Disney Pic of the Week: Flower and Garden Festival

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Each year the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival transforms the park into a display of natural colors and shapes of favorite Disney characters using over 100 topiaries to decorate both Future World and World Showcase. This year, Disney brought in a couple of new celebrities who were promoting their new movie. Kermit the Frog serenades … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Flower and Garden Festival"
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Flowers and Trolls in Norway

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A Troll topiary pops up out of a field of wildflowers.Nikon D700/24-120VR, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 2200, EV -0.3, 24mm focal length. Appropiately, a troll pops up among beautiful wildflowers in Epcot’s Norway pavilion during the Flower and Garden Festival. A bright and beautiful Disney Pic of the Week about Flowers.
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It’s a Small World Drive By in Disneyland

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Elephant and giraffe topiaries watch over It’s a Small World boats filled with guests pass by.Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/250s, f/7.1, ISO 200, EV 0, 45mm focal length. Elephant and giraffe topiaries watch over It’s a Small World boats filled with guests pass by at Disneyland. One of the things much different in Disneyland than Walt Disney … Continue reading "It’s a Small World Drive By in Disneyland"
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Disney Pic of the Week – it’s a small world

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Extra special, that’s how Disneyland’s it’s a small world looks and feels, and that’s just from afar. Before reaching their boats, visitors enjoy the finely manicured lawn designs, animal topiaries, and a giant smiling clock with toy musicians and dancers that play every fifteen minutes. Wait around and you’ll see one of the Disneyland Railroad … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week – it’s a small world"
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Metering Modes with Fairy, Silver Mist

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Let’s get technical, technical. I wanna get technical. Let’s get into intermediate photography skill level in regards to metering. Don’t you walk away when I am talking to you. You can do this. It’s a good lesson that will broaden your knowledge, starting with an explanation of metering. Your digital camera’s metering system reads the … Continue reading "Metering Modes with Fairy, Silver Mist"
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A Topiary Salute to Woody

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It’s extraordinary what Disney horticulturists do with plants, flowers, and metal. Every year Epcot boasts an explosion of talent all over the park in the form of character topiaries during the Flower and Garden Festival. While some character topiaries add to the location they’re in, others fit into the lay of the land perfectly. I … Continue reading "A Topiary Salute to Woody"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Flower and Garden Festival

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Epcot has wonderful landscaping most of the year but, during the Flower and Garden Festival, Walt Disney World’s gardeners and topiary specialists go all out to produce color and shapes using the vast cast of characters from Disney’s movies and shorts. Including Captain Hook who has not learned to leave Peter Pan alone. Peter Pan … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Flower and Garden Festival"
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Earful Topiary Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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Earful Tower topiary on the Backlot Tour in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/250s, f/8, ISO 200, EV 0, 125mm focal length. Here’s a topiary of a park icon with the icon in the frame. The Earful Tower and its topiary can be seen on the Backlot Tour in Disney’s Hollywood Studios and is my Disney … Continue reading "Earful Topiary Disney’s Hollywood Studios"
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Disney Pic of the Week – Topiaries

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The topiaries around Walt Disney World and all the Disney parks are amazing, living works of art. Many of them can only be seen at special times of the year like during the Winter Holidays or Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival in the spring. Others are there for guests to enjoy year round. This week … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week – Topiaries"
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