The Castle Green (Explore)
Along with my son, Justin, I joined Mike Greening (Ring of Fire Hot Sauce1) and his wife Diane at Disneyland this week to sit in front of the Castle for a couple hours and wait for the fireworks...Originally we had setup under the Partners statue, but were moved by CMs due to special queuing for VIPs. We ended up here, directly in front of the compass rose in the front row with our giant tripods taking center stage.
I decided to go wide angle at the last minute because the rose looked so cool, that I wanted to use it as a foreground element. Reviewing our shots after the show, I was really happy with what I saw on my 3" LCD, in particular how the lights and fireworks were reflected in the brasswork of the compass rose. When I got home, I realized what a mistake it was to use a UWA for shooting the fireworks, as the actual pyrotechnics are reduced in size compared to what they really were...nevertheless, I did get some nice shots, including this one of the lazer show during the Star Wars sequence. This is my first "Fireworks Friday" submission. I am looking forward to trying this again soon!
This is from a single RAW image exported 3 times from Lightroom using 3 different exposure compensations. The 3 images were merged and tonemapped in Photomatix, them adjusted in Photoshop along with the original image used to mask-in various elements for lighting and detail and noise control.
The Castle Green (Explore)
Along with my son, Justin, I joined Mike Greening (Ring of Fire Hot Sauce1) and his wife Diane at Disneyland this week to sit in front of the Castle for a couple hours and wait for the fireworks...Originally we had setup under the Partners statue, but were moved by CMs due to special queuing for VIPs. We ended up here, directly in front of the compass rose in the front row with our giant tripods taking center stage.
I decided to go wide angle at the last minute because the rose looked so cool, that I wanted to use it as a foreground element. Reviewing our shots after the show, I was really happy with what I saw on my 3" LCD, in particular how the lights and fireworks were reflected in the brasswork of the compass rose. When I got home, I realized what a mistake it was to use a UWA for shooting the fireworks, as the actual pyrotechnics are reduced in size compared to what they really were...nevertheless, I did get some nice shots, including this one of the lazer show during the Star Wars sequence. This is my first "Fireworks Friday" submission. I am looking forward to trying this again soon!
This is from a single RAW image exported 3 times from Lightroom using 3 different exposure compensations. The 3 images were merged and tonemapped in Photomatix, them adjusted in Photoshop along with the original image used to mask-in various elements for lighting and detail and noise control.