Amusement Ride - Night Shot

SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
edited December 20, 2007 in Landscapes
I can look at these kind of rides for hours on end,
but you will not ever get me on one ...... no sirrrrreeeeee!

I love Space Mountain at Disneyland, that's the hight of my thrill ride :rolleyes

Enjoy.... Skippy :D

Hand held shot, taken with Canon 20D and Canon 50mm F1.2 Lens.

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  • Eric&SusanEric&Susan Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited December 16, 2007
    I used to ride the local carnival rides all the time until...........I went to get on one and the operator said "Hold on." He reached in a bag and pulled out a socket wrench and proceeded to tighten a bolt on the ride. I said "thanks but no thanks" and haven't riden one since then.

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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited December 17, 2007
    Skippy,

    I love taking photos at carnivals and fairs, especially as I no longer hav ethe courage to get on them. This was handheld? :oogle

    What was this ride? It looks like one similar to this one that I saw last summer. Again, there was no way I was going to get on it. :D
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  • canghuixucanghuixu Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2007
    I would also like to know, was that handheld? Was the ride in motion, or stopped? I usually shoot at night with a 17-55 IS EF-S on my 20D, but if you can shoot at a moving object handheld like that with the 50 1.2, maybe it is time to try to convince my spouse it is time for a new lens...

    Now whenever I see amusement park shots, I think of the scene in the Riesenrad ferris wheel at the Vienna Prater in "The Third Man." That and the chase at the ending of "Strangers on a Train."

    schmoo wrote:
    Skippy,

    I love taking photos at carnivals and fairs, especially as I no longer hav ethe courage to get on them. This was handheld? :oogle

    What was this ride? It looks like one similar to this one that I saw last summer. Again, there was no way I was going to get on it. :D
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2007
    Eric&Susan wrote:
    I used to ride the local carnival rides all the time until...........I went to get on one and the operator said "Hold on." He reached in a bag and pulled out a socket wrench and proceeded to tighten a bolt on the ride. I said "thanks but no thanks" and haven't riden one since then.

    Eric

    Ahahaha I don't like anything that spins or flips.
    Those Carnival rides would worry me too, especially if I saw them doing what you saw eek7.gif ..... Skippy :D
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2007
    schmoo wrote:
    Skippy,

    I love taking photos at carnivals and fairs, especially as I no longer hav ethe courage to get on them. This was handheld? :oogle

    What was this ride? It looks like one similar to this one that I saw last summer. Again, there was no way I was going to get on it. :D

    Yep it's hand held Schmoo, that 50mm F1.2 is a real sweet piece of glass.
    annnnnnnnd it looks exactly like the ride you have the link too nod.gif
    Had the same name too, that one I shot was in Ohio.

    Thanks for looking Stef thumb.gif .... Skippy :D
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2007
    canghuixu wrote:
    I would also like to know, was that handheld? Was the ride in motion, or stopped? I usually shoot at night with a 17-55 IS EF-S on my 20D, but if you can shoot at a moving object handheld like that with the 50 1.2, maybe it is time to try to convince my spouse it is time for a new lens...

    Now whenever I see amusement park shots, I think of the scene in the Riesenrad ferris wheel at the Vienna Prater in "The Third Man." That and the chase at the ending of "Strangers on a Train."

    Hi there, it was indeed a hand held shot, however the ride was not moving at the time.

    The Canon 50mm F1.2 is a very fast lens, and I have been amazed at the lighting conditions that you can shoot in and hand hold with this lens.

    Thanks for looking thumb.gif .... Skippy :D
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2007
    Very nice. I used to ride those kinds of things all the time... now I'll just have to hope my kids like them so I can occasionally ride 'em again!

    What was your ISO? I don't see much noise at all... very clean!
    Chris
  • ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2007
    Ahhh...the Zipper! I rode that a number of times in my youth! mwink.gif Not sure I'd be so quick to get on it now, though. Nice shot! thumb.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2007
    ChrisJ wrote:
    Very nice. I used to ride those kinds of things all the time... now I'll just have to hope my kids like them so I can occasionally ride 'em again!

    What was your ISO? I don't see much noise at all... very clean!

    Thanks Chris, the settings were F3.2 * ISO 800 * 1/200
    Don't forget its been PS'd as well thumb.gif .... Skippy :D
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2007
    Elaine wrote:
    Ahhh...the Zipper! I rode that a number of times in my youth! mwink.gif Not sure I'd be so quick to get on it now, though. Nice shot! thumb.gif

    It's not my kind of ride no-sir-eeeeee nope!
    I will stand away from it and watch it, but you wont ever catch me on it.

    .... Skippy :D
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  • Bill_MBill_M Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2007
    The Zipper's a fun ride to shoot...here's one with a slightly longer shutter

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2007
    Bill_M wrote:
    The Zipper's a fun ride to shoot...here's one with a slightly longer shutter

    Thats a goodie Bill clap.gif ya still won't convince me its fun to ride rolleyes1.gif
    ... Skippy :D
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