Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World
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Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/4000s, 12mm, f/5.6, ISO 800
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The 60’s
Pop Century Resort, Walt Disney World
The 60’s
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1s, 13mm, f/16, ISO 400
The Duke
The Great Movie Ride, Hollywood Studios
The Great Movie Ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios was originally sponsored by MGM. When the theme park opened it was originally named Disney-MGM Studios. Recently Disney worked a deal with Turner Classic Movies to sponsor the ride and the show was refurbished. I hadn’t experienced the new ride but I took the opportunity this trip to not only see the changes but cool off during a hot day at the park.
This ride is quite the challenge to photograph. Not only are you on a constantly moving vehicle, the lighting is not to promote pictures. I was finally able to capture the John Wayne scene but I struggled with the processing to get the color right. I know it might be a bit of a crutch but I ended up converting this image to B&W which I think works really well.
The Duke
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/100s, 21mm, f/2.8, ISO 6400
Dinosaur Gertie
Echo Lake, Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World
Dinosaur Gertie
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, {0.5, 1/5 & 1/13s bracket}, 19mm ,f/16, ISO 200
Generation Gap Bridge
Pop Century Resort, Walt Disney World
I know! Only a few days ago I blogged an image of this bridge. But that was a sunset image and this is a sunrise. And that image was looking toward Art of Animation and this is looking toward Pop Century. Totally different… 🙂
On Sunday morning I walked across Generation Gap Bridge to the Art of Animation resort to capture some scenes in the resort’s Cars area. It is wonderfully themed if not lit with way too many spot lights (really makes photography challenging). On my walk back to my room I was greeted with the following sunrise view of the Pop Century resort.
I did my normal thing… I setup the tripod on the left side of the bridge and captured a few images. Before I continued on my way I thought maybe a few shots from the opposite side would look good. It was then that I realized the symmetry of the views. And being one who can not pass up good symmetry, I planned on capturing two images that I could use to create the pseudo-panoramic image below.
In Lightroom I played with the crops until they were as near mirror images as I could make them. I transferred the images to Photoshop and set about adding the two views in a new file with a black background. I had sized the image to leave a smll border around each image. After everything was set I processed the images with my normal workflow. Ta-da!
Generation Gap Bridge
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 2.5 & 2s, 12mm, f/11, ISO 200
Harambe Theatre
Africa, Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World
When Disney decided to build an area at Animal Kingdom for the world of Pandora from Avatar, they needed to move the theater that housed the Festival of the Lion King. This worked out well as they expanded the village of Harambe in the Africa section and created a wonderfully detailed area. The old theater was very utilitarian in style but this new one fits in well with the rest of the village. I finally was able to capture this building and hopefully do it justice.
Harambe Theatre
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, , 12mm, f/16, ISO 200
Peevy’s Polar Pipeline
Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World
On my last couple of visits to Walt Disney World I didn’t go to Hollywood Studios. A couple of reasons kept me away. My last visit in December 2015 didn’t leave me feeling very good about the park. A couple of bad experiences soured my outlook. I’m glad I decided to return. Although there is a lot of construction at the Studios (Star Wars and Toy Story expansions) there was enough to keep me occupied. Plus I had forgotten how much I enjoyed photographing this park once the neon lights come on…
So, this image combines a lot of my favorites… The Rocketeer movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and night photography.
Peevy’s Polar Pipeline
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 6s, 16mm, f/16, ISO 200
Generation Gap
Pop Century Resort, Walt Disney World
Generation Gap
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 2s, 12mm f/16, ISO 400
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