The Wide World of William: February 2013

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Panama City Beach Sunset

It was a sunset bathed in red light on this day in Panama City Beach, Florida.

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At Walt Disney Worlds Animal Kingdom theme park, two Asain Tigers play in thier water fountain/pool.

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School Bell

This is the school bell on the oldest existing school house in the state of Minnesota. It is found in Taylors Falls.

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The Scorcerer's Hat and the Stars at Night

This is another night-time photo of Mickey's Scorcerer's Hat at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios. I have taken a handful of these photos over the years and this is one of my favorites.

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Wide Angle Imagination

Using a wide-angle lens for the first time, I was able to try getting a unique photo of Epcot's Imagination building. I line myself up so I was right at the corner of the beautiful pyramid of the Imagination building, and looked straight up it's angled roof.

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Monday, February 18, 2013

Minnesota State Capitol

The Minnesota State Capitol building in St. Paul, MN
This photo was taken on a bright and beautiful summer day in St. Paul, Minnesota, and features the State Capitol building in all of its glory.

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Big Thunder Mountain Under Construction

Big Thunder Mountain was closed during my most recent visit as it looks like they are doing some major upkeep on the ride. In this photo here, taken from the walking bridge on Tom Saywers Island, shows a beautiful reflection of the wildest ride in the wilderness and the construction guys working about it.

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Snow Covered Evergreen

The sun came out and spread it's light on the freshly fallen snow, sending glittery light towards me as I shot this photo of this snow covered evergreen in Minnesota.

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Expedition Everest on a Cloudy Day

The sun peaked out behind some clouds, which made the Expedition Everest ride stand out against the cloudy background in this photo at Walt Disney Worlds Animal Kingdom.

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Purple Illuminations and Japan

Standing on the 2nd floor balcony at the Japan pavilion at Epcot, I took this photo of Illuminations that also features the lit up buildings in the area.

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Empty Hockey Net

This lonely and empty hockey net sat on the ice at Bellvue Park in Brooklyn Center, MN on one sun shining winter day.

Cinderellas Castle and a Blood Red Sky

The sunset this night was eerie, which made it a spectacular night to shoot photographs. This photo is of Cinderellas Castle, looking from the east, with the castles reflection in the water and the blood red sky behind it, this is one breathtaking photo that I have loved since the moment I took it.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Hippo Peak-a-boo

I was able to get this photo of a hippopotamus as it was just breaching above the water level. The wonderful creature just poked his eyes and nose out of the water before heading back down below the surface.

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Monday, February 11, 2013

The Moon and a Side View of the Scorcerers Hat

On my visit to Walt Disney Worlds Hollywood Studios, we had a full moon while I was out taking nighttime shots around the park. In this photo I managed to incorporate the full moon into the photo with Mickey's Scorcerers Hat.

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

The View from Japan

This photo features the view from the balcony of the Japan restaurant Teppan Edo at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center. In the view you can see Spaceship Earth and the Mexican Pavilion across the World Showcase Lagoon.

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The Enchanted Tiki Room Glow

An eye catching night time photograph of the Tiki Room at Walt Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom.

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The Walt Disney World version of the Tiki Room, called "Tropical Serenade," debuted October 1, 1971, and was originally sponsored by the Florida Citrus Growers. The show closed in 1997, then reopened in 1998, as "The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management." The original group of Audio-Animatronics characters continue to star in the show including Jose, Michael, Fritz and Pierre. Walt Disney Imagineers had three of the four original actors re-record audio segments for the new show. Actor Jerry Orbach, well-known as the voice of Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and Beast films, supplies the voice of the French parrot Pierre in this revamped version of the Tiki Room.

The voices of Jose, Michael, and Fritz are supplied, respectively, by Disney mainstays Wally Boag, Fulton Burley and Thurl Ravenscroft. The show features 314 figures including flowers, statues and birds. The attraction's well-known theme song, "In the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room," was written, like many other Disney classics, by Richard and Robert Sherman.

Friday, February 8, 2013

The Male Lion on Kilimanjaro Safari's

The one and only time I got onto Kilimanjaro Safari's at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom on this recent trip, the male lion was actually up and moving about. Unfortunately by the time I got in a position to photograph him, he was starting to sit down, which is what is captured in this photo. The brilliance of the sun shining from behind the wonderful beast makes for a brilliant photograph.

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The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia (where an endangered remnant population resides in Gir Forest National Park in India) while other types of lions have disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times. Until the late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, across Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru. The lion is a vulnerable species, having seen a major population decline of 30–50% over the past two decades[date missing] in its African range. Lion populations are untenable outside designated reserves and national parks. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are currently the greatest causes of concern. Within Africa, the West African lion population is particularly endangered.

Mickey's Scorcerers Hat

This is easily my favorite and my best photo of Mickey's Scorcerers Hat at Walt Disney Worlds Hollywood Studios. Taken before complete darkness falls in the night time sky, with the searchlights on behind it, and the "ears" lit up, this photo has everything you want in a Disney World photo. It is full of magic, color, and light.

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Spaceship Earth and Palm Trees

A very unique photo of Epcot's Spaceship Earth and some of Florida's palm trees. This is one of my best photo's that I have taken of Spaceship Earth at Epcot. The colors in this photo all blend together to make a very beautiful photo, with the green of the palm tree leaves, to the golden glow of Spaceship Earth, to the blue Florida sky and white wispy clouds, this photo will take you into it and make you feel the warm Florida air.

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