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19th Hotair Balloon World Champs

jasonstonejasonstone Registered Users Posts: 735 Major grins
edited November 2, 2010 in Sports
Hey all,

Just recently returned from Debrecen, Hungary where I crewed for a mate in the 19th Hotair Balloon World Champs.
Unfortunately lost some 400-500 photos along with all my camera gear and my MacBook when some thieving bastard broke into our rented villa and nicked it all WHILE we were asleep! Literally stole my backpack from beside the bed whilst I was asleep :cry

But anyway... here's some of the photos that I had (for some reason) saved on to a USB stick :)
Still editing so there are more coming....

Please take a look in the gallery and feel free to "like", "thumbs up" or add any comments :thumb
Link to gallery...

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Jase // www.stonesque.com

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    toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2010
    Last one looks real good Jason.........thumb.gif
    Rags
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    CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2010
    Sorry to hear about your mishap. That's one brazen criminal. I bet it's an insider job. That aside, I really like the vibrant colors in the images. I like the most #18 in the gallery.

    Cuong
    "She Was a Little Taste of Heaven – And a One-Way Ticket to Hell!" - Max Phillips
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    jasonstonejasonstone Registered Users Posts: 735 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2010
    Thanks to both of you :)
    It was pretty spectacular seeing 118 balloons taking off at sunrise :)
    Jase // www.stonesque.com
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    RedFish71`RedFish71` Registered Users Posts: 58 Big grins
    edited October 28, 2010
    hi jason. i really like the color and pop in these. the only thing i might suggest is to watch your frame edges. there are a few balloons that are cut. i'd either crop or clone them out.

    nice job!!
    Harold Davis


    http://redfishphotography.net
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    jasonstonejasonstone Registered Users Posts: 735 Major grins
    edited October 29, 2010
    thanks RedFish71 :)
    I see what you mean - some of those I could trim a mm or too off the edge...
    I tried where possible when shooting them to keep that in mind, however when on the ground with 118 hotair balloons going up it's nigh on impossible!! ;) Does look very impressive though!
    Jase // www.stonesque.com
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    cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited October 29, 2010
    That sucks about the camera gear :cry

    Agree that a cropping the edge cut offs would help.

    You've done a wonderful job of getting different looks while shooting the same subject - back, front and side lighting; wide through tele; high angle down to low angle. Outstanding thumb.gif
    ab0wa.smugmug.com
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    jasonstonejasonstone Registered Users Posts: 735 Major grins
    edited October 29, 2010
    Thanks Cletus - yeah no camera gear sucks - but losing the data on my macbook hurts more

    thanks for the positive comment too thumb.gif - it's really hard in a week to think of more imaginative angles with the same subject and you're right i was trying out different ideas/shots to see if i could get something more interesting
    cletus wrote: »
    That sucks about the camera gear :cry

    Agree that a cropping the edge cut offs would help.

    You've done a wonderful job of getting different looks while shooting the same subject - back, front and side lighting; wide through tele; high angle down to low angle. Outstanding thumb.gif
    Jase // www.stonesque.com
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    MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited October 29, 2010
    What a sight!

    Sorry about your gear. Mine was stolen a few years ago. I can sympathize!
    Mitch
    http://clearwaterphotography.smugmug.com/
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    jasonstonejasonstone Registered Users Posts: 735 Major grins
    edited October 30, 2010
    Thanks Mitchell thumb.gif
    Mitchell wrote: »
    What a sight!

    Sorry about your gear. Mine was stolen a few years ago. I can sympathize!
    Jase // www.stonesque.com
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    jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2010
    I like #4 a lot, it's a winner! Sorry about the gear, though. Karma will catch up with him later.
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
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    JacobovsJacobovs Registered Users Posts: 491 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2010
    Sorry to hear about your gear! These are really nice shots.clap.gif

    You may want to consider an on line backup system like Carbonite. It has saved me a couple of times.:D
    www.jacobovitz.smugmug.com
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    jasonstonejasonstone Registered Users Posts: 735 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2010
    Thanks Jiro and Jacobovs :D
    We were 250km South East of Budapest in Hungary with no high speed internet - so an online backup wasn't going to help me out - i just hadn't copied that day's photos onto my USB stick or an external HD as we were so knackered after the week's flying... c'est la vie! that's the way it goes sometimes...
    Jase // www.stonesque.com
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