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| Here You Leave Today... MiceEars Crew Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... So last night was one of those rare occasions where several of my favorite things in the universe converged in two wonderful hours at Disneyland: 1) I love the rain, and living in Southern California, it's become more of a rarity in the past few years. 2) I love taking night shots, but with three kids, my opportunities are limited 3) The kids went to grandma's again last night, and I had I had the night to myself. ![]() 4) My kids are also some of my favorite things in the universe, but they didn't converge, hence my ability to grab my camera, and my umbrella, and head to Disneyland. ![]() First of all, it was only raining lightly when I arrived at the park, but it was breezy and I knew I couldn't maneuver my Nikon, a tripod, and an umbrella all at the same time. So I decided to give my new point-and-shoot a try. It's a Panasonic Lumix LX3 and I've been waiting for an opportunity to try out it's night shooting capabilities. I gotta say, it's not too bad for a point and shoot. I couldn't shoot in RAW, because iphoto and lightroom don't really support it yet for this camera, but for walking around jpegs, I was rather pleased. Here's a higher res shot of IASW as a sample... ![]() So all of the shots in this thread were taken without a tripod, holding the camera in one hand, and my umbrella in the other, which was a good thing as it began coming down in sheets after I was in the park. Going back to the beginning of my night, I parked in Downtown Disney and made my way in past the Rainforest Cafe... ![]() ![]() past World of Disney... ![]() ...to a nearly deserted Esplanade. ![]() No one was in line at this time of night in the rain, and I walked right in... ![]() ![]() There were still quite a few brave souls trudging around Main Street when I entered, but for the most part, the park had really started to empty out. I got in just before 9:30, and the announcement was just being made that there would be no Fantasmic Showing. One of the main reasons I wanted to get to the park during the rain was to catch the reflection off of the rainy pavement. So I lost no time and promptly snapped off about 400 shots, only a fraction of which I'll post here. As soon as I was in, I worked my way down Main Street... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Until I got to the hub.... ![]() ![]() ![]() where I made a left turn, and headed into Frontierland.... ![]() Click here for Part II Click here for Part III Click here for Part IV Click here for part V
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| Longtime Lurker Muhuhaha! ![]() ![]() Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pasadena
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... And people complain about it raining while they are at the Park! ![]() As we have known for many years, the Park is BEAUTIFUL when it rains! And you have just proven that point! ![]() People don't know what they are missing! (well, now they do!) |
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| Chillin' with AshfordT ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Corona
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... Flat out love those pictures! |
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![]() | Those are beautiful! |
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| Looking for Hidden Mickey ![]() ![]() ![]() Join Date: May 2008 Location: 626 SGV
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... Great photos! Can't wait to see more!
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... Those pictures are beautiful! I especially like the one of main street in black and white.
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| Still wants to be a cat! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: 2.4 Miles from Disneyland
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... Fantastic....waiting patiently for more!
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... I can't believe how much water is on the streets! Great pictures.
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| Senior Monorail Minion ![]() Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Outside your window... Hi!
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... Ahhhh! I just posted my TR from last night! Nice pics!
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| Thanks, Tom ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Join Date: Jan 2005
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... Absolutely wonderful pictures! Makes me really wish I had been there in person.
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| Hug a Billy ![]() ![]() Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Golden Horseshoe
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... I had just seen your photo of IASW on another post and thought there was a lake in front of the facade. Then I clicked on the bigger shot and just saw it was the wet pavement ![]() Really, really great shots. Looking forward to the rest.
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... Wonderful pictures! I was at the park at about the same time last night too! I must say that the park was empty and it was wonderful just being able to walk around the park without being crammed in the middle of 5 billion people. |
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| Off to Neverland ![]() Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: So. Cali
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... i love the glare on the wet ground
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| Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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![]() | Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... Are there more pictures coming?? I hope so.....these are so cool! ![]() |
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