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Editing Friendship Boat on Epcot’s World Showcase Lagoon

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Here is another way to edit a photo to bring out more detail from a flat looking scene. I enjoy riding in and photographing the Friendship boats which cruise Epcot’s World Showcase Lagoon. In this first photo, the clouds are rather flat looking above the pavilions and the trees do not show a lot of definition. … Continue reading "Editing Friendship Boat on Epcot’s World Showcase Lagoon"
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Photographing Clouds at Walt Disney World

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Clear blue skies are lovely to most people. For me, I look for clouds to give the sky drama in my photography. For instance, as I was walking around Epcot’s World Showcase towards the Koutoubia Minaret (prayer tower) in the Morocco pavilion, I noticed the lovely cloud pattern in the sky above it. Late November and … Continue reading "Photographing Clouds at Walt Disney World"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Mission: SPACE

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With clouds above, I used a set of 5 photographs from -2EV to +2EV to create a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image of Mission: SPACE in Epcot’s Future World. Mission: SPACE pavilion in Epcot’s Future World in HDR.Nikon D750/16-35VR, f/16, ISO 220, EV 0, 19mm Focal Length, HDR Image. Deb will be here tomorrow to … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Mission: SPACE"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Epcot Aerial

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The aerial subject this week is Epcot. I am recycling an image I took during Epcot’s 30th Anniversary celebration which still represented much of what I remember seeing when I first visited 29 years prior. Future World from the monorail over Epcot.Nikon D700/Tokina 11-16mm, 1/125, f/16, ISO 200, EV -0.6, 16mm focal length. Deb will … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Epcot Aerial"
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Great Movie Ride HDR at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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Today is my birthday and I am going to indudge myself with photographic candy. Late afternon at Disney’s Hollywood Studios means the Sun is behind The Great Movie Ride or GMR, for short. Especially, in early December when I was there last. I sure was not going to let the cloud filled sky go to … Continue reading "Great Movie Ride HDR at Disney’s Hollywood Studios"
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Disney Pic of the Week: POP Century

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Every Value Resort at Walt Disney World has huge letters spelling out the resort’s name in the bus transportation area. The Pop Century Resort has fun giant POP signs which are impossible to miss as you get off your bus after a day in the parks. As I waited for a bus to get to … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: POP Century"
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Clouds and Spaceship Earth in Epcot

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For eons, our planet has drifted as a spaceship through the universe. — Walter Cronkite version from 1986-1994 Spaceship Earth on an Autumn day in Epcot.Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/125s, f/16, ISO 280, EV 0, 150mm focal length. I have been riding Epcot’s Spaceship Earth since 1983 and have heard every narrator for the attraction. By far, … Continue reading "Clouds and Spaceship Earth in Epcot"
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