Highland Village Balloon Festival

[jerrykr]

Unfortunately it was too windy for the Balloon Glow.

A large crowd turned out and the pilots put on a show with their burners.

The Remax Balloon made a valiant attenpt, but gave up shortly after this shot.



The Lady in the Fire



The Burners were impressive when they were all lit off at once.



-=- Jerry -=-
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[ShutteredEye]

It was nice seeing you again Jerry. I got a couple of shots of the Remax balloon, but that's it. I did go get some night shots of the carnival rides. We'll see how they turn out.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Hey Jerry,

Those look spectacular! Beautiful captures. I'm sure the HV organizers would like to see these.

Nice meeting everyone. Hope to shoot with you all again soon!

_/oe

[snidow]

Nice photos Jerry! Here's a few of mine from tonight not as crisp as yours, too bad there wasn't a glow :-(

[AjP]

gosh I just came back, even so they did lanch baloons, still I had great time. going to post some pics in few min

p.s. and by the way, I'm IN LOVE with 70-200 2.8L IS (just borowed from friend for few days)

[engstrom]

Well that'll teach me not to look for a new thread.

Here's my best pic from the night:



And here's the link to others I took:

http://www.pbase.com/engstrom/highla...alloonfestival

Once again it was GREAT to meet everyone. I look forward to shooting with ya'll again soon.

[jerrykr]

John,

You caught the only glow I saw this evening. It lasted, what?, 2 seconds? Well done!

I like the rest of your posts on pbase too. Really good.

-=- Jerry -=-
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[jerrykr]

Laurie,

I especially like that sunset shot. sooo nice!

-=- Jerry -=-
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[engstrom]

Originally Posted by jerrykr

John,

You caught the only glow I saw this evening. It lasted, what?, 2 seconds? Well done!

I like the rest of your posts on pbase too. Really good.

-=- Jerry -=-
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Jerry - thanks, I'd rather be lucky than good.

Originally Posted by jerrykr

Laurie,

I especially like that sunset shot. sooo nice!

-=- Jerry -=-
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Laurie - ditto! I think that sunset shot is the best of the pictures I've seen so far. Good work!!!

[dab94]

Can I post here too?
I only met a couple of you tonight, but had a great time, nonetheless. I was disappointed that I didn't get to see any actual 'balloon glows', so I really appreciate the REMAX photo above.

Here's just a few from me. Not many keepers, I'm afraid.

Oh, and these are straight out of camera. Resized, border added......that's all.
I love my 'new' camera.

[AjP]

sorry guys if too many images, didn't do much post procesing at all, just convert it., that was nice oportunity to try all type of photography as well was nice to meet you guys.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

I am amazed at the photographs that came out of tonight and fully agree that we got to use a lot of different skills tonight which only added to the fun.

Here's a shot of the HVBF gang (or at least 6 of us). Thanks all for coming tonight, it was an honor to meet you all, I can't tell you how much respect I have for your skills.



_/oe

PS. See you in Plano next month!!

[vr666m]

Nice to meet all of you and thanks to everyone for answering my newbie questions!!
Here's my humble take of the event.
-- Law

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Yeah Law, um... you're not allowed to call yourself a newbie anymore. (grin)

#3 & #6 = WOW!

_/oe

[cmalana]

We arrived a bit late so we missed a lot of you. Got a chance to hang out with AjP for most of the evening though. Took most of my shots with a wide angle tonight for a change...Bit bummed that there was no balloon glow...Got there at the tail end of the fire show. Was experimenting with shooting fully manual and had a lot of fun!

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The last picture had to be the youngest member of the TFP contingent. That's dab94's junior photographer with tripod!

Hopefully, the Plano version will be less windy (and it'll be closer to me too!).