Peacock Pattern And Color

Peacock Pattern And Color, a photo by DisHippy on Flickr.

I don't know if any other zoos do this so please let me know, but at our St. Louis Zoo we have several Peacocks that are allowed to roam the park freely. This allowed me to grab this shot last time I was there. I know this is a pretty cliche shot, but you all know how I feel about the color green. Another thing I really like about this one, is that I was shooting with my 50mm, and since these guys aren't in any enclosers, I was about a foot away from him.

Please let me know what you all think as any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

Enjoy!

Tomorrow's Color Palette

Tomorrow's Color Palette, a photo by DisHippy on Flickr.

I know that so many of us absolutely love seeing Tomorrowland at night, I am no different. As I've said before, with the size of my group last trip, night shooting was a bit rare. So it was shoot while you can, and since none of my bracketing worked out well since I wasn't very experienced at the time, this is just a single exposure. i think for that fact, though, I'm quite happy with it. I love night shots that are void of people, but I also like night shots with ghosts of guests walking by too. I think my favorite thing about this particular frame is that I nailed lining up the top of Astro Orbiter with the bottom of the Tomorrowland sign.

Please let me know what you all think as any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

Enjoy!

Foliage Framing

Foliage Framing, a photo by DisHippy on Flickr.

Discovering this seating area for Flame Tree BBQ is a real treat for any photographer. Since this was taken in early spring, the greens in the foliage were very vibrant, and I wanted incorporate that into a composition with Everest. On top of the great greenery and mountain in the frame, I was graced with a sweet sky and reflections.

Please let me know what you all think as any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

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Red Panda

Red Panda, a photo by DisHippy on Flickr.

The red panda is a cousin of the raccoon, while the more famous giant panda is more closely related to bears. These engaging animals make their home in mountain forests and bamboo thickets, where they live in small groups or alone. They are active mainly at night and spend their days sleeping in trees, out of the reach of most predators. Red pandas are primarily vegetarians, with bamboo shoots a favorite food, but they also eat small animals.

The number of wild red pandas is declining as their bamboo forests are cleared for human development.
sourced from www.stlzoo.org

This May will be two years of my having my Nikon D90 and for all the times I've been visiting the St. Louis Zoo with my camera, I've never seen the Red Panda. Finally, on Monday I was up at the Zoo early in the morning and this beautiful girl was out. I spent quite a long time shooting photos here. At this point she had actually noticed me there and almost posed for the photo. This was a great day for shooting at the Zoo, I'll be sharing more from this day for sure.

Please let me know what you all think as any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

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Pure Style

Pure Style, a photo by DisHippy on Flickr.

I know that not everyone gets into the vinylmation, but I wanted to show off my new display. My girlfriend got me these cubes and so now we can see them all at the same time. I think what I really like about these vinyls is that the artist is limited to the one shape. It shows how limitless the creative mind can be. Of course the tie back to Disney doesn't hurt either. Our bedroom is north facing so I shot a 7 bracketed shot that I fused with exposure fusion in Photomatix. Please let me know what you all think as any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated. Enjoy!

Beautiful First Sight

Beautiful First Sight, a photo by DisHippy on Flickr.

In trips past, the Magic Kingdom has always been our go to park for the first park to visit when we get on property. Over the past couple of trips, we have been spending more and more time in Epcot Center.

I made an ADR for San Angel Inn on the first night of our last trip so that Epcot Center would be our first park of the trip. Even better than that was that it was right at the beginning golden hour when we got there. There's not much better than Spaceship Earth during golden hour, accept Spaceship Earth at night.

Please let me know what you all think as any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

Enjoy!