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Photo TR: Martin's Fantasy Island 8/10/11


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I have recently gotten into photography. I decided to take my camera on a quick trip to Fantasy Island yesterday. I shot most of these in manual mode with f-stops ranging from 4-15 and variable shutter speeds. If you have any suggestions on how I can improve my photography please let me know.

 

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We arrived around 1PM, with our discounted tickets in hand.

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The Golden Nugget.

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New for 2011 Mind Warp (It could be called whiplash because that is pretty much half of the ride.)

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The modest Ferris wheel.

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This was my favorite ride there. Long ride cycle allowed for some great views.

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Not too tall, but tall enough.

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The "spinning" Wild Mouse.

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I'm a fan of Disk-O's.

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Reasonably priced games! And they have IGOTIT!

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It rained a little bit, so the slides were closed while the crew dried them off.

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Wild west theming, love it.

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This slide beat me up a little bit.

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Silver Comet at it's peak.

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I spy a frog hopper.

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The Toilet Bowl.

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While a lot of the park is pavement, there are some nice gardens near the entrance.

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Sssscchhhh! Sleeping Giant!

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All Aboard!

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They have a great selection of rides for little kids.

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They even have some playground slides.

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The Free canoes was a highlight of the day.

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You got to canoe around a small island inhabited by Native American Statues.

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The reason why we're here.

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Nerd Shot!

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Nice Curves!

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The Support Structure.

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Down they go!

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Do the Disk-O!

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No Thanks!

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First time on one of these, fun!

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From the ferris wheel.

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Weee!

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Do they know what they are in for?

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I don't think so!

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Splash!

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Drenched!

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There is also a nice car ride.

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Everyone loves the Star-Flyer!

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Mind Warping in progress.

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Awesome, intense, Ride.

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Nerd Shot!

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Comet!

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Everybody Loves the Silver Comet!

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This was my first Photo TR, if you have any comments or criticisms please let me know. I plan on heading up to Darien Lake soon with my camera for TR #2. Until then...

 

Doug "the shutter button does what?" Mandell.

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Kid to the right, priceless.

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Lots of great shots in here! This is another park I'm sorry I never visited while I was still living on the East Coast.

 

Those three flume rider close-ups totally made me LOL.

 

And Mind Warp looks like a complete nightmare. I'll take the Tilt-A-Whirl, thank you very much.

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i am sad because i love martins fantasy island Ive only been there twice but next week i go to Marineland so its not all bad. . . .

 

 

dragon mountain is waiting

 

the other thing i find weird about buffalo is that even though it has a lower population than Detroit it manages to support 3 amusement parks! detroit used to sport 3 but now it has none

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