Thursday, August 14, 2008

Balloon Landing #5 (Sky Watch)

















This is the third balloon, rising just above the tree line, only to immediately descend to the landing zone. In photo #4 you can see the basket is caught on a tree top, and when it releases the balloon starts swaying back and forth, but still manages to descend and land okay. In the next to last photo you can see the crew holding the basket to keep it from tipping over.

More exciting photos to come!!! LOL

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

That more fun than my ticker could take.

Nice photography though.

Abraham

Flying Solo said...

Naughty balloon, always wanting to ascend!
Happy sky watch!

I'll tune tomorrow for exciting photos!

Carletta said...

You know I love all of these but the first one is very appealing - love the framing.
What you get to see and capture is amazing - wouldn't mind walking around with you one day on your adventures. :)

Janet said...

Hey, this works like a cartoon! Very cool.

Photo Cache said...

Very beautiful shots of balloons on the sky. Happy skywatching.

Kelly said...

Beautiful sky photos with the balloons in them! Great SWF photos!

Jane Hards Photography said...

I can even see people in these shots. These ballons are an endless source of fascination for me.Great stuff

Janice Thomson said...

Great SWF photos George! Are these rides all year round or just at certain times? That red balloon is quite attractive.

Pernille said...

That must be fun:) Wonderful shots:)

imac said...

Beautiful, just beautiful post for SW.

Anonymous said...

Great pictures! I can only hope to see and ride one for real!

I have two Sky Watch pictures this week (completely different from one another) and are posted in these blogs:
Jenn Was Here and Shutter Happy Moments. Please hop on any of them if you have some time. Happy weekends!

Small City Scenes said...

Aye yi yi yi!! Great landing shots. Have you been up in a balloon--that kind, I mean. teehee
BTW--I came home. MB

Minkydo said...

Cool! One day I want to take a ride in one of those.

My SWF post

Tom said...

A great set of pictures ... a great SWF posting

Raquel Sabino Pereira said...

AWSOMELY AWSOME!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!

SandyCarlson said...

These are amazing. I feel like I can touch those balloons!

dot said...

A nice ride for some maybe but not this old girl! LOL Enjoyed the pictures!

Raven said...

What a wonderful series of balloon shots. Great fun to see them. I enjoyed scrolling down the whole page as well all the way down to the beautiful herons on the golf course.