Motion Blur

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Imagination Pavilion, Future World, Epcot

Mondays are always difficult. The start of another work week. The first get up after a relaxing weekend. But they are also known in my Disney Photography world as Monorail Monday. I have posted lots of monorail images and as any frequent reader will know I have a thing for those darn monorails. 🙂

Today’s monorail image is a little different. It is more of a hint of monorail image than anything else. I also have a thing for photographing the reverse waterfall at the Imagination Pavilion in Epcot. This image combines those two favorites.

I was right in the middle of the evening blue hour. The sky still had that deep blue color and near the horizon you can catch a glimpse of the sun reflecting off the clouds. I setup the tripod with the thought of capturing the monorail as it approached the waterfalls. In order to freeze the monorail I would have had to increase my ISO to get a fast enough shutter speed.

I went in the other direction. I triggered the shutter as the monorail approached and captured the whole passing in a 25 second exposure. This allowed for a nice smoothing of the waterfall and monorail.  You can still make out a few distinguishing features of the monorail…  the red stripe, the white body and the window area.  The headlight created a great reflection in the water.

MLCreations Photography: Epcot &emdash; Motion Blur

Motion Blur
Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 25s, 12mm, f/11, ISO 200

Light & Shadow

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Spaceship Earth, Future World, Epcot

MLCreations Photography: Epcot &emdash; Light & Shadow

Light & Shadow
Olympus OM-D E-M10, M. Zuiko 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II R, 1/1250s, 41mm, f/8, ISO 200

Boardwalk Glow

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Crescent Lake, Walt Disney World

I am going to go with the excuse that I have not been feeling well and that work has been really hectic as the reason for not venturing out with the camera of late. That is my story and I am going to stick with it. So that leaves me looking through my photo library for something interesting to show.

I seem to be stuck on night/pre-dawn/sundown type images recently. I know I can attribute this fixation on the fun I had during my vacation over Christmas. I came away with quite a few great images and it sparked a desire to learn more.

This image is from my October trip to Walt Disney World. An early morning walk around Crescent Lake which ended up having a very foggy sunrise. This is the Yacht Club Lighthouse looking toward the Boardwalk about thirty minutes before the official sunrise. Usually there would be wonderful deep blues in the sky and if there were only a hint of clouds the morning colors would be bouncing off of them. What I captured is the glow of the Boardwalk lights soaking into the clouds and fog.  The colors create a different mood but they work together.

MLCreations Photography: Around WDW &emdash; Boardwalk Glow

Boardwalk Glow
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 20s, 21mm, f/16, ISO 200

Nine Dragons

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China Pavilion, World Showcase, Epcot, Walt Disney World

There are a few locations in Epcot that I always spend extra time exploring. The China Pavilion is one of those places. Visually, there is a lot happening in the pavilion. I love the architecture, colors and layout of the entire area. Normally, I am photographing the Temple of Heaven but honestly there is not a bad direction to point your camera.

This image is captured near the stairs into the Temple looking back across the lily pond toward the Nine Dragons restaurant. The bold primary colors with the building, sky and shrubbery make everything jump out at me. I love the reflection in the water and the lines formed by the lily pads pointing toward the building.

This is actually two images blended together, not as an HDR image but to remove a few distractions.  Normally I would have been using a tripod but the two images were captured handheld  so combining them involved a few extra steps.  If anyone is interested in the process, leave a comment and I’ll create a post of how I created this image.

MLCreations Photography: Epcot &emdash; Nine Dragons


Nine Dragons
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/125s, 12mm, f/11, ISO 200

Florida Silhouette

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Indian River near Melbourne, FL

I apologize but I am still stuck back in that vacation week at Christmas. It is more the days at work than the weather that keeps bringing me back to that week and the enjoyment I had going out each morning for pictures. My first excursion for sunrise pics not at Disney produced a great many ‘keepers’. There was something about the silhouetted palm trees that just says Florida to me.

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Florida Silhouette

Florida Silhouette
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 0.8s, 12mm, f/16, ISO 200

September Falls

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Pixley Falls State Park

We interrupt this fine winter day to jump back to September for a little color. I haven’t had a chance to venture out much with the camera even though there has been some beautiful sunsets. I’m hoping the weekend will provide me a few good picture opportunities. I thought it would be nice to look back at a colorful September day at Pixley Falls State Park.

MLCreations Photography: Landscapes &emdash; September Falls

September Falls
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 0.6s, 17mm, f/20, ISO 100

Wordless Wednesday: Chained

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In the Shop – ITS17
Squared – SQ82

MLCreations Photography: In The Shop &emdash; Chained

Chained
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 200