I attended the QuickChek Festival of Ballooning pre-festival Media Launch event yesterday with a bunch of photographers from the Somerset County Meetup. I arrived around 6:30 AM but due to work commitments, I was only able to shoot for about 45 minutes. I have attended a few of these in the past. I was unprepared for this as my new camera has not yet arrived. I shot the event with a borrowed camera and Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 USM IS-LM lens. It was a bit too "zoomy" for this event but ... I made it work.
What sort of photographer shows up at a balloon festival with a 70-200mm lens?
Thirteen images stitched in Adobe Photoshop using the panorama feature.
Bhavna and I are planning a fall balloon adventure over the Letchworth State Park in upstate New York. We've never done this before, but the idea of being up in the air and being swept wherever the wind may take us, seems exciting.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 102mm | f/8.0 | ISO 160

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 70mm | f/8.0 | ISO 400

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 88mm | f/8.0 | ISO 160

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 135mm | f/2.8 | ISO 100

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 200mm | f/8.0 | ISO 2000

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 70mm | f/4.0 | ISO 100

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 200mm | f/4.0 | ISO 200

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 70mm | f/4.0 | ISO 100

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 70mm | f/8.0 | ISO 250

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 185mm | f/8.0 | ISO 320

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 70mm | f/8.0 | ISO 125

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 70mm | f/8.0 | ISO 100

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 200mm | f/8.0 | ISO 125

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 200mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 200mm | f/8.0 | ISO 125

Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 70mm | f/8.0 | ISO 100
Khürt Williams
1st August 2018 at 3:33 PMHi Gerry.
Olga
30th July 2018 at 3:32 PMStunning captures! <3
Khürt Williams
1st August 2018 at 4:12 PMThanks Olga.
Hammad Rais
30th July 2018 at 7:39 AMVery lovely snaps these are indeed 🙂
Gerry Mann
28th July 2018 at 3:40 PMAll outstanding images!!
Khürt Williams
29th July 2018 at 4:19 PMHi. Thanks, Gerry.
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