Another view of Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

anwmn1

I was in Albuquerque on business last week and happened to get a chance to go to the International Balloon Fiesta.

Here are a few shots.

Friday morning balloons preparing to launch


Flame On!




The Sun was shinning


The Bees were dancing






The Company Ship
I am adjusting my career path- I want this job!

"How many ounces is that?"


Unlike the competition- No Mentos Needed!







As allways thanks for looking and C&C always welcome.

Aaron

arroyoshark

Nice images. I've heard it said that the Alb. balloon fiesta is one of the most photographed events on the globe.

anwmn1

arroyoshark wrote:

Nice images. I've heard it said that the Alb. balloon fiesta is one of the most photographed events on the globe.

I would believe that. There was like 900 balloons this year from all over the world. I was hard to take pictures at times because they were going up left and right.

R Johns

So pigs can fly...
Aaron,

Excellent contol of the exposures. The highlights look perfect.

This is an awesome series. Must have been something to see it all in person.

Take care...

Russ

Dramatapix®

This event looks absolutely incredible, and you did a fantastic job with exposure and color control.

germaine_sba

Awesome series. My favorites are the ones of the balloons in the sky, but it's interesting to see the "groundwork", too.

anwmn1

R Johns wrote:

Aaron,

Excellent contol of the exposures. The highlights look perfect.

This is an awesome series. Must have been something to see it all in person.

Take care...

Russ

Thank you Russ. It was a prettty cool experience.

Aaron

anwmn1

Dramatapix® wrote:

This event looks absolutely incredible, and you did a fantastic job with exposure and color control.

Thank you!

anwmn1

germaine_sba wrote:

Awesome series. My favorites are the ones of the balloons in the sky, but it's interesting to see the "groundwork", too.

Thanks Germaine.

I wanted more of the in flight balloons but the lighting turned very bright very fast so it was difficult to get dof on the shots with multiple balloons. It was a great time and hope I will get the chance to go again.

Aaron

cmason

Nice shots!

You really must do something with the first shot though....the balloons are nice, but the real shot here is the older woman with the pink bunny ears! !!

anwmn1

cmason wrote:

Nice shots!

You really must do something with the first shot though....the balloons are nice, but the real shot here is the older woman with the pink bunny ears! !!

Thanks-

They were with the Energizer bunny balloon.