Perfect conditions in AZ for ballooning, and since there are a number of good launch/drop zones near our house we see them almost daily in the early morning hours. There were a couple floating quite low as they prepared to land, so I chased 'em until they touched down ... made for some nice overhead shots.
Little editing beyond RAW conversion (ACR): Shadow/Highlight recovery to tone down some bright spots, a touch of saturation, leveled the "horizon" and cropped. Smart Sharpen before resize for web.
Statistics
Place: 154 out of 561 Avg (all users): 5.9819 Avg (commenters): 7.2857 Avg (participants): 5.9758 Avg (non-participants): 6.0000 Views since voting: 780 Views during voting: 224 Votes: 166 Comments: 7 Favorites: 0
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning. It's day two three four now and I'm running late, sorry.
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
