October Trip Slideshow

[Mark]

I posted a slideshow (requires Windows to run it) from my most recent trip. The slideshow is here (http://www.box.net/shared/static/4qd6ln4a6o.exe).

To see other slideshows that I've done, go to http://barbierifamily.org/slideshow.

[Tagrel]

Thanks so much Mark - Love looking at your pictures!

[Tacey]

watched all the shows

you take amazing pics

[mickeefan]

Mark,
Your pictures are fantastic. I'm going back and look at all of them.
Can you tell me what settings you use to get such great wishes and illuminations pictures?

[WDWNJ]

All I can say is WOW! Thanks for sharing!!!

[Big Red]

Mark

I think you lied to those nice security people at Disney, you are definately a Professional!!! Thanks so much for sharing.

[WDWDen]

Yo, that was awesome Mark!!!!!! :clapping: You take amazing pictures, but I especially enjoyed the music. I was sad too see it end. I have to get back and check the rest of your stuff.

Awesome job dude!!!

[Barrie]

Fabulous photos Mark, as always! I love the nemo ones.

[BaciBecky]

Oh my gosh, Mark! It is one of the best I've ever seen.... Thanks so much - going back to watch again :D

The music makes it perfect - some (most!) of those photos sure would be a perfect desktop photo. Amazing. Amazing.

[Mark]

Mark,
Can you tell me what settings you use to get such great wishes and illuminations pictures?

The Wishes photos were shot at ISO 400 and f/11. The exposures were done on a bulb setting and varied between about 1/2 a second to about 4 seconds depending on the amount of fireworks and my whims. If I had to do it again, I'd lean more towards ISO 200 and f/8. That would work out to the same exposure level but with better noise and dynamic range characteristics.

The Illuminations shots were done at ISO 200 and f/8 with the later ones being at f/11. I think that I made the aperture switch to lower the exposure level of the shots because of the smoke. I was concerned that the fireworks were illuminating too much smoke and that the pictures would look better with a lower exposure level. As with the wishes shots, I used the bulb setting for the shutter speed and varied it between 1/2 second to about 4 seconds.

I don't have any particular science for fireworks shots. Pick an ISO that your camera performs well at. Use a tripod. Use the bulb setting. Start with f/8 as an aperture. Review after a few shots and adjust either the length of your exposures or your aperture to lower or increase your exposure levels. Mix it up a bit so that you'll have more to choose from when you get home.

[Mark]

The music used in the slideshow was "SpectroMagic Medley" performed by David Benoit. You can find it on Disney's Music From The Park (http://www.amazon.com/Disneys-Music-Park-Olivia-Newton-John/dp/B000001M3P/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-8380600-6942031?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1193593338&sr=8-1).

I put together the slideshow using Pictures2Exe (http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/index.html). I picked it several years ago after looking at all my options. There may well be better programs out there today. The thing that I liked about it was that it wrapped your JPG files rather than building a video stream. That meant that you could get much higher quality pictures in a much smaller file than you could generating a video. The downside is that you need a PC to play it rather than just burning it on a DVD. The upside is that you can easily share it online.

[ChrisR]

Thanks so much for sharing! They were absolutely wonderful photos! :mickey::mickey:

[cshore]

I just viewed your slideshow and now have a big smile on my face and I feel terrific! Thanks for the lift in spirits tonight.

Chris

[DrBabe]

Others have said the pictures are fantastic and they are! I'm used to watching carefully the product of two professional photographers, so I know good stuff when I see it. Thanks for sharing the technical details, too.