The balloons are colorful and their arrangment is pleasing. But hot air balloons are generally thought of as placidly floating through the air, so they make a poor subject for showing stopped motion.
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
The man below says, "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."
"You must be an engineer," says the balloonist.
"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "Everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's of no use to anyone."
The man below says, "You must be in management."
"I am," replies the balloonist, "But how did you know?"
"Well," says the man, "You don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."
The problem for me with this image is that I know those balloons were moving, but not very fast and they're pretty far away from the photographer. That means you could have totally stopped them with a shutter speed of 1/16th of a second or less. To me, stopped motion would have been something that, even when stopped, infers motion - and it probably took 1/250th of a second or faster to accomplish. Just my opinion. Good luck with the challenge.
Hot air balloons simply don't move fast enough to qualify as "stopped" motion. But, the composition of the photo is very good. The lighting is too neutral, however.
I absolutely love hot air balloons and their magnificent colors, I just don't think of them as very action packed. This is a nice photo but would better be appreciated in a different challenge.
This is a really pretty picture. There is no motion blur but with air balloons I'm not sure there would be any motion blur anyway. For this reason I fail to see how this fits the challenge in the grand scheme of things.
My only complaint here would be that hot air balloons move so slowly that there isn't a lot of 'action' to be stopped... otherwise, I love this image! Good luck in the challenge!
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