Quoting Rick Womer <[email protected]>:
Yesterday we took our long-anticipated hot air balloon ride outside
Philly. We launched at ~0630, on a cool and clear morning with
some mist and high clouds. 1:20 and about 9 miles later the
pilot dropped us quickly but gently into a remarkably small suburban
yard, threading between trees and power lines. Impressive.
Six passengers and the pilot were stuffed into a space about 5 x 6
ft--cozy. I had just enough room to turn 90 degrees and change
lenses.
Photographically the trip was challenging: since quarters were
so tight and we stayed fairly close to the ground (it was calm above
~1000 ft, as the other balloon learned the hard way), I mostly used
my 10-17 fisheye. The wide field of view was nice in the
cramped quarters, but the distortion was sometimes troublesome.
This especially affected shots of the balloon above us--it is
a beautiful sight, having this gigantic colorful sunlit
gasbag above one, but the distortion makes it look about the size of
a beach ball.
Enough blather! The gallery is here:
http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1055134
Comments much appreciated!
Great gallery- it looks pretty cosy in that basket!
The power lines would have given me the heebie-jeebies.
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Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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