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Night Glow

© Gordon McGregor

Night Glow

Uploaded: September 29, 2004

Description

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.

Comments

Cathy Gregor September 29, 2004

Gorgeous color, Gordon. Very nicely composed.
-cathy #173767

Karen Engelbreth September 29, 2004

Great colours in this vonderful shot, Gordon! #812126

Carol Brill September 29, 2004

Excellent perspective and utilization of light to capture those luminous primary colors and vivid patterns, Gordon! #813048

Leanne M.E. Boyd September 30, 2004

Wonderful shot, Gordon! I like the saturated colours and full frame! #814063

John C. Schwentner October 28, 2004

Yep, thats it. Another one of my favorite wall hanging posters. Colors so nice they leap!! #873816

Ronald Balthazor October 28, 2004

Incredible shot, Gordon. #873891

Leanne M.E. Boyd October 28, 2004

Gorgeous shot, Gordon! Congratulations on the POTD! #873900

Dolores Neilson October 28, 2004

Mighty fine, Gregory!! Mighty fine indeed!! Big congrats on your potd!! #873975

Scott Pedersen October 28, 2004

I like the colors and the way they stacked up too, works great. #874093

Beverley Lu Steeves October 28, 2004

Well done Gordon! Congrats on POTD!! #874097

October 28, 2004

Love the colors. Great shot! #874149

Wendy Stevenson October 28, 2004

Congratulations Gordon on this wonderfully colourful graphic POTD!! #874159

Dan Walters October 28, 2004

Very nice image. I really like the bright colors. #874220

October 28, 2004

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 #874255

Robert F. Walker October 28, 2004

Very nice concept and use of light and color #874271

Gordon McGregor October 28, 2004

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. #874322

Isabel L October 28, 2004

Congrats Gordon!!
Wonderful shot. #874354

Nancy Grace Chen October 28, 2004

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

Nancy #874558

Kip T. Berger October 28, 2004

Congratulations on POTD! Nice framing of the shot and display of the vibrant colors. #874584

Evy Johansen level-classic October 28, 2004

Wonderful image! Congratulations on your POTD win, Gordon! #874884

Kathleen R. Struckle October 28, 2004

Awesome photo Gordan!! Congrats on POTD! #874981

Pu Chen October 28, 2004

This is gorgeous. Beautiful colors and great composition. Congratulations, Gordan! #875178

William C. Raco level-classic October 28, 2004

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


bill #875573

Anita Taylor October 28, 2004

Wonderful shot, Gordon! Great color and terrific lighting! #875739

October 28, 2004

What striking colors! Beautiful. . .Peggy #875842

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 29, 2004

Very beautiful and striking image, congrats. #877844

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