Balloon Fiesta over Academy
by Balko

Comment by Balko:
I left the halo here because it gave the balloons a 3D effect :)
And yes, the alien balloon was floating above one day and since this IS NM - that Roswell thingie you know - I figured it was appropriate LOL!

Balloon Fiesta over Academy
by Balko

Comment by sfalice:
HA, now I see where you got your profile picture!

These things are crazy-weird in their flamboyant designs and ability to draw attention in any setting. You caught that well here.

In my area they are plentiful in the very early morning and are for hire to wine country tourists. Nope, never been up in one.

Okay, one of the things Topaz does all too well is halo the very best of objects. My monitor shows a lot of that going on around the balloons. And the tree. In my own experimenting, I've found that working the sliders can diminish the haloing - but also diminishes the effect. There must be a happy medium in there someplace.

Balloon Fiesta over Academy
by Balko

Comment by scooter97:
Great image for this challenge. I hope you get tons of shots of the balloons when the fiesta comes back to town.

Academy Pano
by Balko

Comment by ordinaryangel:
The immendiate feeling I get from this image is unease.... I guess it stems from what one is used to seeing which I feel here that you've pushed the bounderies... I'm not saying for a moment that it's a bad feeling.... just unusual. The colours don't really compliment eachother, so instead they seem to be waging war in an odd sense....wow you've certainly created something different here!

Academy Pano
by Balko

Comment by dafletchr:
Wild - but I like it!

Academy Pano
by Balko

Comment by blad:
like your peppers with different color scheme. love it!

Sandia18-May5
by Balko

Comment by shalrath:
That is a cool way to process IR!

Visions
by Balko

Comment by smichener:
nice dynamics and textures

Academy Pano
by Balko

Comment by L1:
IR is so cool to me. I would love to try it someday. Wonderful shot...the colors are so wild!

Academy Pano
by Balko

Comment by roz:
this is brilliant .. i'm loving the nearly ominous feel from the colours and that dark sky & the infrared look .. great panorama ..
hey ingrid ... was mask the info helpful . ??..:)