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10/08/2004 08:44:19 AM |
| I love the depth in this photo. Very nice! |
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10/07/2004 11:47:43 PM |
| great exposure! i love the spotlight effect and the silhouettes of the other balloons. well done! |
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10/07/2004 11:43:04 PM |
| This one didn't really blow me away. Just nice. |
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10/07/2004 11:19:07 PM |
| Wow, good capture. I like the red hue given to everything by the flame. |
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10/07/2004 07:27:52 PM |
| Nice composition and great night shot. The flame is so cool lighting up the area. 6 |
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10/07/2004 10:19:01 AM |
| this is a great capture. it goes to show what can happen when technology, experience, and vision come together. good job! hope this does well for you! |
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10/07/2004 05:11:01 AM |
| Dark-thirty & a very bright source of light .... What you need is a MONSTER fill flash setup or about a dozen remote flashes to fill in some detail/color on the other ballons. |
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10/06/2004 10:34:34 PM |
| cool glow I like the repetition of the balloon shapes in tha BG -8 |
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10/06/2004 08:40:42 PM |
| Good job - I like the way you can see the orange sky peeking out from under the balloons and then the rest is the dark blue 9 |
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10/06/2004 03:26:48 PM |
Great exposure under very difficult lighting conditions!
Just a hint of sky was perfect for this shot.
Plano festival perhaps? Well Done! ((8)) |
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10/06/2004 03:26:37 PM |
| I would prefer to see it centered, and more visible the upper part of baloon. It is probably difficult, since there is no much light inside and the night is really dark. Just a thought, since I would've been probably unable to make such great night shot :) |
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10/06/2004 01:35:14 PM |
| Very nice and dramatic with great warm colors against the hint of blue sky. However, something is lost because we are left more with the play of light and dark to paint an effect rather than an image because detail is not available. I would consider, my taste, to capture the flame partly covered rather than fully exposed and allowing a sheer zone 10 display. Again, the image has a moving effect because it conveys activity in the night and it is more a colorful pleasing effect to move the imagination. Bumping up one notch. |
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10/05/2004 11:40:25 PM |
| 8. It's just bloody gorgeous and well exposed. |
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10/05/2004 10:01:05 PM |
| Beautiful shot, but perhaps it might have been better to show a glow of light through the ballon rather than an overexposed flame and darkness for most of the shot, but luck is a fickle thing, even to a master! good luck! |
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10/05/2004 10:44:31 AM |
| A great capture - very early in the morning. The glow from the balloon on the ground and the hint of blue in the sky are great. The other balloon silhouettes add a bit of mystery. |
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10/05/2004 12:41:41 AM |
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10/04/2004 08:18:12 PM |
| Tough one to capture. The bright colors of the balloon and the torch, along with the deep blue of twilight, and the dark sky above... the exposure captures all of them. Composition is balanced, and makes you wonder just how many are out there... it feels very organic. |
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10/04/2004 05:47:38 PM |
| coming back to comment on this wonderful shot! Love the capture of light in the balloon against the dark backround. Just beautiful! |
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10/04/2004 04:48:39 PM |
| Very nice. Too bad there isn't more blue from the sky to give a more defined outline. Great shot none the less. |
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10/04/2004 03:55:01 PM |
Could do with little more light in the sky..
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10/04/2004 02:22:15 PM |
| This is a really good shot!! Brilliant colours, the lighting coming through the balloon is great! I really like the silhouettes of the balloons at the back! 8 |
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10/04/2004 02:13:52 PM |
| Excellent job with the exposure on this photo... I can 'hear' the sound of the burner... nice work :) |
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10/04/2004 01:43:13 PM |
| I really like this picture, and I know it is a night picture, but it would have appealed to me a little more if you could see the whole balloon a little better. 6 |
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10/04/2004 01:20:31 PM |
| must of been a fun event, i understand that the picture was a challenge in itself but if only the sky was just a bit brighter (maybe curves?) and the top of the main ballon was also either darker or brighter i would of scored it higher, so a 6 it is |
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10/04/2004 12:53:26 PM |
| impressive exposure - very difficult conditions to expose correctly. highlights are pretty sharp, and the light falloff is very smooth. i might have burned the little catchligts or reflections or whateverthe hotspots on the right are so the pic fell off into complete blackness, but that's just me. very unique entry. |
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10/04/2004 12:45:55 PM |
| I love the flame and the bottom of the balloon but the rest of the shot kind of loses me. A little tighter crop may have worked better. Good clarity of focus. |
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10/04/2004 07:24:30 AM |
| I like the night time atmosphere with all the balloon enthusiasts getting together, the warm glow in the front and the silhouettes and small lights at the back. I probably would have cropped a significant part of the top (without hurting the silhouettes) and a bit of the left, to get a bit more concentrated view. |
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10/03/2004 11:47:23 PM |
| Do they actually balloon at night? I think it would be dangerous! But what do I know? This is a nice shot but the lacke of clarity on the main subject hurts it to me. I understand longer exposures to get the light but the basket is just to fuzzy for my taste and the balloons on the right are more distracting to me. Started at a 6, am raising to a 7 |
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10/03/2004 04:55:36 PM |
| This is a good idea for a shot...I like how the colors of the balloon are illuminated, but some other bright spots in the shot tend to distract... I do like the faint light in the sky coming in from behind...thanks! |
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10/03/2004 03:21:53 PM |
| Awesome time exposure. Was this taken at night? Very interesting and beautiful subject. Nice job. 10 |
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10/03/2004 01:48:07 PM |
| Nice image. I like the way the light plays on the pattern of the hot air balloon and the ground. I am wondering how it would look if you could crop it in to get a little better image of the 2 people in the balloon. |
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10/03/2004 12:09:42 PM |
| I like the colors and the excellent use of darker background. |
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10/03/2004 11:00:01 AM |
| Excellent ! Perfect timming and exposure. 10 |
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10/03/2004 09:07:36 AM |
| Good shot. Warm reflections on ground and baloon...like big candles in dark. |
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10/03/2004 08:27:56 AM |
| Unique lighting. I might have tried for a tighter crop, but its stil very nicely done. |
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10/03/2004 08:26:43 AM |
| Great contrast and impact in this low-key shot with the brightly colored orange/yellow flame and the way the light is captured and reflected by the stripes in the balloon. The silhouetted balloons in the background are really good and give depth to the picture. Good job. 8 |
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10/03/2004 06:44:15 AM |
| Wonderful shot... I'd like it much more with the gamma raised and the highlights boosted so the outlines of the balloons in the background is clearer, and the sky is a little more blue. I don't feel your border works... it looks like you've accidentally left some black at the edge of the frame from PS work. Great colours, good exposure, wonderful mood. 8 |
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10/03/2004 03:30:33 AM |
| Good photo, the fading sunlight helps make this a stronger image with the shadows of all the other balloons. |
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10/02/2004 07:23:46 PM |
| Good mix of hot light and blocked shot. Very moody at the base of the balloon. |
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10/02/2004 01:35:51 PM |
I like this image. It's in top10 of my picks. good luck.
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10/02/2004 01:23:54 PM |
| I find night shots almost impossible, you pull this one off extremly well, love the silouhettes, 9. |
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10/02/2004 12:14:51 PM |
| This shot really impressed me. I really like how the flame lights up the balloon and immediate area on the ground. Then you move to the background and see the other flames doing the same thing, although without seeing the illuminated balloon and ground. I do see slight signs of noise in the sky. 9 |
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10/02/2004 09:28:49 AM |
| nice glow, just wish more of the balloon was illuminated |
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10/02/2004 05:39:34 AM |
| This is really good. I love how the only lighting is the subject itself, and it makes everything else around it glow a great warm colour. 9 |
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10/02/2004 03:07:21 AM |
Nicely captured crisp detail and great lighting
brilliant focus |
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10/01/2004 11:15:10 PM |
| night photography is so interesting to me. simple point sources of light can create such drama. I like this scene overall because it sets an interesting mood - even though I know that this was part of a "night glow" type of ballooning event, it seems like the main subjects are about to embark on a clandestine adventure. I think this feeling could have been enhanced even more had you been closer to them and filled the frame with their actions. The silouetted balloons in the background, while providing context, are too featureless to add much to the story. |
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10/01/2004 08:07:52 PM |
| The smoothness in this low-light shot is simply unbelievable. I like the colors, but wish the person and the basket were clearer, although I understand they are hardly the focal point of the shot. I can't find too much to critique on this, except for the fact that it's just not personally compelling. 8 |
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10/01/2004 07:33:30 PM |
| This is an interesting composition, but the colors (particularly the one on the inside of the balloon) just don't grab me. 6. |
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10/01/2004 04:26:32 PM |
| Can feel the heat. Balloon glows are great place to shot. I like the background sky and how it seeps down the frame between the other balloons, then the stop and darkness before the reddish ground. Nice study of gradient lighting. |
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10/01/2004 03:31:38 PM |
| This is amazing- I love that there's sillouhettes of the other balloons but the lighting is so perfect on the one balloon. The colors are so calming and muted- there's such a mood, great job! 9 |
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10/01/2004 03:04:55 PM |
| cool idea, nicely done - I like the support of the repetitive dark shapes |
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10/01/2004 02:43:14 PM |
| This is really cool. Just enough light to illuminate part of the balloon with the silouhettes of other balloons on the sky make this a great shot (8). |
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10/01/2004 02:32:44 PM |
| Very dramatic, and what great colors - smooth like butter. I'm feeling like the cropping is a bit tight in the upper left corner, but overall, what a great image! |
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10/01/2004 12:01:51 PM |
| Excellent job on a tough exposure. |
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10/01/2004 03:44:42 AM |
| wonderful pic, well done, hope that it does well |
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10/01/2004 03:11:04 AM |
| I really like this one. I bet it looks fantastic in original size |
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10/01/2004 02:41:10 AM |
| A little too dark for me, but good photo. 7 |
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10/01/2004 12:28:38 AM |
| Beautiful composition... the placement of the balloons, the subtle tones of sunset behind them, and the glow create an elegant and soothing mood. Great work!!! :o) |
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