Balloon Glow

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted October 23, 2012157 views7 comments

This was taken this past weekend at the Carolina Balloon Festival in Statesville, NC. They do a "balloon glow" after sunset, setting up the balloons, and lighting the burners all at once. They can't burn long or they will lift off, so you have to be pretty quick with the shutter. I cloned out a few folks that were below me on the hillside to eliminate clutter.

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5DIII, Nikkor 14-24mm, F11, 1/13 sec, ISO 800

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7 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on October 23, 2012 at 9:00 AM

Amazing that you caught all of them glowing at once. We have smaller balloon festivals here but they never glow all at once or in such a nice neat formation. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on October 23, 2012 at 12:09 PM

Great light and colors Wick. I like the hint of blue sky showing.
Bob

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 24, 2012 at 12:29 PM

Love the colors and pano comp Wick, looks great large.
Neat how the balloons are lit-up from underneath, and the purplish clouds BG RT add a nice touch

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on October 26, 2012 at 4:01 PM

Fantastic shot, love all the rich colours !

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on October 28, 2012 at 8:46 AM

Beautiful, Wick. The colors in the balloons are great, and the purple in the sky is a nice touch that helps complete the scene.

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Comment posted by Basil Greber on October 30, 2012 at 6:27 PM

I tend to like balloon shots a lot, and this is no exception. I like the multitude of highly saturated (because brightly backlit) colors in the frame. The panoramic crop works very well here. Nice.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on November 1, 2012 at 6:10 PM

Great color, Wick! I like it.

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