A Rare Night At Paradise Pier
A few weeks ago, a group of local disney photographers got together for a quick meetup at the parks. The venerable Gregg Cooper staked out a spot at the Sub Lagoon and came away with a spectacular shot. Mike and I had camped out at Paradise Pier and had only a short time to wait before the sky began to light up. We were so busy looking at the sky that took a few minutes for us to realize that all of the hardware for the World Of Color show was actually submerged during the sunset hours, which, from my experience, was virtually unheard of. Typically, the fountains and lighting rigs are up well before sunset as they begin testing the fountains several hours before each nightly show. For whatever reason, everything was submerged on this particular night and Mike and I wasted no time in shooting the lagoon until no light was left in the sky. We also met flickr user CobbPR who was also there shooting that evening.
This particular shot was taken with the uber cheap Zenitar 16 mm 2.8 fisheye which held up pretty well considering I was shooting without the tripod in low light. I think my last 4 or 5 shots of the night were with the tripod, but for the first 20 minutes or so of this particular sunset, I was everywhere at once with that fisheye.
A Rare Night At Paradise Pier
A few weeks ago, a group of local disney photographers got together for a quick meetup at the parks. The venerable Gregg Cooper staked out a spot at the Sub Lagoon and came away with a spectacular shot. Mike and I had camped out at Paradise Pier and had only a short time to wait before the sky began to light up. We were so busy looking at the sky that took a few minutes for us to realize that all of the hardware for the World Of Color show was actually submerged during the sunset hours, which, from my experience, was virtually unheard of. Typically, the fountains and lighting rigs are up well before sunset as they begin testing the fountains several hours before each nightly show. For whatever reason, everything was submerged on this particular night and Mike and I wasted no time in shooting the lagoon until no light was left in the sky. We also met flickr user CobbPR who was also there shooting that evening.
This particular shot was taken with the uber cheap Zenitar 16 mm 2.8 fisheye which held up pretty well considering I was shooting without the tripod in low light. I think my last 4 or 5 shots of the night were with the tripod, but for the first 20 minutes or so of this particular sunset, I was everywhere at once with that fisheye.