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#2 is just beautiful. As for the third shot, well... it is cool... brrr
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Hey Doc. How ya doing?
It's funny how we feel safe by suspending logic. I am hanging my head over the basket of this balloon trying to get a shot of the rope going straight across the bottom of the basket so as to provide some scale to the image. The viewfinder allows me to believe that I am safe and to ignore the fact that nothing stands between me being healthy and me being squashed like a bug.
It was still fun and quite peaceful.
This is a shot of the companion balloon. The third unit suffered tears in the fabric during set up and those folks stayed on the ground. Their loss.
It's funny how we feel safe by suspending logic. I am hanging my head over the basket of this balloon trying to get a shot of the rope going straight across the bottom of the basket so as to provide some scale to the image. The viewfinder allows me to believe that I am safe and to ignore the fact that nothing stands between me being healthy and me being squashed like a bug.
It was still fun and quite peaceful.
This is a shot of the companion balloon. The third unit suffered tears in the fabric during set up and those folks stayed on the ground. Their loss.
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Hope you don't mind adding some pictures
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The first one is very nice Dr. Harout. The balloons stand out against the beautiful snowy peaks.
What kind of event was this?
Yildiz
What kind of event was this?
Yildiz
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Thanks Yildiz. It was after the presidential elections.aster wrote:The first one is very nice Dr. Harout. The balloons stand out against the beautiful snowy peaks.
What kind of event was this?
Yildiz
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I think I like #1 the best, but #2 is a close second. I like the perspective of #1 and the pastel colors.
Doc, my preference is your #1. Cool seeing the balloons with the snowy mountains in the background.
Doc, my preference is your #1. Cool seeing the balloons with the snowy mountains in the background.
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Another balloon pic for you.
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When we were in Egypt in 2007 we went on a balloon trip for David’s birthday.
Here are three shots from that.
An early landing.
Balloon and the Valley of Kings.
Sunrise over Luxor. I waited until the balloon was over the minaret.
Here are three shots from that.
An early landing.
Balloon and the Valley of Kings.
Sunrise over Luxor. I waited until the balloon was over the minaret.
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Nicely done Shirley. I especially like #2 because of the DOF.
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these are all great photos, they have ballon rides over Melbourne, I'll have to go up one day.
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That was fortuitous Winston, enter stage left a heard of gazellepedes, sure beats the hell out of just another baloon shot.
Greg
ps. Hmm whilst I like the idea of baloon rides intrinsically, the thought of that huge burner not far from the fabric which holds you aloft....that could disappear in an instant if flame were too actually come in contact with it....
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ps. Hmm whilst I like the idea of baloon rides intrinsically, the thought of that huge burner not far from the fabric which holds you aloft....that could disappear in an instant if flame were too actually come in contact with it....
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When I visited Luxor in '99, I don't remember any balloon rides being available.Shirley Kilpatrick wrote:When we were in Egypt in 2007 we went on a balloon trip for David’s birthday.
Balloon and the Valley of Kings.
Sunrise over Luxor. I waited until the balloon was over the minaret.
What I'll never forget is the drawing of the kangaroo on the wall in one of the Pharaoh's tombs. Somewhere, thanks to some Konica 1600 film, I have a shot of that.
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Kangaroo? ancient Egypt? sounds a bit sus...don't you think? I didn't think they were that widespread...although come to think of it the ancient Chinese did a lot of exploring and trading very early in the piece, they even took back a Giraffe from Africa (via slow junk...the mind boggles) too show the Emperor of the time...apparently the populace were dumfounded that such a creature could exist, so anything is possible I guess....why then did the Chinese become isolationist after doing all that groundwork and possessing such a powerful fleet...long term pressing problems with the Mongols maybe?
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