Taken in Albuquerque at the 40th Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, this is inside the belly of a 200,000+ cubic sf hot air balloon, as it is being filled. It is the balloon we rode, and the man is the pilot.
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[Nov. 1st, 2011 12:28:15 AM]
OMG, what a start:
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Anita, amazingly, you have left the first comment on most of my images!!! Thank you!!
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Glad you liked the title! Was feeling pretty smug about it myself :-)
Thank you for the wonderful votes and comments. As you can imagine, the lighting conditions at dawn, inside this baby, was challenging to say the least. I tried editing this 10 different ways and somehow couldn't get the color AND the sharpness to work at the same time. Only after rollover did I learn a technique that would have worked better. That's why I love DPC - always something to learn.
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Clever title and really nice picture. I find it very interesting. The person obviously makes the picture, but the texture differences between the blown up and flattened parts of the hot air balloon are really interesting too. 8
Wow amazing shot, 1st one I've viewed. Jonah, what a title. I can only imagine how hard this shot was too take, must be top 20, or 10 for sure, or maybe a ribbon. 10
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