Woke up to dogs barking and balloons overhead. Shot this almost directly overhead and the pilot 'flamed on'. Rotated, cropped, selected the flame, inversed the mask and desaturated with master. Couldn't decide what to call it though so hopefully I made a good choice.
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There's a slightly distracting halo at the underside of the hot air balloon. The composition is a little boring, though the camera angle is interesting.
Nice image. I like the perspective, composition and square crop a lot. I'd like to see the original too. Hot air balloon have such beautiful color, it doesn't seem quite the same in B&W. Still, for the purposes of this challenge, I think this one was well done. :)
Beautiful image! I love how you can see right up into the balloon to see so much of the flame. Great focus and composition and perfect use of selective desaturation. Good luck in the challenge. You should do well.
Very little saturation. In any other photo I think that would've hurt it. In this photo it works well with the subject. Nice idea, and nicely put together.
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