Disneyland after Dark (Part One)

I hesitate to use the title...it's a little trite and cliche at this point. Unfortunately, it's just a little too perfect to not to use.

Okay...photographic lessons learned last night.

1. Disneyland on a Friday night is more crowed than the usual early morning hours I usually go.

2. Smack dab in the middle of July, it does not even get dark until 8:30pm.

3. There is only a 30min window of mobility from the end of "magic hour" and the massive crowds of "Fantasmic" and the fireworks show. Future night-time photo shoots will be Sun-Thurs only.

Ready...steady...go.....! (Click on pictures to make the big pictures go!)

The Enchanted Tiki Room -

Fantasyland -

These following pictures of the Matterhorn were taken with the lens wide open. I particularly like how creepy the third one is, with the mountain just looming ominously in distance. But frankly, they're all kind of surreal....