36th Annual QuickChek Festival of Ballooning pre-festival Media Launch

Photos from the 36th Annual QuickChek Festival of Ballooning pre-festival Media Launch

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

Author: Khürt Williams

Gen X-er near Princeton University in Montgomery Township, New Jersey, with a passion for aquariums, terrariums, technology, and photography. I love hiking in the woods, and my eclectic musical tastes span soca, Afrobeat, calypso, 1990s rap, grunge rock, and alternative genres.

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  4. Hi Gerry.

  5. Olga says:

    Stunning captures! <3

    1. Thanks Olga.

  6. Hammad Rais says:

    Very lovely snaps these are indeed 🙂

  7. Gerry Mann says:

    All outstanding images!!

    1. Hi. Thanks, Gerry.

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