Hot Air Balloon preparing to take off.

© Tim Poitevin

Hot Air Balloon preparing to take off.

Uploaded: December 05, 2010

Description

Taken just after dusk with a Nikon D300 and a 24-70mm lens at 24mm. 1/13 sec, f/5.6 at 800 ISO. Only post-processing was a little sharpening and noise reduction.

Comments

Sarah A. Christian December 05, 2010

What a wonderful capture, Tim! Well done!

Sarah #1332924

Michelle Alton December 05, 2010

I love this, Tim. When I opened it up and scrolled down, I saw this image cropped just above the fire and THAT cropped shot really popped! Both would be wonderful. #9080915

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