WDW Picture of the Day Thread (Part 5)

[1selfsacrifice]

 

[crlachepinochet]

Hooray for the new thread! Great pictures so far, everyone!

 

[C&D]

 

[1DisneyDad]

 

[rtiller]

Continuing with the last trip...our picture at the Flying Fish Cafe before digging in

 

[OddDuck]

 

[dash]

 

[col]

tree of life garden sign, animal kingdom

 

[earldw28]

 

[Bug715]

 

[jeffb]

Sissa216 - fantastic shot in post 19.

Steiny68 - great shot of Harper's mill in post 27

xsupaxmadxsfnex - great shot and framing of the castle in post 33.

Here is my post for today:

Please click here for a larger 1500 X 1000 size version: http://www.flickr.com/photos/96525092@N00/2952742431/sizes/o/

 

[ChuckElias]

^^^ Jeff, do you have a color version of the above photo for comparison? I have no training or anything, but this seems to me to be a case where the B&W treatment might actually detract from the image.

Not saying that I don't like it. Please understand, I'm not criticizing. I'm just wondering why you went B&W for this, and what it looks like in color. I'm trying to learn a little something.

 

[ChuckElias]

Continuing with my dad's slides from 1972. (Apparently, I was also wrong about the ugly orange sweatshirts. That must have been another trip.) This one is self-explanatory.

 

[jeffb]

^^^ Jeff, do you have a color version of the above photo for comparison? I have no training or anything, but this seems to me to be a case where the B&W treatment might actually detract from the image.

Not saying that I don't like it. Please understand, I'm not criticizing. I'm just wondering why you went B&W for this, and what it looks like in color. I'm trying to learn a little something.

Chuck, no worries - What struck me in the b&w version (and why I went this route) is the how the marching band and drum are light gray and white while the backgound (sky / sidewalk) are dark grey creating very good contrast between the subject and the background. I will try to put the unprocessed color version up on flickr.

BTW - I am really enjoying you pictures from 1972 (I love vintage WDW) and those are awesome sweatshirts (with the old WDW logo). Disney - please re-issue them!

 

[BigRedDad]

This is the best I could get of the grill at O'hanas. I am on 10x zoom I think to get this pic.

 

[GoofyDadKB]

 

[WDWFigment]

Here is mine for today from Saratoga Springs Resort:


Clicking on the picture will take you to its Flickr page.

 

[sissa216]

Thanks keekee, disneyshe, and jeffb :wave:

Jeff, I love that shot of the band. And I think the black and white is very striking.
Jedimastermatt-I forgot to comment on the first one, but I enjoy this hazy castle shot as well!
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Here's another from fotlk

 

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[°O°Joe]

I'm a little biased because, in general, I have a tendency to favor black and white photography... but personally, for me what makes the band photo awesome in black and white, is that there are virtually no distractions to pull your eye away from the subject. It's a great picture. I have a feeling that if this were in full color, because of the bright colors, the eye might have a tendency to wander all around the frame. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but here - where the focal point is obviously the band member pointing at you, black and white works perfect. It's a very nice conversion too. Great job as always, Jeff!

As a side note, if you're in to selective coloring, leaving just the subject and his props color I'm betting would look pretty cool as well!