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Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway Entrance

Disney Pic of the Week: Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway Entrance

Posted on by Scott Thomas
While waiting in line, I photographed this entrance to Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Being so close, I rotated my camera to photograph it in Portrait orientation to emphasize the height of the Chinese theatre. You may notice it looks like people are just milling about but, actually, they are in … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway Entrance"
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Portraiture in the Magic Kingdom

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When traveling with friends, family or just your significant other at Walt Disney World, we all like to take portraits. The first task is to find a good background for the portrait. Luckily, you can find the all over Walt Disney World. For instance, in the Magic Kingdom, I found just outside the entrance to Adventureland this Tiki … Continue reading "Portraiture in the Magic Kingdom"
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Pandora Red Flower

Beauty of Pandora

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Pandora – The World of Avatar in Disney’s Animal Kingdom has so much detail. Especially, the flora (plants). It is sometimes hard to determine what is real and what was created. Really, can you tell? I know the tree is real but is the red flower? Pretty sure the yellow one is imagined. The blue … Continue reading "Beauty of Pandora"
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Portraits at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

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Bringing a heavy telephoto zoom lens is something I have only done at Disney’s Animal Kingdom a couple of times. In fact, the last time was back in 2013. Looking through these, I will be bringing it again. The lens I am talking about is the Nikon 80-400mm f/3.5-5.6 ED AF VR Zoom lens. It … Continue reading "Portraits at Disney’s Animal Kingdom"
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In Search of Nepal at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

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I know I will never travel to Nepal like Indiana Jones did. Luckily, I can photograph Walt Disney World’s version of Nepal at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Expedition: EVEREST. I am always searching for new angles and compositions like Indy searched for rare artifacts. Walking over the metal bridge with Everest behind me I spotted one … Continue reading "In Search of Nepal at Disney’s Animal Kingdom"
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Getting in Close at Casey’s Corner

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One of the tips I mentioned last week in the Disney Camera Tips to Start Out 2017 article was to get in close and fill the frame. I thought I would demonstrate the tip today. Using a camera with a 50mm prime lens which, is a lens with a fixed focal length, I spotted this … Continue reading "Getting in Close at Casey’s Corner"
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