Liftoff!

Posted by kristal on August 25th, 2007

Rockymtnballoonfestival
Early this morning the balloons lifted off in the Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival. I was shooting pictures up at Roxborough Park above the balloon site. It was so windy where I was, I didn’t think the balloons would fly. As I descended Long’s Lookout I looked to the north and what a lovely site it was! At least 50 balloons airborne against the horizon.

The Festival continues through Sunday. Oh yes, there’s a Balloon Glow this evening, if I can stay awake that long, I’ll be there!

BTW photo was shot with a 400mm lens, f10 @ 1/500 sec. As I said I was a few miles away as the crow flies.

Life After Real Estate, Slap dash, Things to do ~ Denver, Colorado

Comments

5 Responses to “ Liftoff! ”

  1. Larry Cragun on August 25th, 2007 11:17 am

    This photo gave me a chill. A fun post. Lar

  2. Ines Hegedus-Garcia on August 25th, 2007 2:18 pm

    You know I love your shots Kristal - that must have been a site!

  3. Kristal Kraft on August 26th, 2007 3:53 am

    LAR ~ I hope the chill was a good thing!

    Ines ~ It was a pleasant surprise.

    Thanks for stopping by.
    kk

  4. Amanda Sands on August 28th, 2007 2:15 pm

    Very neat. What do the balloons represent? Is this something that goes on every year on a certain date? I live in Florida so we don’t see things like that. If it doesn’t happen at the beach or pertain to water, we don’t see it. LOL

  5. Laurie Manny on October 5th, 2007 12:52 am

    Great shot, what a cool thing to see.

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