Random Shots at Disneyland 07-04-09

Just a few random shots I took of Disneyland. I've been to Disneyland so many times, I wasn't really motivated in taking too many photos. While waiting around in the long lines, I took photos of a few things around Disneyland. I don't like how my photos look on Blogger. It's much clearer when viewed on my computer via my photo editor. Blogger seem to distort the photos somewhat.

Just a flower I took somewhere in the park

I snuck in this shot of the Haunted House. You're not allowed to take flash photography so the photo didn't turn out too clear. This is the entrance before you enter the ride. It appears you are moving down but actually it's just the ceiling rises up.

Sleeping Beauty's Castle

Downtown Disney

Disney Adventure Park

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Random Photos

I haven't taken any photos for a while and these photos were from the batch I've taken on my husband's birthday a little over 2 weeks ago. We were sitting waiting for our food at the winery and while waiting I took a few photos of the candle and our drinks! LOL! The restaurant was so dim that I really couldn't take any other photos without turning my flash on which I didn't want to do.

I'm not exactly happy with these photos but decided to post them any way. I'm not going to give the specs either. I'm just posting the photos for fun but I did take the photos on AP without flash.

I'll see if I can find a good subject for my photos this week.

I like this shot because you can see my husband in the background. I don't like how the candle look. . too bright and not very focused but I like the photo set up with the 2 drinks and my husband silhouetted in the background. I like the composition not necessarily the photo. What do you think.

I was thinking of changing service. . .like Typepad but I don't want to pay for the service. I like that Typepad allows larger photos without having to modify the size. With blogger, you have a set size and when you modify it by dragging the size, the photo gets distorted which I don't like. I guess I'll stick to blogger until I get better with taking photos.

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Dog in Play

You're probably wondering what the significance of these photos are? I had told my husband that I felt that people looking at my photos probably wonder why I post them on my blog and he told me that people may understand them better if I told the story behind the photos. It may explain the significance as to why I posted them in the first place.

Why these two photos? Well, as a person learning photography, sometimes you see something in a photo that makes you say "wow, cool". Well, I felt this way when I looked at these photos. We were at the mall, a few weeks ago and we saw a few puppies at the pet store inside a glass display.

There were 3 dogs; two were playing and biting one another and the other just standing there watching them. What I like about the photos is that I was able to capture both the crazy movement of the two playing dogs and the stillness of the one lone dog. Typically, the photo of the still dog would be blurry but with these photos, my camera was able to focus really nicely of the still objects and still capture the movement of the dogs rolling around biting one another!

Now do you see why I like these photos? Believe or not but these were taken on "auto mode".

Poor pup, he looks like he is wondering what has got into the other two dogs. I think that labrador is one of those "thinking" types. . .LOL!!

I have a few more photos to upload so be sure to return some time today!!

Photo #2 details:

Exposure: Auto

No Flash.

ISO: 400

Aperture: f/3.50

Shutter speed: 1/13

Focal length: 22mm

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My First Depth of Field Shot Using the AV Mode

I'm rather proud of myself. . .my first "depth of field" shot using the AV Mode. Taken at f/2.8, shutter speed 1/160 sec, ISO 1600 and 28 mm. I had taken this photo with my 28 - 70mm lens and had the darnest time taking a good shot because of the dim lighting of the restaurant and my lens inability to focus at close range.

I tried taking the photo in auto - macro and the flash kept popping up. I wanted to see if I could take a similar photo using macro but was unable to do so without the flash. I didn't want the flash because it would reflect on the glass.

Taken at f/3.5, shutter speed 1/160, focal length 42 mm and ISO 1600. This one was taken with a closer shot. Thanks De of Bella Luna Photo Inspirations for the tutorials . . .she's my partner in crime. . .well, as far as learning photography that is! LOL!

I think I could have taken a better shot if I had used my 18 - 55mm lens. I read that wide angle lens work best with depth of field shots. I don't know. . .I'll test it out tomorrow. I was at a restaurant and I had my lens in the car and didn't want to be switching while eating lunch at a restaurant. LOL!!

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