Red Letter Day by phil_sandford

Red Letter Day

Glorious day down here in the West Country - been sat overlooking both Bath & Bristol hoping one or two hot air balloons would come up. I wasn't disappointed.
Our daughter went on one of these last week. Quite an experience.
August 30th, 2016  
Great you got flame flare. Did you use large telephoto zoom?
August 30th, 2016  
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Canon SX60 HS has a fixed 21-300mm lens, but a 65x Optical Zoom.
Camera was on tripod, Wi-Fi linked to my iPhone for remote picture taking.
Basically zoomed in, focusses, moved camera to the right of where balloon was tracking, watched it come into the shot on iPhone screen and, voila, click 'shutter release' on iPhone so no camera shake.
It was some way away, but I could hear it burning, kept taking pics 'til got the flame.
August 30th, 2016  
Excellent!
August 31st, 2016  
@boatman137 I'd love to do this one day. Next year maybe
August 31st, 2016  
What an impressive spectacle to see this! Still not sure I would go up in one though:)
August 31st, 2016  
Nice shot
August 31st, 2016  
@365projectorgjenfurj Thank you. I 'think' I quite fancy this myself (though not great with heights)
@amfrumbiddivurd Thank you
September 14th, 2016  
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