Raise your hand if you’ve experienced The Great Movie Ride and found your entourage stuck behind another group in The Wizard of Oz room. Yeah, that’s not supposed to happen but it did and I took full advantage of it.
Seated on the far right hand side of the bench, I had the perfect opportunity to grab some photos with my Canon PowerShot SX30 IS. Keeping the bottom of the camera flat along the edge of the vehicle door and holding it firmly in place, I let the camera make use of its night mode. Why the night mode? While things might look bright to us, they don’t to digital camera sensors. The low lighting and inability to use the flash calls for specific settings such as a wide aperture and slow shutter.
The results are:
Uh oh! Here comes the wicked witch!
There she is! Hide!
Is it safe to come out?
Hey everyone, the wicked witch is gone! Who are all these people staring at us?
Who cares! Let’s all sing together.
It’s a small world afterall.
The photos were adjusted for color. The lighting in the room makes for very yellow and red photos. In fact, while I was tinkering with the colors I came to realize that more than likely, all of the “homes” are painted white.
I really enjoy it when the ” car ” stops in this scene. It makes me feel like a kid again.
Lisa responds: Cute!
I tried to practice with my night setting and it still flashes, did yours? We are going in 10 days and want to take good shots of the Osbourne lights. Thanks.
Lisa responds: No, my flash did not go off. There may be more than one night setting on your camera. Give the manual a good read-through and try out the settings before your trip. Have fun!
We got stuck in the Oz room once for about 10 minutes and it was a great chance to see a lot of the details we usually miss.