NOTE - THIS "VERSION 3" REPLACES MY ORIGINAL UPLOAD. UNFORTUNATELY THAT COPY HAD AUDIO SYNC ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN MOSTLY REPAIRED IN THIS COPY.

I HATED TO START ALL OVER AGAIN BUT I FELT I HAD TO RE-POST A "CORRECT" COPY OF THIS SHOW FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD A "VERSION 3" FILE AS WELL IN THE LINK BELOW.

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"Reflections of Earth" is my absolute favorite Disney Night time Spectacular and I have always wanted to really get this video to be absolutely "perfect". Well,...after 3 & 1/2 years or shooting, re-shooting, failed edits and re-edits, bumped tripods, nasty lens flares, countless render and image processing plugin crashes and general technical problems GALORE,....it's FINALLY done! No, it's not the "perfect" video I wanted (sadly, it's still far from that) but I'm happy with the over all result for now and it's a massive upgrade over my last version.

I put ALLOT shot planning and technical effort into capturing as much of the low light background of the show and to do it with with as much 4k detail as I could. If you look closely, some scenes actually show staff working on the globe barge during the show! I have said this before; From a videographer's prospective, "Reflections of Earth" could easily be THE most technically difficult event that anybody could ever try to shoot. The dynamic range of light is truly extreme, making correct exposure VERY difficult or even impossible. The action changes rapidly and wildly, forcing you to carefully ride your iris constantly. Long telephoto lenses and wind conditions with guests huddled around you stepping on your tripod stand and walking in front of you adds to the challenge!

Anyhoo,...it's done for now. I'll will try to make a new video of RoE one more time again before the show leaves us forever. (RoE 2019?) I already have many ideas on how to improve the next one over this one and hopefully, it will be the next big leap in quality over this version.

I dont even want to think about what that very last night of "Reflections of Earth" will feel like after being in my heart for 20 years. [gulp!]

It's a shame that YouTube compresses their videos so much. The blacks and shadows really get crushed and macroblock pretty bad. The original 4k master is much cleaner than these online copies. I wish everyone could see that instead :-(

I hope you enjoy this video and let me know what you think!! I'd REALLY love to see feedback on this one. ;-)

Here is a link to download your own high quality video file:..

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_eW...


ENJOY!!!!,

Cliff