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Monorail Monday: Resort Monorail – Teal

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Monorail Monday

On my last trip to Walt Disney World I discovered the joy of going to the parks lite. There were numerous times I just grabbed the camera, a single lens and headed out for adventure. No long lines to have my bag checked by security. No worrying if the backpack will fit in a locker along with the tripod and everything else I normally haul into a park. It was a game changer for me.

This image of the Monorail Teal leaving the Magic Kingdom station is a result of that lite mode of operation. I had the camera on its strap and as soon as I noticed the monorail leaving the station as I was walking up to the park entranced I started firing away. Normally the camera would still have been its backpack for the eventual search at bag check.

Resort Monorail - Teal Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/800s, 58mm, f/11, ISO 400

Resort Monorail – Teal
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/800s, 58mm, f/11, ISO 400

Flying Gauntlet

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Rayhill Memorial Trail

I have not walked the Rayhill Memorial Trail at all this year. Last night was looking like it was going to be a good sunset and I needed to get outside after a long week at work. I started at the opposite end of the trail than I normally do, figuring walking into the sunset would provide better image opportunities. It did, but boy did I have to walk through an onslaught of bugs! Those big patches of light specks in the image are the bugs!

Flying Gauntlet Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 200

Flying Gauntlet
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 200

Painted Cottage

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Painted Disney

It has been quite a while since I converted one of my images to look like a painting. I was working on this image of the cottage from the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride in Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom and thought it would look could if I applied the painted look. I do like how it turned out. I sometimes get caught up in presenting a photograph, I forget to let the creative side come out and play… 🙂

Painted Cottage Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Painted Cottage
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Wordless Wednesday: Standing Tall

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Wordless Wednesday
Squared – SQ70

Standing Tall Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/1250s, 70mm, f/5.6, ISO 400

Standing Tall
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/1250s, 70mm, f/5.6, ISO 400