Balloons, lots of 'em

RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
edited March 31, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
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  • BradfordBennBradfordBenn Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2010
    Very interesting. What was the occasion?
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
    edited June 13, 2010
    It was a commercial shoot for Galp, a Portuguese oil company. There were about a dozen video crews scattered around the plaza and shooting from various buildings. They had bad luck with the weather though...it was shot at sundown, but since it was overcast, they didn't get any golden light at all. I suppose it was just too expensive to reschedule. It was pretty cool nevertheless.
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  • R.JayR.Jay Registered Users Posts: 974 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2010
    Hi Richard, really like the last one - a shot of just balloon filled sky would be interesting.

    Cheers, Richard.
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
    edited June 14, 2010
    R.Jay wrote: »
    Hi Richard, really like the last one - a shot of just balloon filled sky would be interesting.

    Cheers, Richard.
    If you have that right sky--that is, with cool clouds and/or colors--that might work. But as you can see from the shots I posted it was a boring, overcast sky. I did take a few shots of just balloons and sky, but IMO without anything else as a point of reference in the frame they were boring, so I deleted them. ne_nau.gif
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  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2010
    Interesting texture and shapes of the nets…

    Dunno about the shocking-pink & orange though… eek7.gifeek7.gifeek7.gif

    Also, what about the clean-up after the event? (…you know these bloody oil-companies¹ !!!!!!)

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
    edited June 14, 2010
    Wil Davis wrote: »
    Also, what about the clean-up after the event? (…you know these bloody oil-companies¹ !!!!!!)

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    Yeah, I had wondered about that as well. They left the plaza clean, but the balloons were scattered far and wide. The good news was that the winds were blowing towards Portugal naughty.gif.
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  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2010
    Very neat. Not something one sees everyday. For sure. :D
    Shots 4 & 5 have a pretty interesting look going on. thumb.gif
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  • HaveCameraWillTravelHaveCameraWillTravel Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited June 14, 2010
    RE: orange balloons
    Thanks for sharing! The last picture looks like a giant lava-lamp exploded in the sky and all the orange globs of goo filled it!
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  • SeatimeSeatime Registered Users Posts: 112 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2010
    What a unique opportunity! The bags of balloons remind me of herring roe on a fishing boat I worked on. They look like big skeins of eggs. The second shot really catches my eye because of the blooming hedges and all the colors. Never seen anything like it.
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2010
    Ha...I agree with the lava lamp explosion rolleyes1.gif

    What fun to see so many balloons go up at once -- lucky you!
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2010
    poor Portugal ... but then they do have Renoldo don't they ....
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
    edited June 15, 2010
    Seefutlung wrote: »
    poor Portugal ... but then they do have Renoldo don't they ....

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    Thanks for the kind words, everyone.

    It was a lucky opportunity. The day before the event, they did a rehearsal, which gave me the chance to figure out where the best shooting angles were. It was the first time I ever carried two cameras--there was very little time between the release and when the balloons became tiny specks in the sky, so no time to waste switching lenses. As in many events I have shot, some of the best pics come from the setup and at the periphery of the action, not the main show. Here are a couple of others:

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    I also posted a rather bizarre one in the Street forum.

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,265 moderator
    edited March 29, 2011
    Richard, its time to clean your sensor. You've got hundreds of various sized orange spots in your pics.
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  • Flyjets1Flyjets1 Registered Users Posts: 225 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2011
    Oh man.. wouldn't you just love to have been sitting in one of those windows with a BB gun???
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
    edited March 30, 2011
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2011
    That would be something to see! Too bad about the weather but it is what it is! :) The 2nd one captures my eye...the layer of orange, then the guys' neon vests and then the hot pink flowers! whew!
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
    edited March 31, 2011
    Thanks, Eia. Yeah, the overcast sky was bad luck, especially for the guys who were shooting the ad. Oh well.
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