Thank you, Ann, Dan and Attila, I am glad you had fun with these.
My responses are interspersed below.
Attila Boros Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:31:39 -0700 wrote:
Very funny, my fave is the glowing oink. Does it have a horn? :-)
Attila: You got me puzzled on this one... So, I had to look for
other, dismissed photos for an explanation.
(Most of the time, this balloon was obscured by another one in front,
and so, it was only visible at the very beginning, and at the very end,
when they started deflating.)
Here is a (bad) photo of this ballon being deflated, - but its profile can
be seen:
http://42graphy.org/snapshots/misc/_IR22313.jpg
So, in front, I believe are ears, but they are very horn-like looking.
The pair in the back are supposed to be wings.
So, when pigs fly... ;-)
Ann Sanfedele Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:44:05 -0700 wrote:
What Dan said..
I'd run away from that fast :-)
I really prefer to see the simply beautiful ones with geometric patterns
although I did like the ladybug looking up at the other balloon
you posted in another group
ann
On 9/29/2014 15:58, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
OMG!
Nicely photographed, but that pig balloon is a bit over the top, even
by balloon festival standards!@
Dan and Ann,
This is my second hot air balloon festival. The first one I attended was
back in 1998 (maybe 1999?), in Kankakee, Illinois, right between
Chicago and Urbana-Champaign.
That one was bigger, and had more interesting balloons.
I am looking at the old-fashioned album (of prints) from that festival.
During the glowing balloons night, there were such shapes as:
Garfield, Tom (from Tom and Jerry), Clown, Tiger, daisy, snowman,
pumpkin,
and of those that were not glowing: "Early Times Bourbon Bottle",
pigeon, "Matryoshka" (Russian nesting doll), humpty dumpty, ..
And I am not talking about the Macy's parade balloons, some of which, I
suspect would never fly (they just "float"). ;-)
Here are a few examples that I was able to find online:
http://www.glitters20.com/funny/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hot-67.jpg
http://www.weirdomatic.com/wp-content/pictures/2012/01/Funny-Cute-Air-Balloon_16.jpg
And a bunch more that I haven't even seen myself:
http://goo.gl/U7XktN
Cheers,
Igor
On Mon, 29 Sep 2014, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Glowing to oinking:
http://42graphy.org/galleries/2014-09-balloons/glow/_IR22227.html
And before it was glowing:
http://42graphy.org/galleries/2014-09-balloons/glow/_IR22226.html
Bonus: a glowing monkey:
http://42graphy.org/galleries/2014-09-balloons/glow/_IR22292.html
Comments are always welcome and appreciated!
Igor
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