kyhouser

Getting Ready for flight

Getting Ready for flight

Whenever there is a hot-air balloon festival in our area I am ready to photograph them. The day was beautiful and I was excited for the balloons to take off. ...
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Whenever there is a hot-air balloon festival in our area I am ready to photograph them. The day was beautiful and I was excited for the balloons to take off. Every part of the preparation is as interesting as the lift off, and I could get up close and personal with the balloons and the crews.
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camera

Canon PowerShot S2 IS

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 6000/1000

location

location

Hughesville, Pennsylvania, US

upload_date

upload_date

Dec, 2018

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30

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Awards

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