I agree with Bob! Overall, looks like you had a great time. The deer looking up is fun too. Cheers, Christine
On Jun 22, 2013, at 3:01 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
