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Night Glow


 
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Night Glow
Plano Texas, at night from the balloon festival. The balloons are tethered and inflated so that they glow against the night sky. 70-200mm F4L on a tripod, mirror lock-up. From a distance to compress several balloons on top of each other.

Gordon McGregor

 
 
 

Cathy Gregor
 

Gorgeous color, Gordon. Very nicely composed.
-cathy


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September 29, 2004

 

Karen Engelbreth
  Great colours in this vonderful shot, Gordon!


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September 29, 2004

 

Carol Brill
  Excellent perspective and utilization of light to capture those luminous primary colors and vivid patterns, Gordon!


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September 29, 2004

 

Leanne M.E. Boyd
  Wonderful shot, Gordon! I like the saturated colours and full frame!


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September 30, 2004

 

John C. Schwentner
  Yep, thats it. Another one of my favorite wall hanging posters. Colors so nice they leap!!


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October 28, 2004

 

Ronald Balthazor
  Incredible shot, Gordon.


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October 28, 2004

 

Leanne M.E. Boyd
  Gorgeous shot, Gordon! Congratulations on the POTD!


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October 28, 2004

 

Dolores Neilson
  Mighty fine, Gregory!! Mighty fine indeed!! Big congrats on your potd!!


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October 28, 2004

 

Scott Pedersen
  I like the colors and the way they stacked up too, works great.


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October 28, 2004

 

Beverley Lu Steeves
  Well done Gordon! Congrats on POTD!!


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October 28, 2004

 

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  Love the colors. Great shot!


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October 28, 2004

 

Wendy Stevenson
  Congratulations Gordon on this wonderfully colourful graphic POTD!!


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October 28, 2004

 

Dan Walters
  Very nice image. I really like the bright colors.


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October 28, 2004

 

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  The colors are great! It must have been breathtaking to witness all that color and man-made majesty!
The way the balloons cascade brings your eye down to the lower right corner, where the colors are the darkest. That's very satisfying, weight-wise.
Why did you lock up the mirror? (Curious re: technical stuff)
Thanks, ~cam


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October 28, 2004

 

Robert F. Walker
  Very nice concept and use of light and color


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October 28, 2004

 

Gordon McGregor
  Response for Claudia:
I used the mirror lockup because I was shooting with a long lens and wanted to remove as much of the vibration from the mirror moving as possible. This normally isn't a problem but for slowish exposures (like at night) with longer lenses, it can be. I used mirror lockup and a remote release to take the shot.


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October 28, 2004

 

Isabel L
  Congrats Gordon!!
Wonderful shot.


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October 28, 2004

 

Nancy Grace Chen
  Great use of the telephoto effect! And wonderfully vibrant colors and patterns... congrats on a well-deserved POTD.

Nancy


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October 28, 2004

 

Kip T. Berger
  Congratulations on POTD! Nice framing of the shot and display of the vibrant colors.


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October 28, 2004

 
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  Wonderful image! Congratulations on your POTD win, Gordon!


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October 28, 2004

 

Kathleen R. Struckle
  Awesome photo Gordan!! Congrats on POTD!


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October 28, 2004

 

Pu Chen
  This is gorgeous. Beautiful colors and great composition. Congratulations, Gordan!


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October 28, 2004

 
- William C. Raco

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  Congratulations on the POTD, Gordon.
This is so colorful and well composed.
Excellent photo.


bill


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October 28, 2004

 

Anita Taylor
  Wonderful shot, Gordon! Great color and terrific lighting!


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October 28, 2004

 

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  What striking colors! Beautiful. . .Peggy


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October 28, 2004

 

Donna La Mattino Pagakis
  Very beautiful and striking image, congrats.


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October 29, 2004

 
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