Hot air balloon festival in Colorado Springs, CO. We had great clouds to the east as the sun was rising. I set my aperature/shutter speed to capture the sun as a round orb and to silhouette the balloon. Adjusted in RAW, opened in Photoshop. Cloned out distracting roof line in lower left, levels adjust, Noise Ninja, Sharpened, color adjustment layer. Resize for web...
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Your treatment of this image is intriguing. With the clouds over the moon, I keep thinking there should be a werewolf lurking somewhere down below. Lol. Good composition. the more I look at your image, the more I like it. Good luck in the challenge.
I like your picture very much. a successful b/w conversion. The picture lives nicely through the contrast of the big black silhouette of the ballon against the cloud hidden sun. You did a great job keeping the shades and structure of the clouds intact. 10 + fav
First Impression: too dark and overpowering
Presentation: good
What I Like: the concept
What I don’t Like: the darkness
IMO, Does it meet the Challenge : yes
Composition: good
Background : good
Subject Placement: good
Cropping: a bit too tight
Focus: ok
Exposure: too dark I know it is meant to be a silhouette
Editing: ok
An amazing back lit shot. The drama and dark shadows work well. The kiss of the sun and hot air ballon is what makes this special. Congrats on this fine capture.
Very cool and different take on a hot air balloon shot. I think i would have preferred some more color in the image to really make it sing, but as is its still agreat image. 8
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