Thursday, September 2, 2010

Dawn

At the hot air balloon liftoff site this past weekend there was a wonderful sky. I only wished at the time that they were already up and flying.

Mouse over to see the out of camera original. (Tutorial at right.)



Shot with Pentax K-7 at 18mm, edited in Photoshop.

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14 comments:

  1. Mommy2FourSeptember 2, 2010 at 8:29 AM

    I love the sky in your edit! Beautiful!

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  2. SusanSeptember 2, 2010 at 10:38 AM

    Breathtaking edit! I just love it!

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  3. Sylvia KSeptember 2, 2010 at 12:15 PM

    Hey, I love the 'mouse over'! How cool is that! And what a terrific capture, Perry! Love those beautiful skies and I do love balloons, I take a ride every opportunity I get! Hope you have a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  4. EG CameraGirlSeptember 2, 2010 at 12:28 PM

    Some days it's truly worth getting up EARLY and this was one of them. :)

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  5. Mary Howell CromerSeptember 2, 2010 at 2:08 PM

    Oh that is a great sky, with, or without baloons, wonderful. Have a great weekend~ Mary

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  6. tinyskilletSeptember 2, 2010 at 2:29 PM

    That's a fantastic sky for it. I'll bet they were happy to go ballooning that day!

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  7. edenSeptember 2, 2010 at 5:08 PM

    This is beautiful. Love it.

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  8. Verna LugaSeptember 2, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    Very pretty seems like someone great is coming from that corner ... great shot..

    Hope you can drop by
    My SKYWATCH here

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  9. UnknownSeptember 2, 2010 at 10:35 PM

    this is one of the tricks i've learned from visiting your site, for that i thank you and for all the inquiries that you have answered on my baby journey in photography. im glad that me and my wife have met you in this wonderful land of photo blogging.

    yes, we're off to hospital now, pls pray for her, she'll stay there for 5 day and around 3 months at home to fully recover (that part -long 3 months- you have to pray for me. lol)

    Regards,
    Dave here

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  10. What Karen SeesSeptember 2, 2010 at 11:25 PM

    Dramatic sky and beautiful light. Very well captured!

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  11. Firefly the Travel GuySeptember 3, 2010 at 12:49 AM

    Beautiful sky indeed. Looks like an ideal day for hot air ballooning

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  12. ArijaSeptember 3, 2010 at 5:30 AM

    Nicely enhanced sky.

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  13. Jamie HSeptember 3, 2010 at 7:51 AM

    Wow what a difference your edit makes! I love it!

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  14. syelSeptember 3, 2010 at 9:08 AM

    love the vignette and the strong colours! and the "mouse over" is cool!

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