After Pixelmania's Animal Kingdom day, I took advantage of the 1am hours over at MK to head there after dinner with the goal of doing some slow shutter night shots in some of the lands where I have neglected to shoot in the past. ; A perfect opportunity presented itself as I entered a few minutes before Wishes - having seen it plenty of times, I skipped the massive crowds on Main Street and circled over to Adventureland to start my whirlwind tour around the lands during the fireworks show - the rest of the park was nearly deserted, which made it a pleasure. ; Then as the night grew later, I worked my way through Tomorrowland and back to Main Street where I ran into some Pixelmaniacs on their way in after Epcot, and hit some train station shots down Main Street with the flagpole REMOVED!!! ; Here's my tour:
Adventureland:
Though the intention wasn't to shoot the fireworks, they were perfectly visible from Adventureland, so I squeezed them in:
I don't think I ever realized quite how pretty Tiki Room is at night:
Pirates was empty!:
Splash Mountain...look - even some stars visible (a rarity in Florida, but it was fortunately a cool clear night):
Peaceful down by Big Thunder:
Liberty Belle sitting pretty:
Aunt Polly's, as pretty as can be:
A little Liberty Bell action with Independence Hall in the background:
Haunted Mansion lit to the hilt:
Spinning Carousel and castle:
Dumbo doing an impression of Saturn's rings:
Space Mountain, and the moon:
The metal trees:
Riding the TTA - note the LEDs changed to all red or green for Christmas:
Tomorrowland...neon alive!:
The Christmas Castle in it's glory:
Main Street:
From the station...no flagpole!:
The wide view of the street and the castle...no flagpole and no Xmas tree:
Comments, questions, critique welcome. ; I love nighttime photography!
Adventureland:
Though the intention wasn't to shoot the fireworks, they were perfectly visible from Adventureland, so I squeezed them in:
I don't think I ever realized quite how pretty Tiki Room is at night:
Pirates was empty!:
Splash Mountain...look - even some stars visible (a rarity in Florida, but it was fortunately a cool clear night):
Peaceful down by Big Thunder:
Liberty Belle sitting pretty:
Aunt Polly's, as pretty as can be:
A little Liberty Bell action with Independence Hall in the background:
Haunted Mansion lit to the hilt:
Spinning Carousel and castle:
Dumbo doing an impression of Saturn's rings:
Space Mountain, and the moon:
The metal trees:
Riding the TTA - note the LEDs changed to all red or green for Christmas:
Tomorrowland...neon alive!:
The Christmas Castle in it's glory:
Main Street:
From the station...no flagpole!:
The wide view of the street and the castle...no flagpole and no Xmas tree:
Comments, questions, critique welcome. ; I love nighttime photography!
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