Wow what a weekend.. and its not near over yet even!
Quick synopses.
Friday: Prep for possible flying on Saturday morning.
Saturday Morning: Fly awesome.
Saturday Early Afternoon: Process video and pictures taken as well as logs of flight.
Saturday Evening: Wedding of good friends.
Sunday Morning: AAAA rally on Fiesta Park Double Awesome.
Sunday Early Afternoon: Download over a 1000 shots and process the cream of the crop quickly.
Sunday Afternoon: Impending Granddaughter.
So yeah!... A very packed weekend... and I am not even finished with it yet so lets just bag the whole conversation thing and do the picture thing... I can comment on those...
Saturdays clips from the Kodak 360 and Nikon.... I think I have shots from the Nikon processed...
Inflating upside down.. or in Australia if you like.
Reflections of the envelope in the sunglasses effect as well as checking where the flame is going. I did land right on the road ...yeah.
Landed..walked ( ported ) to the field and clearing the burners. The good crew walked me to a nice field South of where we landed.
Laying down and checking and shutting off all the instruments. Ipad flight logger worked great.
Removing the 360 while Ted advises.
Alternate view to a burner set.
Those were fun and the video is going be a laugh as I did three pirouettes about 7 feet above the ground before landing. Yes I spun counterclockwise three times before setting down. ( That should keep the evil spirits from finding me now! ). That's for Tim Powers.
The start and run North with a quick drop and rocket over the arroyo.
The landing and three spins. There are three notches in that line. Those are the spins. The 6040 GPS probably has a better view of it. I have not had time to go look yet though.
Whew!
The wedding was cool. Started at 6 pm way out North at the Tamaya Resort. We left at 10pm due to having to get up at 5am. The party was just getting started. 30 minutes to get home. Was fun.
Up at 5amish and out to the Fiesta Park. Pibal went North, up, drifted East towards the casino, then skittered South.. That worked and the target was identified and everyone started laying out and launching. I ran from one end to the field to the other over and over again to catch as many balloons with the 10.5 fisheye as I could as well as with the regular 18 to 200 mm lens. Whew. Blew up my pace chart completely.
Shots...
This Nikon 10.5 fisheye lens is so versatile and it has so many ways to create an excellent shot it boggles the mind... So here is my playing with it as this is the perfect venue to use it.
Basket view of an inflation.
Heating things up.
Keith adds a bit more of that warmth. Love the blue flame at the bottom.
Off on a record day of fun.... Straining to get airborne. Our best and brightest Women Pilots kicked target butt today during a commercial instruction flight. Multitasking at 300 feet.
What do men who fly the most impressive aircraft in the US military do for kicks.. they fly balloons... yeah baby.
Men who protect our nation and risk their lives to keep us safe ride the winds in their beautiful balloons. They are supported by their fantastic wives ( on Mothers day even ) and family and crew.
So very awesome!
While our lonely target team leader waits and ponders if they can get their butts to the target so he can score some baggies .. damnit! Hahaha... It was a good variable day and ways to the target were many. I believe Larry was about to assist in this arduous task also.
It was a cracken day and I didn't even edit some of the other things going on behind us here or even the standard shots and I completely didn't add the regular shots from yesterday and none from the wedding so there you go.....
Now I have to get ready for the Granddaughter so off I go.. and I will edit more tonight if I don't fall asleep right after she goes home.
If it aint a packed day then you are wasting daylight.
