I was terrified, but took a picture

StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
edited August 20, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
Okay...I'm sure most of you won't be able to empathize, but I did a very brave thing this summer. I flew in a hot air balloon.

Well, that's an exaggeration. I stood in the basket of a hot air balloon 60 feet in the air while it was tethered to the ground, but still...

I was terrified.

But I did manage to look up and look down and take a couple of pictures. (The only way my husband could get me in the basket was to say, "But think of the shots you can get!" Should have taken more, of course, such as pictures of my sons and my husband, but I was shaking too hard...)

It was great though!

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  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2010
    Great shots!!! I really like what you have shown us here!! I would love to go for a ride in a hot air balloon. I think it would be very peaceful.

    Ron
    "The question is not what you look at, but what you see". Henry David Thoreau

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  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2010
    I hear ya about the fear factor. :D Neat you went anyway. thumb.gif
    Really like what I get to see with your first image here.
    Michael
  • nowandthennowandthen Registered Users Posts: 20 Big grins
    edited August 19, 2010
    Number 1 is really nice.
  • JeroenJeroen Registered Users Posts: 447 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2010
    Oh, jealousy... want want want!!!
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  • ImageX PhotographyImageX Photography Registered Users Posts: 528 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2010
    Nice pics..... and congrats on overcoming your fear!


    I saw ya up there and grabbed a shot. haha Just kidding but this balloon I shot looks a lot like the one you were in.

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  • StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2010
    And if you look real closely, you might see a hand gripping that basket for all it is worth!

    Great shot!
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  • TrigPhotographyTrigPhotography Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited August 20, 2010
    Cool shots!
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  • StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
    edited August 20, 2010
    Thank you, everyone, for your nice comments! And yes...if you ever get a chance to go up, try it. Even if it scares you! :D
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