Thanks, Bob! The gentle breeze was carrying us toward those towers (the Limerick nuclear power station), and the web of high-tension lines radiating from the plant made finding a landing site a bit tricky.
The scene reminded me of the towers at Didcot looming over the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob W <[email protected]> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 4:01 AM Subject: RE: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure Beauty and the Beast is a great shot! > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Womer > Sent: 22 June 2013 00:54 > To: Pentax List > Subject: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure > > 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. -- 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. -- 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.
