Albuquerque International Balloon Festival 2006

[HFMarshburnJR]

The first weekend of the AIBF was not what the organizers or I (as a first time visitor) were hoping for. The weather was cloudy, windy and rainy, causing all but the Saturday Morning session to be cancelled, and that was scaled back dramatically. When I got home from the event , I was pleasantly surprised to see that I managed to salvage these shots. If you are interested in seeing more, they can be found at my website

www.lemmingswalk.com

C&C definitely welcomed.

HFM

[Champuu]

I really like the composition you choose for #3 the color came out really nicely :)

champuu

[CaptainTom]

It looks like your average run of the mill balloon fest. Hardly worth the effort to get a few photos !!! Does that sound like someone who is really sad that he couldn't go this year ????????????
Nice balloon shots. I would love to get there next year just to see the sky full.

[HFMarshburnJR]

Thanks Tom and Joanna.

Photo #3 is my favorite from the weekend. The balloon was being inflated and the pilot offered me the opportunity to stick my camera inside the envelope and take some pictures. All I had with me at the time was my 80-200 telephoto. I kept moving around until I got a clear composition. It looked pretty cool through the viewfinder, and even better on the big screen. This is also the one shot that required the least amount of PP. So, yea...I like it a lot too. Thanks for the notice!:)

[MRCPix]

thank you for bringing back some good memories I grew up there and always went as a kid. it is so much fun inflating and going up in them.

Nice pics by the way.

[Mongo]

One of my sons was there this weekend as well and he got a few decent shots. He just got home today so I havent had a chance to do anything with them but Im happy with him. Got a budding photog on my hands.

Love the 3rd one as well. Colors are great. Too bad you didnt have a smaller lens to get right up in it.

[ircandids]

This is one of many events I would love to attend. Nice shots under not so nice conditions. Well done!