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Published: 2008-08-18 09:26:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 10153; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 2696
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Hollywood Boulevard at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida. One of the few night photos I was able to get during our last trip because it rained nearly every night. In fact, it started to rain a few minutes after I took this one.I was doing a bit of an experiment with my then new camera, trying different apertures and shutter speeds. I wanted to see what it would look like to max out the aperture. And this is what it looks like.
The park had closed and everyone was leaving. I liked that someone was having their picture taken in the middle of the street on their way out.
Messed around with curves in photoshop and then converted to black and white because I liked it better that way. And the Studios is meant to evoke Hollywood in it's heyday back in the 30's and 40's, so b&w seemed appropriate, despite the giant Sorcerer Mickey hat.
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your welcome
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I know nothing about all the photography talk, but I love this picture. It's amazing. ^^
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Awesome shot! I really like the blur of the people.
Waah, I went to Disney last week and when I heard "Hollywood Studios", I thought it was a new park, but turns out it replaced the word 'MGM'.
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They lost the rights to the MGM title so just renamed the park. Must be so confusing.
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Haha, it was confusing!
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i think some guy did a series of photos with long exposure to get the ghost effect. i really do like it!
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What was so cool for me for this one was how long the shutter was versus how well the blur showed up. If it had been just a few people they wouldn't have shown up at all, but since hundreds were walking by it gave such a weird blur.
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welcome! 
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I do it all the time at Disney
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haha, sounds like fun.. got any pictures of those?
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Oh yeah. But mostly they get posted on my stock site.
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oh, i shall check it out one day when i can spend a whole day sitting down
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Very nice. I did notice the person in the middle taking the picture, it's awesome how that just randomly happened.
I wish I could get a whole wardrobe of the suits and what not from the 30's and 40's. I've always liked that era.
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I get them from time to time, people taking pictures while my shutter is open. Always makes a neat effect.
I love suits from the 30's.
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It is a neat effect.
Me, too... if only I had enough money to buy more. I'd love to have my full wardrobe like that. XD
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I know what you mean about the rain! It kind of sucked but it was fun to push a trash cart when it was raining.
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There was nothing quite like having the heavens open and drenching a parade. That was so much extra work. 
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cool shot! our big Mickey hat is in Downtown Disney outside the Disneyland Hotel. Lights up at night ^^
They are reworking California Adventures's front to be more 40s California. Should be awesome.
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I heard they were doing major work at DCA. That sounds pretty neat.
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yeah they finished the Toy Story 4D ride and it is open and they are still working on the Little Mermaid ride. They also have to build a full Cars land.
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I've been reading about the Cars land over on screamscape. Sounds like there's going to be a whole lotta Pixar at DCA.
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yep. I'd rather have Pixar over at CAA than at DL. I love Pixar but I also love classic DL, you know?
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I can see that. What all Pixar is at DL anyway? At the MK we've only got Buzz.
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We have Buzz (took over Circle Vision) & Nemo (took over the Submarines). If they are going to add another Pixar, it should be something to take over "honey I shrunk the audience"
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I forgot about Nemo. They filled in the 20,000 Leagues lagoon here, and I doubt they'd put something Pixar in Fantasyland in it's place. HIStA is at Epcot for us, which doesn't have Pixar stuff except for the Seas with Nemo, which is practically next door, so I doubt they'd put something there, but I guess we never know. 
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Here Pixar is in Tomorrlowland only. So it makes sense.
So we have 4 Pixar rides (we also have Monsters Inc. in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot). Ratatouille and WAll.E are still in the Animation building as concept art/promotions.
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Oh wow, this looks awesome! The long exposure worked very well here~
It has been raining SO much! 
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We go and suffer through the rain, but it's disappointing because I can't take pictures and after a while I just get tired of being wet. 
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wow
amazing
sorta creepy by how they all look like ghosts, but the effect is amazing
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I love ghost people during long photography. Especially when only someone's feet show up.
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you're welcome
and yeah that is cool
haha thats interesting
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Cool shot 
Also, I learned that there was a rights issue with the owners of the chinese theater. Aparantly, Disney had to pay them everytime it was photographed so rather than do that or take the ride out, they placed a hat that covered it and kept the building from being photographed as much.
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I take it you've never noticed that they're a replica Brown Derby at the Studios?
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I do know it's there, but it's not in the shape of the big Derby hat as the original was. I think they should've gone for that
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