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Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

Over 100,000 people in attendance and hundreds of hot air balloons. Make sure you locate the Fiesta buses,location and time they load.

Lens: Nik...
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Over 100,000 people in attendance and hundreds of hot air balloons. Make sure you locate the Fiesta buses,location and time they load.

Lens: Nikon 70-300 mms fx
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camera

NIKON D810

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 5000 Shutter 1/8000 Focal Length 700/10

location

location

Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2017

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98

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Awards

Peer Award

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