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Great pics of Pooh - that ride never gets old. its so charming.
Ok so now I'll be on the lookout for the Dumbo bucket as well - glad you finally found it, and now we all know where to look
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Claire's dumbo is too cute!! I so want one now when I go in January -- what's sad is that I am 33
Glad you found the popcorn too!!
Not sad at all...The plushie is sooooo soft and cute....and you know how I feel about the popcorn bucket.
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Congrats on finding the Dumbo popcorn after all! Made for a nice finish to your evening.
It did make a nice happy ending!
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Originally Posted by rhinohunter
Great find on the Dumbo popcorn. Could you give us the details on how you captured Madam Leota. I have tried several times and always seem to get a blur. I will be trying again in a little over a week.
I used my 30mm lens...ISO 3200....exposure 1/80....aperture 1.4. That lens can catch some good stuff if I remember that it can got to 1.4. LOL Half the time I forget to reset it to that.
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Great pics of Pooh - that ride never gets old. its so charming.
Ok so now I'll be on the lookout for the Dumbo bucket as well - glad you finally found it, and now we all know where to look
Pooh is always one we don't want to skip. It is one I think we have done every trip together and she always likes it.
I was so happy to find the bucket that night and not have to worry about getting one on another day and carrying it around.
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Today was an Extra Magical Hours evening, but we were no longer onsite guests. I had heard that at this point in time if you had a band on they pretty much let you stay since off site people didn’t have an option to get bands back then. I heard some rides would scan the band, but for the most part they didn’t. I had debated on trying it….BUT I was tired, Claire was tired, and it was still fairly busy and I just didn’t want to hassle with even trying it out, so we decided it was time to work our way out of the park.
You can see the mass of crowds exiting in this next picture.
We did stop for a photopass shot.
One thing I had noticed all night was that the castle was not changing colors like it normally does at night. I am not sure if that was because the moats are drained or with the work on the actual castle being done while we were there, but as we reached the front I noticed it changed….and the kiss goodnight was being done. I didn’t realize that they did this on nights when they had EMH’s.
We watched a little bit of that and then headed out for the monorail, which was crazy, but luckily the resort monorail wasn’t too bad…and our car was still at the Poly from our breakfast earlier that day.
We made it back to the Poly and headed towards our POC car.
We programmed Siri once again to get us back to the Marriott and took off. I don’t like driving in the dark in unfamiliar places and until we got away from the area I was a little tense. So much traffic and crazy drivers makes it hard for someone who doesn’t know the area very well. We did make it back in one piece though and I think Claire dozed off while I drove us. We had more issues finding a parking spot tonight and had to park in a lot further away from our building, but it wasn’t too bad and then we headed back to the room and got right to bed. Once again I watched the coverage of the missing plane and still nothing was found…of course each day there was new theories, but nothing ever panned out. I set the timer on the TV and dozed off to dreamland.
I used my 30mm lens...ISO 3200....exposure 1/80....aperture 1.4. That lens can catch some good stuff if I remember that it can got to 1.4. LOL Half the time I forget to reset it to that.
I have a 35mm f1.8 lens. Not quite as fast as yours. So I am only a half stop slower. Lets see, the next step up in ISO would be to 6400 so I should be able to hold the shutter speed at the 1/80 to 1/100 range. Now, for the real question, "How did you focus?" Did you go Manual and use a preset distance or did you turn the focus ring to get it in focus in the split second that you were passing the scene? I don't think that auto-focus would work since there are no obvious edges. Did you try the hitch hiking ghosts or the ghost in the buggy scenes?
Glad you were able to find your Dumbo popcorn bucket and sounds like you made the right call leaving when you did! I personally don't like driving around Disney property and I do know my way around, just so many people don't it's always a mess!
I'm not surprised you guys were tired - it was a pretty packed day!
it was a long day...but we had a lot of fun!
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I have a 35mm f1.8 lens. Not quite as fast as yours. So I am only a half stop slower. Lets see, the next step up in ISO would be to 6400 so I should be able to hold the shutter speed at the 1/80 to 1/100 range. Now, for the real question, "How did you focus?" Did you go Manual and use a preset distance or did you turn the focus ring to get it in focus in the split second that you were passing the scene? I don't think that auto-focus would work since there are no obvious edges. Did you try the hitch hiking ghosts or the ghost in the buggy scenes?
I usually use autofocus. As long as it has some light it will capture it. I took a lot of really bad pictures on the ride though. I tried the ghost in August, but they didn't turn out too great. I am just never fast enough to do a manual focus.
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After your full day, I can imagine the tiredness would keep you from staying for EMH.
I think I might be getting old too.
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What a packed but fun filled day you had! Loved all your beautiful pictures from your evening at MK and glad that you found your Dumbo Popcorn!
The bucket was a highlight!
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You must have been tired after such a full day!
It was a tiring day, but so much to do in so little time.
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Glad you were able to find your Dumbo popcorn bucket and sounds like you made the right call leaving when you did! I personally don't like driving around Disney property and I do know my way around, just so many people don't it's always a mess!
I just hate being "that" driver that everyone is mad at for not knowing her way around.
You got some pretty awesome photos on the Winnie the Pooh ride. I always try, then I get these blurry shots and eventually give up.
I always try to avoid exiting the park with the masses. I don't want to be trampled.
Thanks. I have tried many many times and sometimes I get them, sometimes i don't. It's almost impossible to do though for most of the ride without using manual camera settings.
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Glad you found the popcorn in the Dumbo bucket!
We were pretty happy!
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Just looked up the Dumbo bucket and "Yes" Judy said it had to be added to her "Bucket List." Looks real cute.
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