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From the Irish National Hot Air Ballooning Championships

quilmore · 2008-09-27 09:09:33

I've could only go on the last day and pics look more snaps than anything good I just didn't know what to expect and it was much quicker than I thought it was (in 10 minutes they were gone from flat) C&C and more pics of this event are more than welcome #1 #2 #3

27-09-2008 9:09am

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I've could only go on the last day and pics look more snaps than anything good
I just didn't know what to expect and it was much quicker than I thought it was (in 10 minutes they were gone from flat)

C&C and more pics of this event are more than welcome
#1

#2

#3

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#2 27-09-2008 10:58pm

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I really like #1, great colour & composition! There seem to be shadows (?) to the right & left of the image but you don't have a link to full size image to see it properly.
#2 is a bit distorted, something I myself am learning about at the moment. http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/key=focal+length -this might be helpful.

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#3 27-09-2008 11:30pm

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I think so too, no1 is great

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#4 28-09-2008 1:24am

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thanks
yes, the shadows were balloons on the side of this one getting inflated, not much I could do there, in fact I didn't even see that until back home as I've taken the pics extending my arm over the basket to get as much centred as possible

yes, there is distortion, mostly because all of them were taken at extreme wide angles 11mm for #1 and #2 and 16mm for #3 and that's what you get with them (some corrections could have been done but I didn't want to crop them any further after corrections)

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#5 28-09-2008 9:49am

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quilmore are you a Person of the Deise? if so there is a thread on the Waterford City forum you might want to add to.

Mike

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#6 28-09-2008 11:01am

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mike65 wrote: »

quilmore are you a Person of the Deise?

I don't know what that means but I don't think so (just in case it means something not nice )

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#7 28-09-2008 11:15am

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He means are you from Waterford.

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#8 28-09-2008 1:00pm

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jeje
thanks

I'm not, definitively
in fact, this trip to Waterford was the first time I visit the city

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#9 28-09-2008 1:18pm

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Love the first one....

Up the blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas

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#10 29-09-2008 10:19am

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Hi All,

I am the owner and pilot of that multi-coloured balloon. I would really appreciate if the photographer would mind emailing me hi-res files of image No1 and No 3.

Many Thanks,

Aidan
www.Hotair.ie

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#11 29-09-2008 11:19am

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dauphin_army wrote: »

Hi All,

I am the owner and pilot of that multi-coloured balloon. I would really appreciate if the photographer would mind emailing me hi-res files of image No1 and No 3.

Many Thanks,

Aidan
www.Hotair.ie

Hi Aidan
I'm sending you a PM with details

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#12 29-09-2008 7:56pm

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Love those shots. I was out of town and missed the event! Grrrr!!!:mad:

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#13 30-09-2008 9:48pm

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Eoin Ryan, the producer of RTE Nationwide tells me that
a piece on this years Ballooning Champs in Waterford will be broadcast
on Monday evening, 13th October on NATIONWIDE, which goes to air after the main 6pm evening news on RTE-1 TV.

Regards,

Dauphin_army

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