Category Archives: WDW in B&W

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

Space Mountain

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WDW in B&W – WBW02
Tomorrowland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

Do you ever get a concept for an image in your head and then when you attempt to execute it just doesn’t look right? That was me yesterday morning. I had an idea for something I thought would look cool and the conditions appeared to be in my favor (at least at home). When I arrived at my locations the sky was clear with nothing to help add color and interest to my concept. I tried! I really did but it was just not working, so I bought some donut holes and went back home to drown my sorrows… LOL!

I’ll keep the concept in the back of my head for another day.

What you get instead is another look at my Walt Disney World in Black & White series. I’m including the original color version as well for this post as I think it works as an interesting image too. I like the starkness of the all white Space Mountain building against a cloud-filled sky with just a hint of additional color from the sign.  It might actually be a stronger image than my conversion to B&W.

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Space Mountain

Space Mountain
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/4000s, f/2.8, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: WDW in B&W &emdash; Space Mountain - BW

Space Mountain
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/4000s, f/2.8, ISO 200

The Forbidden One

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WDW in B&W – WBW01
Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World

 

MLCreations Photography: WDW in B&W &emdash; The Forbidden One

The Forbidden One
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/250s, f/16, ISO 400