Fascinating documentary shots, Rick. I really love Upright. Great use of the extreme wide angles.
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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! > > Cheers, > > Rick > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
