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02-07-2009, 10:44 AM
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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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02-07-2009, 10:50 AM
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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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02-07-2009, 10:56 AM
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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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02-07-2009, 10:58 AM
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| New Member  Join Date: Sep 2007
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|  Re: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night... Those are beautiful! |
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02-07-2009, 11:00 AM
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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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02-07-2009, 11:01 AM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: san leandro
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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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02-07-2009, 11:05 AM
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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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02-07-2009, 11:06 AM
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| For You!  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho Falls
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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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02-07-2009, 11:22 AM
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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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02-07-2009, 11:25 AM
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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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02-07-2009, 11:29 AM
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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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02-07-2009, 11:35 AM
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| Beach Expert  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: A beach town that Harbor Blvd was named after
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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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02-07-2009, 12:05 PM
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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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02-07-2009, 12:16 PM
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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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