Every Hour's The Witching Hour

Details of the Owl Post area. I don't know why this is screaming 'HDR' to me; but believe me, it's not. Just 1 RAW shot here.

The Owl Post
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Islands of Adventure
Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, FL

These Are Dark Times...

Harry Potter & The Forbidden Journey
Hogwarts Castle
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Islands of Adventure
Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, FL

The "Flying" Ford Anglia

Finally sought out this car after seeing everyone else's shot of it. I initially didn't care for the overexposed sky... until I added some warmth to the shot. So I'm glad it worked out.

The Flying Ford Anglia
Dragon Challenge Queue
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Islands of Adventure
Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, FL

Forbidden

I haven't done any B&W shots of the Wizarding World yet. And since the color version of this wasn't quite working for some reason, I decided to go monochrome here.

Hogwarts Castle
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Islands of Adventure
Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, FL

Hogwarts Castle: A Troll's View

A view from under the bridge at Hogwarts.

It was quite a nice challenge to come up with something interesting while under this bridge. You don't get great views of the castle, so you're forced to think out the box a little.

Hogwart's Castle
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Islands of Adventure
Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, FL

Public Conveniences

Believe it or not, this is the one shot I desparately wanted to nail...... and I have no idea why. I guess it's just something about the theming of the 'Public Conveniences' that just grabbed me. But I also think it's one of the seldom things in the Wizarding World that I could find where I could play with the dof some; and still have the shot mainly be composed of just one subject, per se. I've tackled this during every visit here; but I guess it took me finally using my Sigma 30mm at f/2.8 to get the look I was going for.

Oh, and one cool thing about these bathrooms, is that they have Moaning Myrtle in there (just her voice). Gotta love that attention to detail.

Public Conveniences (Restrooms)
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Islands of Adventure
Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, FL

Which Wand Will Choose You, Mr. Weasley???

Finally got a chance to check out Ollivanders. The line for this is usually quite long; but I guess I caught it at a good moment. And to tell ya, this was quite impressive. There definitely isn't much space in here (to keep with the authenticity of the "actual" wizarding world), but it really does help to keep this scene intimate. So I'd say it works out.

And yes, some crazy woman in line actually said this kid "must be a Weasley" to his face. He didn't like it though. Neither did his parents.

Ollivanders
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Islands of Adventure
Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, FL