This year marked the 4th annual balloon fest in Lake Havasu which is a three day weekend event with vendors, food, entertainment, sky divers and balloons-lots of balloons. They launch the balloons in the morning each day and at sunset they have the 'Night Glow'. We decided to go in the evening and it was pretty darned awesome.
There was a bit of a breeze and some decided against inflating their balloons for fear the wind would pick up. Watching this process was interesting in and of itself.
After unhooking the balloon from the basket-
The organized crew 'humps' the balloon into a storage container. No easy task.
Most of the others decided to brave the breeze and inflate their balloons.
As the sun was setting
The sky divers appeared
And then it was time
For the night to glow
David was in awe
As were many others
Fire em up
And make them shine
Last but not least is the Wells Fargo Coach which was 10 stories tall and takes a commercial pilot to fly it.
This is a must see if you are ever in an area that has a balloon festival- I hear that Albuquerque NM has one that tops this one, I cant even imagine.
Thanks Debbie K for the lesson on shooting in aperature priority....critique away and I am ready for my next lesson :)
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