Category Archives: monochrome

Old Key West

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WDW in B&W – WBW04
Old Key West Resort, Walt Disney World

I suppose I should give everyone a warning now… I am 26 days away from a vacation to Florida so my posts until I leave might be overwhelmed with images of Disney or the Florida coast. I am also going through my Disney directories, collecting and/or creating a series of black & white images in the hopes of making a book as a personal project.  I’ll try not to be too obnoxious about it.  🙂

In March 2014 I broke out of a rut and booked a stay at the Old Key West resort.  It is the first vacation club resort created by Disney and I had always read great reviews.  Other than being very spread out and requiring transportation within the resort I enjoyed my stay a lot.  As with every Disney resort there were plenty of opportunities for me to capture great images.  These are a few of the ‘keepers’ which I thought worked well as B&W images.

 

MLCreations Photography: WDW in B&W &emdash; Hospitality House

Hospitality House
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/125s, f/11, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: WDW in B&W &emdash; Beautiful Days

Beautiful Days
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/200s, 26mm, f/14, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: WDW in B&W &emdash; Reflected Lighthouse

Reflected Lighthouse
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 15s, 17mm, f/16, ISO 640

Across Crescent Lake

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WDW in B&W – WBW03
Crescent Lake Area

 

MLCreations Photography: WDW in B&W &emdash; Across Crescent Lake

Across Crescent Lake
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/200s, 24mm, f/11, ISO 200

Thunderstruck

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Frontierland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

My apologies to AC/DC up front. The title felt appropriate.  Here is an image of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad that I decided to play with a little.  The original image was not terrible but it was a bit lackluster.

I wanted more drama in the sky which gave me the idea of ‘tweaking’ it myself in Photoshop.  I placed the original sky on a separate layer, enlarged it a little and then applied a radial blur.  The origin of the blur is a third from the bottom in the center.  This location gave the sky a more natural movement and highlighted the silhouette of the ride the way I envisioned it.

 

MLCreations Photography: WDW in B&W &emdash; Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/400s, 17mm, f/8, ISO 200

Coming Into the Station

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Monorail Monday
Epcot, Walt Disney World

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Coming Into the Station

Coming Into the Station
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/500s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 400