope, that I may be able to get a few that are usable for the old scrapbook!! Keep the inspiration coming!! A gals gotta dream about that mega camera outfit right!!

 

[Amy]

Those of you showing an ISO of 1600 - you ARE running the photos thru Noiseware, aren't you? Or are you going to tell me that when you use a dSLR and shoot at ISO 1600 you don't get noise? Those photos are perfect!