Disney Hat via "Tree Hug"

Trey Ratcliff over at www.stuckincustoms.com really nailed this shot awhile back and this is in homage to his amazing and inspiring work... I've been wanting my own capture on it since I saw his... This morning we were halfway enroute to Disney's Hollywood Studios when I realized I had indeed left my tripod (which was attached to the stroller) back in the hotel room. Bummer. Not a good formula for HDR.

 

Still, being tripod-less (yes, I've carried a tripod the entire vacation) wasn't going to get me down. We played in the park, I took over 12 gb of photos today alone, handheld… After watching Phantasmic with the kids, I decided to have a go at it. I knew I wanted to do some HDR treatment to get the clouds in so I couldn't really just crank the ISO up and shoot willy nilly.

 

I shot this bracket (2 were usable but they were RAWs at 200 ISO) by leaning my weight heavily in an "arm bar" sort of motion into a tree and using this to create enough pressure to hold the camera reasonable still for the long exposure.

 

Some guy walking by called me a "frikkin tree hugger".

Stubborn persistance won the day. Sure, I took 20 exposures to get the two I used here but I felt a little like MacGyver without his handy tool :)

 

Wish I'd have had the tripod but I'm happy enough with the result..

 

Happy Thursday Friends,

 

Bill from Disney World

 

 

 

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