Pirates of the Caribbean, at the end of the ride, shooting it out.

Pirates of the Caribbean

At the end of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland you have the few remaining pirates who are shooting it out amongst themselves.  This scene has been here for as long as I can remember.  So many of the other areas throughout the ride have chanced a little here or there (some have changed a lot) but this is one that has remained about the same over the years.

If you ride this often enough you will see that from time to time one or more of the pirates is missing.  They do rotate through them and clean them up from time to time.
I have lighted this shot up a lot so you can see some f the detail.  Of course in order to get it a little lighter the picture also has a lot of "noise" in it.  Taking some of the "noise" out and some of the detail gets lost.  It is a balancing act as the picture gets developed.  The other issue with taking pictures on any of the dark rides is that they flood the area with hash lights.  In the POTC ride it is mostly orange and red (red for the fire) but it can change slightly from scene to scene.  If the hash flooded colors are removed then it is hard to determine what the "real color" should be.  Also, if you take all of the orange out of the picture then you also are taking some of the color out of the scene that should still be there.  Again, it is all matter of balancing it out.  The real goal is to get a picture that you are happy with.  Everyone has an idea as to what the "real" colors should be, but the real goal needs to be to have a picture that you really like.  If you like it, then it is a good picture.  And I hope you like this one!