Disney In The Dark - Photo Tribute to Disney Magic at Night

[Amy]

I really would love some of that fabric that they use to make the ghosts glow at night!

[elizabethswann]

I really would love some of that fabric that they use to make the ghosts glow at night!

Time to Google around if there's anything out there.

[Amy]

I really would love some of that fabric that they use to make the ghosts glow at night!

Time to Google around if there's anything out there.

I believe I snooped around last year...the fabric is really, really, really expensive

[Mousekedude]

Cool, thanks for the info.
I understand what you're saying about the aperture priority too. Sometimes I go that route as well because it's easier to focus on one aspect of what makes a shot work and then let the camera figure the rest out. I actually have mixed feelings about my Nikon in the sense that it is almost too user friendly: if I put the emphasis on the aperture as the priority, it will compensate with f-stop and ISO adjustments to where it thinks the best settings should be, and vice versa. It's not full auto. That comes in handy in a pinch, but sometimes I would like to be able to experiment a little more with total manual control. But overall, I can't complain. And I like your lens choices. Definitely a very flexible selection... good for almost any situation.
Len, you wanna weigh in on this too?

I'm pretty much in full agreement with you. My equipment is a sigma 17-70 DC which would be used for everyday shooting in the parks. However I will take my point and shoot over lugging that around. For telephoto I take the 70-200 f4L which is a beautiful lens. A lot sharper than the sigma but not wide enough to use for photographing in the parks. I also have the fixed portrait for low light shooting. I will usually shoot in either shutter priority or aperture priority. Or example on the safari I will use the 70-200 and shoot in shutter priority. The rule of thumb is to go 1/(2 x largest zoom) being a 200mm it really converts to 300 on digital so I know my slowest shutter I could use is a 1/600. This time I shot the safari in 1/640 shutter priority and the camera was automatically doing aperture settings based on the changing light for each moment. Canon let's you set the iso in every mode so I went with I believe a 400. For night shooting it is complete manual to get the right shot. A high iso (640 or greater) and f2.2 with around 1/25 shutter were working great for me, especially with my point and shoot!

Yeah, I knew you'd understand. You know what, though? The funny thing about the ISO is the way it makes things so grainy when you really "up" it. I'd almost rather compensate with more aperture and slower shutter speed... and a tripod... for night-time shots that would work out okay doing it that way. Relying too much on the ISO to capture the color doesn't always work out well. At least that's what I've noticed....

[Alacrity]

Does "in the dark" count as "night"?

[Len90]

Yeah, I knew you'd understand. You know what, though? The funny thing about the ISO is the way it makes things so grainy when you really "up" it. I'd almost rather compensate with more aperture and slower shutter speed... and a tripod... for night-time shots that would work out okay doing it that way. Relying too much on the ISO to capture the color doesn't always work out well. At least that's what I've noticed....

Hence the reason why I will usually stop at 640! You are 100% correct on that. A lot of people mistake high ISO for night color and then have grainy pictures.

[Alacrity]

One for today!

[Amy]

Ooo, I like that one a lot

[elizabethswann]

That's a real nice shot there.

[Goofyfan]

Alacrity: I think dark counts and night time photos. Love the shot.

[boilerbabe]

One of my favs from our recent trip!


BTW, love the ghost pics Alacrity!

[Amy]

Nice b-babe ~ makes the hotel look really creepy

[boilerbabe]

I love that shot b/c the sky was so pretty that night, it was dusk and all the lights were starting to turn on in DHS!

[elizabethswann]

Ooh, I love how that turned out. I can't wait to see that in person.

[Alacrity]

Thanks all!

One from my cell phone! (Samsung Epic)