Helpful Posts: I slipped these into the toad discussion but I think they should stand alone.
I was trying to catch one of the lifting burns and managed it as this one went overhead.
Sunset. This one might look interesting with some more work.
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17th August 2015, 02:17 PM #1
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I think the balloons need their own thread.
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17th August 2015, 07:39 PM #2
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
Very nice, I just happened to catch a documentary this weekend about the history of ballooning. Interesting stuff.
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18th August 2015, 12:17 AM #3
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
See my smugmug.com gallery of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta at:
https://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/Travel/A...ALLOON-FIESTA/
IMO, if anyone ever has a chance to attend the Fiesta, grab that chance by the horns and attend! You can get down on the field as the balloons are ascending which makes great photo opportunities. My gallery provides lots of information on both the Fiesta and shooting that event!
If I attend the Fiesta again, I will spring the cash to take a balloon ride. Some of the best shots of the balloons are from overhead with the ground rather than the sky in the background
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18th August 2015, 08:16 AM #4
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
That is a nice shot, Brian...balloons are always a good photo op. They are very colourful...
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27th August 2015, 11:33 PM #5
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
I'll play.
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28th August 2015, 12:17 AM #6
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
This is nice too....love the colours too...
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28th August 2015, 02:46 AM #7
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
IMO, this is a great shot! It accurately portrays the feelings I had the times that I visited the Balloon Fiesta...
Originally Posted by imagemkr
I'll play.
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28th August 2015, 03:22 PM #8
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
Thanks, Richard. Taos Balloonfest. Happens every October. Small enough to get up close and personal.
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28th August 2015, 03:53 PM #9
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28th August 2015, 04:51 PM #10
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
Stole these from a friend. She asked me to process them so this my toll, in part, for the job. On my bucket list
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
We don't have a lot of ballooning around here, but there are a couple of operators doing commercial 'have-a-ride-in-a-balloon' flights. Garry (dog) and I were out for our early morning walk a couple of weekends ago. Given that I'm a landscape photographer, you'll realise that this is a pic not of a balloon, but of a balloon in the landscape.
Anyway, we seem to have hijacked Brian's thread with all our own pics. Hope you don't mind, Brian. I think you're right about your second image. There is a beauty of an image in there.
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30th August 2015, 03:28 PM #12
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
When we were in Cappadocia last year, I took my one and only balloon ride. A couple from that:
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Last edited by tclune; 2nd September 2015 at 03:43 PM. Reason: Replace photos with down-reses that will hopefully display
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30th August 2015, 07:10 PM #13
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
I don't mind at all. Adding images to a thread is always fine with me. Originally Posted by Donald
We don't have a lot of ballooning around here, but there are a couple of operators doing commercial 'have-a-ride-in-a-balloon' flights. Garry (dog) and I were out for our early morning walk a couple of weekends ago. Given that I'm a landscape photographer, you'll realise that this is a pic not of a balloon, but of a balloon in the landscape.
Anyway, we seem to have hijacked Brian's thread with all our own pics. Hope you don't mind, Brian. I think you're right about your second image. There is a beauty of an image in there.Last edited by Dave Humphries; 6th September 2015 at 09:16 AM. Reason: Extracted reply from quote
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6th September 2015, 04:27 AM #14
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
Readington Balloon Festival in New Jersey every July. Good music every night. I have gone a few times.
One from each visit. Unlikely to return anytime soon as I have just moved to Tulsa, OK! Other opportunities.Last edited by Dave Humphries; 6th September 2015 at 09:17 AM. Reason: remove double image tags
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7th September 2015, 05:27 AM #15
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
This is a great photo, Donald Originally Posted by Donald
We don't have a lot of ballooning around here, but there are a couple of operators doing commercial 'have-a-ride-in-a-balloon' flights. Garry (dog) and I were out for our early morning walk a couple of weekends ago. Given that I'm a landscape photographer, you'll realise that this is a pic not of a balloon, but of a balloon in the landscape.
Anyway, we seem to have hijacked Brian's thread with all our own pics. Hope you don't mind, Brian. I think you're right about your second image. There is a beauty of an image in there.
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20th February 2016, 05:11 AM #16
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Re: I think the balloons need their own thread.
OK, so I do actually get around to trying to do a bit more with an image and here's what happened. Originally Posted by Saorsa
I slipped these into the toad discussion but I think they should stand alone.
I was trying to catch one of the lifting burns and managed it as this one went overhead.
Sunset. This one might look interesting with some more work.
This isn't actually the image I started to work with but I noticed that I did have the burn in this one that added a bit of a highlight and high action to this image. I cleaned up a few of the specular hightlights in the foreground. I think this works a bit better.
We will be back at the same cottage in Olney again this year so I might get another chance.
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