Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

[HikingMike]

Oh, the afford-mentioned horse

Balloon Fiesta-18 by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr


Balloon Fiesta-17 by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr

[warth man]

Great set of balloon pics Mike - and your watermark worked fine. It is present on all of the airborne pics and on the two horsey ones.

[pierovera]

Really nice shots Mike! By the way, your watermark looks pretty good, I think it worked

[Arthur Dent]

As others have said, you've got some great shots there Mike, both ground and airborne.
I can sympathise with the getting up early only to find the weather has caused the liftoff to be canceled, been there, done that as I live near to where we have the annual Bristol Balloon Fiesta, and the weather here is unpredictable at best!

[HikingMike]

Sorry, I have been bouncing between 3 projects so here are some more of the balloons


Balloon Fiesta First Blend by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr


Balloon Fiesta2-57 by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr


Balloon Fiesta3-204 by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr


CLock by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr


Balloon Fiesta2-63 by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr


Balloon Fiesta2-70 by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr


Balloon Fiesta2-37 by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr


Balloon Fiesta2-20 by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr


Balloon Fiesta2-21 by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr


Balloon Fiesta Second Blend by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr

[robbon44]

Really nice shots mike. What was your set up for the day? Did you just go with one lens or multiple?

[HikingMike]

I went with with my 550D and 40D double slung . I had my Sigma 18-125, my Tamron 70-300, and my Canon 35 f/2. At night I had the 18-125 and 35 mounted and for the day it was the 18-125 and 70-300 until the 18-125 broke and then mounted the 35 again.

[robbon44]

Cool. This has started me thinking about a 35 f2 again......

[HikingMike]

I've really enjoyed it but sometimes wish i had the 50 f/1.4. The evening pic of the horses were with the 35

[HikingMike]

Oh and for you Nikon fanboys, the one of the Nikon balloon didn't come out, this one barly did. My Canon must have revolted

Nikon by mcarriganphotos, on Flickr

[robbon44]

[pierovera]

Wow, beautiful shots, all of them! Well, except the one of the Nikon flags
Anyways, I really like the zebra balloon, looks awesome