Universal and/or IoA Picture of the day 2

[Metro West]

Construction on the new Cabana Bay Beach Hotel:

 

[johamna]

Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey / Hogwarts by Hamilton!, on Flickr

 

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[johamna]

Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Hogwarts by Hamilton!, on Flickr

 

[jediobiwan]

Not to answer for johamna but a fisheye lens was used. You see a lot of bad fisheye pics in real estate photos to get a whole room in one shot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisheye_lens

 

[johamna]

OOOOO!!! AHHHH!!!! I really like this one. How did you achieve the swirly-tilt effect?

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner! Jediobiwan beat me to it, but yes, this was taken with a fisheye lens. They're super fun to shoot with and create this distortion inherently, so there's nothing else you need to do other than hit the shutter


Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Bridge to Hogwarts by Hamilton!, on Flickr

 

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[cbdmhgp]

I have her too from both years, but I am only going to post this one from May 2013:

2012's was the same exact pic, but thinner.

I feel so dumb for not knowing this...but where is this?!?

 

[Metro West]

I feel so dumb for not knowing this...but where is this?!?

Both the Velociraptor and the Phantom of the Opera statue are located in the lobby of the Pantages Theater...home of the Horror Make Up Show.

 

[Nellas Elensar]

Both the Velociraptor and the Phantom of the Opera statue are located in the lobby of the Pantages Theater...home of the Horror Make Up Show.

Yeah. I remember when the park first opened, the Phantom statue used to stand in the middle of the lobby, surrounded by seats (below the chandelier). When time came for the show, the statue would "speak" and the chandelier would sway back and forth. It scared the bejeezes out of me (I was only about 8 or so then).

A pic of the chandelier, from May 2013:

 

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