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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

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

The Notorious Banjo Brothers and Bob

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Frontierland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

Enjoying the Crowd Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/80s, 38mm, f/8, ISO 200

Enjoying the Crowd
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/80s, 38mm, f/8, ISO 200

Listen to Your Conscience…

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Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

Listen to Your Conscience... Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 58mm, f/8, ISO 200

Listen to Your Conscience…
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 58mm, f/8, ISO 200

Room for One More…

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Liberty Square, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

Room for One More... Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/640s, 35mm, f/8, ISO 400

Room for One More…
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/640s, 35mm, f/8, ISO 400

Sunrise on the Village

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Harambe Village, Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World

I’ll be staying in the Animal Kingdom today. There has been some great activity at this park over the past few years, some subtle changes and also a big expansion. Disney made a deal with James Cameron to bring an Avatar related area to the park and this required moving the Festival of the Lion King show.

Keeping with the theme of the Lion King Disney expanded the village of Harambe in the Africa area of the park and created a new show building for the festival. Now as you cross the bridge from Discovery Island into Harambe this is the view of the new area. I love getting to the park early so I can enjoy the sunrise.

Sunrise on the Village Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/80s, 24mm, f/11, ISO 100

Sunrise on the Village
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/80s, 24mm, f/11, ISO 100

Water & Transportation

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Harambe Village, Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World

Water & Transportation Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/200s, 26mm, f/5.6, ISO 250

Water & Transportation
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/200s, 26mm, f/5.6, ISO 250