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Re: [OM] Bristol Balloon Fiesta.

Subject: Re: [OM] Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:27:55 +0200
Excellent Daria!

I love the idea.

The first one moved my stomach a bit, but I got over it and enjoyed  
the other rides :-)

Just a thought, prior to shooting and in case you are unsure about the  
wind; moving clouds don't often lie, shoot a trial sequence and adjust  
accordingly?

Best
Philippe

Le 17 août 12 à 17:48, Ian Nichols a écrit :

> It was last weekend, and the weather was pretty good until Sunday.  On
> Thursday evening, I opted to park myself on the hillside opposite the
> launch site and watch the mass ascent.  In addition to the E-3,  
> 50-200 and
> 14-54, I also took one of my Minolta A1s and an intervalometer to  
> record a
> time-lapse:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmUmHy3wwAY&feature=plcp
>
> One of them seemed to be determined to catch a sequence of air  
> currents
> which kept the balloon close to the launch site, and ended up doing  
> a very
> gentle landing in the next field from me.  Thought he might end up  
> in the
> reservoir for a while there.
>
> On Friday morning, I awoke at 5 am for some reason and couldn't get  
> back to
> sleep, so went to see the morning ascent instead.  Took the same kit  
> with
> me and did another time lapse.  More still photos that time, too.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx7uZyMeE8k&feature=plcp
>
> Then I went back on Friday evening, and parked myself up the hill  
> from the
> launch site.  Met office said the wind was heading that way, but  
> that means
> very little in the real world, and they actually took off and went  
> roughly
> parallel to the hillside instead.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcQQ4qa6lCI&feature=plcp
>
> Saturday I was otherwise engaged, and on Sunday the weather was much
> windier and rain showers were forecast.  It turns out they still  
> launched
> and the wind took them right past my flat.  Didn't snap any pictures
> though.  Wouldn't want to broadcast the state of my windows to the  
> world ;)
>
> Still photos of all 3 ascents in my picasa gallery, including a  
> Friday bee
> getting stuck-in (never thought of the 50-200 as a macro lens) and  
> some
> nice crepuscular rays.
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/103946165422859151776/BristolBalloonFiesta2012
>
> -- 
> Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless logic and  
> experience
> prove you wrong.  Remember: when the emperor looks naked, the  
> emperor *is*
> naked, the truth and a lie are not "sort-of the same thing" and  
> there is
> no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with  
> pizza.
>
> -Daria Morgendorffer
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