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Disney Pic of the Week: Best Pic of 2020

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Sounds kind of funny to associate “Best” with anything from this year. However, it is a tradition of mine to share what I feel was my best of the weekly photo feature from the All Ears Picture This! Photo Blog for each year. My criteria is many. Some years it is a very technical photo … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Best Pic of 2020"
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Cinderella Castle Replacement Sky

Replacing a Cinderella Castle Sky

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One of the advantages of an early morning advanced dining reservation in the Magic Kingdom is there are only a few people around. Allowed me to get this photo with a nearly empty park. Another thing you get in Florida is a cloudless blue sky. In the past, if I wanted to change the sky, … Continue reading "Replacing a Cinderella Castle Sky"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Spring

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Peter Pan overlooks Captain Hook in United Kingdom pavilion topiaries.Nikon D750/16-35VR, 1/125s, f/16, ISO 220, EV 0, 22mm Focal Length. I ask you, what could be more Spring than the topiaries seen during Epcot’s Annual Flower and Garden Festival? All of Disney’s favorite characters literally spring to life in carefully groomed trees, shrubs and subshrubs … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Spring"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Epcot Aerial

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The aerial subject this week is Epcot. I am recycling an image I took during Epcot’s 30th Anniversary celebration which still represented much of what I remember seeing when I first visited 29 years prior. Future World from the monorail over Epcot.Nikon D700/Tokina 11-16mm, 1/125, f/16, ISO 200, EV -0.6, 16mm focal length. Deb will … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Epcot Aerial"
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Great Movie Ride HDR at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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Today is my birthday and I am going to indudge myself with photographic candy. Late afternon at Disney’s Hollywood Studios means the Sun is behind The Great Movie Ride or GMR, for short. Especially, in early December when I was there last. I sure was not going to let the cloud filled sky go to … Continue reading "Great Movie Ride HDR at Disney’s Hollywood Studios"
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Disney Pic of the Week: POP Century

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Every Value Resort at Walt Disney World has huge letters spelling out the resort’s name in the bus transportation area. The Pop Century Resort has fun giant POP signs which are impossible to miss as you get off your bus after a day in the parks. As I waited for a bus to get to … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: POP Century"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Fire

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Water is used extensively throughout the Walt Disney World Resort for landscaping, live shows and special effects. Fire, on the otherhand, is used sparingly. I am sure it is for safety reasons but, when fire is used, it tends to be very dramatic. When you frist see the Sleeping Beauty float in the Disney Festival … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Fire"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Epcot

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Epcot was the first park I visited at Walt Disney World some 30 years ago. While attractions have come and gone, new countries have sprung up around World Showcase and the trees have gotten taller, Spaceship Earth has endured to become the iconic symbol of Epcot. Spaceship Earth as seen from Epcot’s World Showcase.Nikon D700/28-300VR, … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Epcot"
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Epcot Flowers

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Hanging flowers in front of Epcot’s Italy pavilion.Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/100s, f/16, ISO 200, EV 0, 28mm focal length, polarizer filter. It was a beautiful Autumn day in Epcot’s World Showcase when I took this photo featuring these beautiful flowers in hanging pots in front of the Italy pavilion. I used a small aperture of f/16 … Continue reading "Epcot Flowers"
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