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I don’t know about you, but my favorite time of year is coming up… Halloween! Although we may not be going to MNSSHP this year, the event and especially the parade are the highlights of the season for me. Anyone else can’t wait for this year’s fall events to get started?!
I took this shot about an hour after MNSSHP ended. I had alot of things working against me. Tons of people still in the park, construction workers continuously opening the doors and the giant crane hanging lights on the castle for Christmas.
Luckily all of those things came together in my favor on this shot. The people stayed behind me, the construction workers ghosted out and the crane was yet to extend.
Hope you enjoy the image!
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With the announcement of the cancellation of Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party this year due to the pandemic, I wanted to share one shot from last year that I reprocessed. Enjoy!
Let's head back to this past October for the MNSSHP parade. This area, where I was standing is my favorite place to stand for parades. On my last trip, I was aggravated to find out that this is now a reserved area. Do they really need to add special standing room parades now? Have a magical day!
For those of you who have a hard time getting the hitching hiking ghosts at the end of the Haunted Mansion ride, all you have to do is photograph them during the MNSSHP parade. I have to admit, it's a lot easier and you will get less aggravated..LOL. Have a magical day!
One of my favorite things to do is photograph parades. This past Halloween, we finally made it back for the MNSSHP and this time, I had a lot better equipment then the first time we had gone; There was much more stuff to see and photograph as well. Sometimes, it's really hard to get those nice crisp shots with a little point and shoot camera. I think having better equipment made for better shots. Have a magical day!
Character shots are always some of my favorite shots to do. The expressions they give just add so much more to the photo. This was shot during last years MNSSHP with my 70-200 which is my go-to lens for night parades and any other parades for that matter. Have a magical day!
MNSSHP is a blast and the fireworks show Hallowishes is one of my most favorite shows to photograph! The colors of the bursts are spectacular and the music is just plain fun! This show is certainly a must do for me!
The new fireworks show for MNSSHP is fun, with a few great sections to photograph like this one, but I think HalloWishes is still the better show.
This was taken about 30 minutes after MNSSHP ended. The crowds were very light to begin with so before midnight Main Street was already empty.
This is a 3 shot HDR that I processed using the new software from Nik, HDR Efex Pro. I really like how simple it is to use and have got results I am happy with so far. It works great with Lightroom and takes very little time to process. The processing is a little more over the top that I normally prefer but I like the way it worked on this shot. I especially like the way the buildings on the left side look.
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107 seconds of HalloWishes Fireworks. This one was shot during the Pixelmania MNSSHP meet two weeks ago. I struggled shooting fireworks on this trip and ended up with a lower than normal number of keepers. The ones that turned out, I'm very happy with. I guess I need to practice more this year.
Unquestionably, the lighting during MNSSHP, and the atmosphere in general, is awesome. However, with regard to the Haunted Mansion, the lighting goes from being its normal much-too-dark to an overly vibrant, prone to blown highlights color. Maybe others have had better luck photographing it, but I found that I had to go fairly deep into the negatives with my exposure compensation just to get a usable shot (even here, I still have some blown areas). Thankfully I was bracketing some of these shots in anticipation of doing HDR, as without that -2, I wouldn't have anything usable.
I think Disney needs to consult photographers when planning these lighting arrangements... ;)
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It's rather annoying that you can't exactly be sure how high the fireworks are going to be when you set up your shot. This is a 16mm lens with 180 degree field of view. I angled it up for the fireworks bursts but that introduced a modicum of distortion. I also wasn't sure how far around the perimeter bursts for MNSSHP Hallowishes would extend.
So we are left with this. I think of this kind of shot as a "two fer". You get the Contemporary and it's endlessly fascinating parking lot and then there is the mess that is happening on the right with the fireworks.
Kind a Halloweenish? You'd be correct - Shot durning MNSSHP this past Fall.
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Wow. All I have to say about HalloWishes is wow. It is, bar none, the best fireworks I've seen in my entire life.
And then I saw the pictures I captured. For a unique, separate ticket event like MNSSHP, I really tried to enjoy the fireworks, and not just photograph them. I loved all the villans and how each one had their own feel to their fireworks display. And the colors on Cinderella Castle were staggering. What a fantastic show. My mind exploded when I saw my first perimeter bursts! Man I needed a fish or w UWA! However, my trusty Sigma 30mm with a 3-stop ND9 on it wasn't a bad substitute!
For this picture, I really tried to get the castle split in half in terms of color, to contrast with the reds above it. However, I found a nice little sliver of cyan in the transition between green and purple, and pulled that out too. Of course, I recommend hitting the L on your keyboard to light-box this picture and view it on black!
I'm super happy to be back and participating with such great photographers on Fireworks Friday. Have a great one!
PS: Only the second shot I've edited since switching to Aperture 3, so be kind!
After watching MNSSHP in Frontierland, I made my way to my locker at the front of the park to grab my tripod, only to realize that I was still trapped by the parade on Main Street. It gave me an opportunity to see "Johnny Depp" again (it's not really him, no matter what the cast member told us). It also gave me the opportunity to take a few photos. The composition here is slightly off from what I wanted to accomplish but soon after taking this photo, people flooded the area and the opportunity was gone.
I'm hoping to catch up on Flickr today- I'm on day 4 of a headache which hopefully means it will be gone by the end of the day and I can focus again :)