Photostory Friday

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

As some of you may already know we went to see Disney on Ice on Valentines day.
We got some great seats. Really close to the ice and all the action.

The cool part is that we did get to see all of these:

Disney dancing


Pluto


Donald


The really cool part is of course Mickey and Minnie





For Emma though that entire princess thing is what is on the top of the list. So I think one of the really big highlights was this one:


Unfortunately there were quite a lot of these (and well afterward we found that we went to the incredible Disney on ice...)





But all in all. Isn't this just one of the things that makes it all worth it:


For me it was really cool seeing the entrance to China town. The first pictures I took was in daylight and yeah they were ok... but that's about it. Just ok. After dinner I took a few more and with it being darker the lights were lit and it is soo much cooler :-)


Wrapping up the day we were heading home on the Metro


Just catch a ride and it will take you half way home (yeah that's another long long story but well...)


Have a great weekend :-)

Time lapse

So I gave it another shot... well make that multiple shots ;-)

After I got the D200 with the interval option (taking multiple photos at specified interval) I was trying to create a cloud time lapse sequence last week.

I guess I did forget a few things and it got kind of messed up with exposures not matching and all that good stuff...

So instead I tried with the stars which I had a little bit of time for Friday night before getting sick over the weekend.

Last night I finally got to put it all together for the first test (well actually I got two but... ahh well..)

The first sequence is about a half hour with ~200 exposures (camera ran out of battery)




The second sequence is just over an hour and this time 500 exposures (however those stars moved on me and some just turned into a black night sky)




Now I just need to compose it right, get a little landscape thing in at the bottom and go for more exposures. I am thinking in the neighborhood of 3000 exposures. Just gotta find a way to keep the camera going and storage...

why you really don't want to take kids to the dentist

This is kind of freaky but then again... Yeah it is kind of fun ;-)

soo you want to win a photo contest???

These days there are many photo contests around.
Some with prices and some just for the fun of it. Granted it's pretty cool to have you photo displayed in a magazine or well just about anywhere.

however... you may want to pick you contest with care...

One example: Amtrak photo contest...

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Nailed 'Em - Amtrak Photographer

Colbert Report Full Episodes
Funny Political News

Christian Bale Parody
Joke of the Day

I just can't believe that he was handcuffed to the wall for an hour while the good people of Amtrak was deciding what to do with him...


yeah this may be one contest to stay clear of. I am not sure I want that kind of reward...

Disney on ice - valentines day

As some of you may know we went to Disney on ice on valentines day.
Jacki had it in her post here.

I uploaded the photos to the photoshop website and you can see all of them right here:
Disney on Ice