Gorgeous! --- Original Message ---
From: Rick Womer <[email protected]> Sent: June 21, 2013 6/21/13 To: Pentax List <[email protected]> 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.
