Quick preview of photos from Disney Cruise

[SorcererMickey]

It's taken me an entire week just to edit 25 out of around 100 photos I plan to use to update my online photo album. I actually took 887 photos, but many are panoramics which are made of 6 to 8 photos. Hopefully I'll have some time this weekend to work on them.

In the mean time, here is a preview from the first group...

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/wonder-01.jpg

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/wonder-02.jpg

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/wonder-03.jpg

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/wonder-04.jpg

[Whitequeen]

SM, those are the most perfect photos.
This 'cruise thing' is looking more & more tempting. :unsure:

[twink]

wow looks really smart. what lovely vivid colours
can't wait to see your online album

[PaulaK]

Fantastic SM!! We'll be booking the cruise soon, hopefully for our Christmas 2006 trip. Can't wait to see the rest! :D

[JuniorMickey]

I so want to go on a cruise!

[Breeze]

I so want to go on a cruise!


ME TOO :sigh:

[Josette]

Welcome back! How do you get a border around the pictures? Trip report!!! :D

[JuniorMickey]

ME TOO :sigh:
You and your DH in one cabin and your DD and I in another :D

[Breeze]

You and your DH in one cabin and your DD and I in another :D


That would work :thumbs: So how long do you think it would take all of us to save up enough money :unsure:

[MystikPiglit]

Wow, that looks fabulous. SM - you really do take the best photos :thumbs: More, we want more :D

[SorcererMickey]

More to come this weekend :yes: .

SM, those are the most perfect photos.
This 'cruise thing' is looking more & more tempting. :unsure:

You should really consider doing it. It is just the best :yes: .


can't wait to see your online album

Check out my signature, I have links to it there. The new photos I will be adding to it.


Welcome back! How do you get a border around the pictures? Trip report!!! :D

I use Photoshop to edit and "enhance" all the pictures I take. The border is called a "Stroke", 5px wide. I like the framing effect it has on the pics.

If you don't have Photoshop, there is an Open-Source program called GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/). It's a very powerful image editing program which does many of the same things Photoshop does.

[Johnie]

You and your DH in one cabin and your DD and I in another :D

What about me??

SM, those are amazing photos. I really want to go now.

[JuniorMickey]

That would work :thumbs: So how long do you think it would take all of us to save up enough money :unsure:
10-15 years? :unsure:

What about me??
You and Alysia in another cabin :thumbs:

[SorcererMickey]

It's starting to sound like an UOG-Disney Cruise Line Meet :yes: !!!

[JuniorMickey]

It will only take a couple of decades for me to be able to afford it SM :D

[Breeze]

Can you just imagine all the fun we could have on a cruise meet. It would give Jo the experience of dropping drinks on someone's head from the upper decks :lol:

You do realize that in 15 years I'll probably be too old to do anything but sit on the deck in my rocking chair :rolleyes: :sigh:

[Johnie]

Cruising is cheaper than a nursing home!

Is there a discount for a large group?

[Breeze]

That would be so cool if we could do it. Maybe we could set a 2 or 3 year savings time frame and then just maybe we can all afford to it :shrug: :sigh: Can we go snorkling please :D

[AliLouise1974]

Followed link to your online album, very professional. Impressive I'm so jealous though, a cruise every 6 months!!?? Even with the right wages I'd not have enough holiday from work to do it! :( :sigh: You must be your own boss or have a good one... what's his name?:wink:

[cmdbuddy]

It's taken me an entire week just to edit 25 out of around 100 photos I plan to use to update my online photo album. I actually took 887 photos, but many are panoramics which are made of 6 to 8 photos. Hopefully I'll have some time this weekend to work on them.


What kind of camera do you have, and what lenses were you using? Looks like you have a nice wide angle or fish eye lense. That's my next purchase :-)

[SorcererMickey]

What kind of camera do you have, and what lenses were you using? Looks like you have a nice wide angle or fish eye lense. That's my next purchase :-)

:lol: You'll be surprised when I tell you what I use. :lol:

I use the cheapest Sony Cyber-shot that Sony had until about a month ago. Sony doesn't even offer this model on their website anymore. It's the DSC-P41. I take all my photos at the highest resolution available, 4.1 Mega Pixels, 2304 x 1728. I can take 129 photos on a 256mb card.

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/sony_dsc-p41.jpg

I use a tripod and the timer feature to take several overlapping photos in sequence. The overlap is approximately 20 to 50 percent.

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/panorama-sample-01.jpg

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/panorama-sample-02.jpg

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/panorama-sample-03.jpg

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/panorama-sample-04.jpg

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/panorama-sample-05.jpg

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/panorama-sample-06.jpg

I then use a program called Panorama Factory (http://www.panoramafactory.com/) (click on the name to go to the website) to stitch the images together to create a panoramic photo.

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/wonder-02.jpg

And it's that simple :yes: !

[BevW]

Great pics! And thanks for that panorama tip...I've got a program that lets me make panoramic pictures...I just need to remember to take the tripod with me....

September is just not going to get here soon enough!

We actually went down and got our passport applications turned in! waaahooo

[Bubbles92]

Nice Pictures. I cant wait to see the rest!:)

[Mickeymac]

You'll be surprised when I tell you what I use.

It's not the camera, it's the photographer. :D Great shots!

[Breeze]

Is it the weekend yet :unsure: Where's the pictures SM, I'm waiting :hyper:

[twink]

i had one of those cameras until my lense broke now got another sony

[cmdbuddy]

:lol: You'll be surprised when I tell you what I use. :lol:



Wow, I am suprised. But the camera is just a tool for photographers. I'm gonna check out that program. Looks really cool.

[SorcererMickey]

It's not the camera, it's the photographer. :D Great shots!
:blush: thanks.


Wow, I am suprised. But the camera is just a tool for photographers. I'm gonna check out that program. Looks really cool.
It helps to look at other people's photos and just practice. This is an incredible website, go to chicagouncommon.com (http://chicagouncommon.com/), Dawn has an incredible eye for details.

The cool thing about a digital camera, you can shot all the photos you want, different angles and positions, and just keep what you want. In my case Ijsut keep them all, good or bad. Who knows when you are going to need them in the future.

[Tinker]

What about me??

SM, those are amazing photos. I really want to go now. Ok , I'm going to jump aboard ! :lol: PaulaK's going 12/06, Breeze, JM and Johnie want to go . My DH has been chomping at the bit to go back . Isn't 12/06 our next WDW UOG Meet ? December last year , October this year , December next year ! I say we start planning a UOG Disney cruise in December 06 . I know alot of members have tossed the idea around of starting a UOG cruise , lets make it real ! :wink: :thumbs:
SM, great pictures ! Brings back alot of beautiful, unforgettable memories , as did your trip reports . :thumbs: :thanks: I look forward to viewing the rest . :hug:

[JuniorMickey]

there is no chance of my doing a cruise within the next two years. I'm looking at maybe late '07