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Disney’s Magic Kingdom

We decided to celebrate Christmas Day at the Magic Kingdom, the weather was real nice and it was packed with people.

Manual, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/4000sec, ISO 800, focal length 24mm, WB auto, evaluative metering

We took the steam trains to Mickey’s Toontown and started our walk from there.

Manual, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/16, 1/2sec, ISO 100, focal length 47mm, white balance auto, evaluative metering

The lines for the rides were long but that didn’t deter Lee and Bo from having fun.  I think Lee had the best time ever here.

Manual, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/16, 1/100sec, ISO 100, focal length 24mm, white balance sunny, evaluative metering

Lee finally get to see Cinderella castle for the first time.

Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/200sec, ISO 200, focal length 24mm, exposure bias 0step, white balance sunny, evaluative metering

Tomorrowland is awesome, but to live here might not be so great for me since I still like the old world charm of yesteryear.

Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/200sec, ISO 200, focal length 35mm, exposure bias +0.3step, white balance sunny, evaluative metering

We were riding on the peoplemover train and saw the parade in front of Cinderella’s castle, the zoom lens came in handy.

Manual, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, f/16, 1/50sec, ISO 100, focal length 84mm, white balance sunny, evaluative metering

The Egret birds are here also, they look so exotic to me.

Manual, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/250sec, ISO 2000, focal length 75mm, white balance auto, evaluative metering
Manual, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, f/5.6, 1/250sec, ISO 1600, focal length 200mm, white balance auto, cropped, evaluative metering

The evening parade was awesome, I was taking picture of the Egret birds and didn’t have time to change my lens to a wide angle lens.

Aperture Priority, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, f/5.6, 1/125sec, ISO 1250, focal length 70mm, white balance auto, evaluative metering
Aperture Priority, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, f/5.6, 1/100sec, ISO 500, focal length 70mm, white balance auto, evaluative metering

We were there to celebrate our Christmas Day and so were many others.  Some were there to celebrate happy ever after and for this young lady below she was there to celebrate her birthday.

Aperture Priority, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, f/5.6, 1/320sec, ISO 2000, focal length 200mm, white balance auto, evaluative metering

She is adorable.

Manual, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, f/5.6, 1/250sec, ISO 3200, focal length 91mm, closeup cropped, white balance auto, evaluative metering

Enchanted Tiki Room at Adventureland.

Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/8sec, ISO 3200, focal length 24mm, white balance auto, evaluative metering, hand held

I was worried about not being able to take a clear shot of Cinderella’s castle at night since I didn’t have my tripod with me but it looks like I did well with hand-held and fast shuttle speed.

Manual, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/8sec, ISO 200, focal length 28mm, white balance auto, spot metering, hand held
Manual, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/4sec, ISO 400, focal length 24mm, white balance auto, spot metering, hand held
Manual, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/4sec, ISO 125, focal length 24mm, white balance auto, spot metering, hand held

The night parade was spectacular, we were on our way out and Bo met a lady from Virginia.  She told us that it’s well worth the wait, so we sat on the curb and waited for 2 hours and it’s awesome. I had my camera set to continuous shooting, AI Servo AF to AI Servo and ISO and White Balance set to Auto.

Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/15sec, ISO 3200, focal length 24mm, exposure bias -0.7step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held
Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/20sec, ISO 3200, focal length 45mm, exposure bias -0.3step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held
Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/15sec, ISO 3200, focal length 24mm, exposure bias -0.3step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held

Mickey and Mimi Disney’s Electrical Parade float.

Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO 2500, focal length 28mm, exposure bias -0.3step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held
Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/30sec, ISO 3200, focal length 24mm, exposure bias -0.3step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held
Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/13sec, ISO 3200, focal length 35mm, exposure bias -0.3step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held

Cinderella’s float heading towards her castle…happy ever after.

Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/20sec, ISO 3200, focal length 35mm, exposure bias -0.3step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held
Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/20sec, ISO 3200, focal length 40mm, exposure bias -0.3step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held
Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO 3200, focal length 45mm, exposure bias -0.3step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held

The last float was to honor America, it was very grand.

Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO 3200, focal length 70mm, exposure bias -0.3step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held
Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/15sec, ISO 3200, focal length 24mm, exposure bias -0.3step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held

Lee had a great time, we didn’t stay for the fireworks since it was real late for Lee. The next day we visited the Animal Kingdom and the weather was extremely cold.

Aperture Priority, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/5.6, 1/5sec, ISO 3200, focal length 28mm, exposure bias 0step, WB auto, evaluative metering, hand held

The Main Street Electrical Parade is a time-lapse photography, it was a great learning experience for me.

5 comments

    • Thanks Boonie, it’s fun being a kid and Lee loved the place. She talks about going back there again next year. My wallet is not agreeing with her at the moment. 🙂

  3. You have a steady hand, Nye. Love those night shots! I should have told you about the Quadpods Disney is so nice to supply seemingly everywhere. Most people call them trash cans. 😉 I use them to prop my elbows on them to steady the camera at night when I am not using a tripod. With all those people, much safer anyway to skip the tripod.

    Looks like Lee had a very good time.

    • Scott, Da Grip technique that you mentioned earlier seems to help. I’ll keep in mind hte Quadpods next time. 🙂

      I don’t have much choice when it comes to choosing vacation time. In the South, most plants closes in the week of July 4th and Christmas and that’s our vacation so the beach is overcrowded in July 4th’s week. If we visit Disney again it would be during Christmas, the people don’t bother me but it’s a challenge to photograph.

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