Originally Posted By rocket9 Hi, I've lurked this site for a while, and recently thought I could give something back, and use up some of my spare bandwidth sharing some of Disney parks pictures. So, I've got a new site online at: <a href="http://disney.rocket9.net/" target="_blank">http://disney.rocket9.net/</a> I have all the images posted at up to 1920x1200 resolution (and down to 800x600), along with a few large panoramic pictures I took and some aerial shots I assembled. I've been using them as Desktop images for a while, and thought others might like them as well. Will rotate images in and out at least weekly, and add more as I get a handle as how the bandwidth holds up. Hope you like the pics, Bernie
Originally Posted By Chelledun Wow those are great! I set the fantasyland firework one as my background right now . What type of camera are you using?
Originally Posted By danyoung Very nice choices. I especially love the nighttime shots - they make great wallpaper, allowing you to still see you icons!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Hey rocket9, lovely photography. Are you a photographer in your spare time? Thanks for sharing and welcome our LP.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Welcome lurker --- these were awesome -- none more so than Escaping Ghosts !
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom How did Disney do the escaping ghosts? I really want to see that live so bad now. Is that only going on during October? Or is it a lighting effect they do each night?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I also wondered .......that is the coolest photo of the Mansion I have ever seen.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN You too can have the escaping ghosts at home... just need to buy the projector and rotating slides that come with it. It can also be used for Xmas, just substitute the ghosts for snowflakes and reverse the motion on the projector... You can buy it for your home too and be Disney-like!!! Check it out. <a href="http://www.skymall.com/webapp/skystore?process=prodSrch&action=" target="_blank">http://www.skymall.com/webapp/ skystore?process=prodSrch&action=</a>
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Oops, once you use that link^^^^ do a product search like "xmas home projector" and it will pop up!
Originally Posted By Chelledun >>You too can have the escaping ghosts at home... just need to buy the projector and rotating slides that come with it. That would leave some things to be explained to the neighbors, particularly if you left it up all year round
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Try "LIGHT SHOW PROJECTOR"!!!^^^^or product number #15166. Only $69.00 Leave it up to Disney to create magic cheaply...
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Here is the link again for that product^^^ <a href="http://www.skymall.com/webapp/skystore?process=prodSrch&action=" target="_blank">http://www.skymall.com/webapp/ skystore?process=prodSrch&action=</a> Enter product # in search!
Originally Posted By rocket9 Wow! Glad that everyone's liking the images! I'm by means a pro, but always had a fascination with nighttime / long duration photos, and shooting digital enabled figuring out how to get good shots of the attractions at night, fireworks and such. All of these were shot with a Canon S40 - four megapixel camera, and for nearly all the night shots done with a mini pocketsize tripod (fortunately the parks have lots of good places to set tripods). All the night ones are multi-second exposures. The Haunted Mansion shot for example was a 15 second exposure, so the ghost effect in the image was just other people exitting the ride. Needed the really long exposure to catch the lightening effects lighting up the exterior, and as a bonus it caught the stars. It was about 3 hours after sunset, so the sky was plenty dark. The Fantasyland fireworks shot (my personal favorite, though there's some close seconds), was shot from right near Dumbo looking away from the castle. Best trick to shooting fireworks (besides the tripod) is to be sure to close your shutter as much as you can (say to f8.0), otherwise you'll just be shooting a lot of pictures of smoke. And it helps if you're really quick changing exposure times on your camera as the show changes (and hence amount of light in the sky changes), and if you can hear the shell launch and have lots of luck with your timing. I'll post some new shots over the weekend. And thanks to whoever's hitting the ads, the concept of getting any money (even if it just covers the hosting) is pretty amusing to me. Bernie <a href="http://disney.rocket9.net/" target="_blank">http://disney.rocket9.net/</a>
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Thanks TDLFAN now I can project spooky scenes on my home and maybe even some select Mapplethorpe images as well.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Mapplethorpe?? I am so there for that exhibit!!! Rocket9, great advise for long exposure shots!! Also, I am sure you know this but for people who would like to take advantage of well lit night scenes and still be a part of the photo... set the shutter to open and the flash to go at the end before it closes. That way, the back nightime panorama appears crisp and the subjects in front are lit and unblurry. But do remains still until the flash goes out!
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I love them! Thanks for sharing, I used the one that is the look down Main Street to the Castle for my background...Thanks again!
Originally Posted By Labuda I've got the DAK waterfall for my main PC here at home now. Thanks, Bernie!
