Hot air balloon show in the night, full of colorful and photogenic source of lights? Count me in!
Once organizers confirmed weather conditions and event was okayed, I knew I’ll go there. Even got a great company (thanks Lina and Juliana!).
After arrival I have quickly realized that balloons are located on the top of the hill, so all spectator would have a nice view from the valley. But that wasn’t good enough for me, as the background was black forest. So we “speed walked” up the hill and were able to catch the last moments of Blue hour and got a few shots of color splash against blue sky (and even some stars already)!
Rest of the photo trip was about trying to catch the right moment for the right exposure! I was surprised, that correct exposure for the balloon with a available light and balloon illuminated from the inside by a burst of flame was several seconds, otherwise I was capturing just orange fireballs! 🙂
Show was spectacular with balloons throwing flames to the rhythm of local folk music (! try to coordinate that!), with parachutist with huge sparkles (impossible to capture, I just gave up and enjoyed the view) and of course with nice firework to enhance my background. Feast for the photographer eye! 🙂
PS: Special thanks to guys from “
FlyingPictures.eu” in the nearest balloon (Travel Department) for being so nice to throw us photo flame upon requests (many of them!! 🙂
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| Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-70 at 38mm, 1/2 sec @ f/7, ISO 500 |
Nočná balónova šou plná farieb a fotogenických zdrojov svetla? Idem tam! Akonáhle organizátori potvrdili dobré počasie na akciu, tak bolo jasné, že idem. A mal som dokonca aj skvelú spoločnosť (díky Lina a Juliana!)
Po príjazde som sa zorientoval a zistil, že balóny sú ukotvené na vrchole kopca, tak aby mali diváci dobrý výhľad z doliny. Ale to nevyhovovalo mne, nakoľko ako pozadie by som mal tmavý les. Tak sme si dali rýchly výstup do kopca a podarilo sa nám zachytiť posledné zvyšky Modrej hodinky a nafotiť zopár záberov farebných škvŕn oproti modrej oblohe (a dokonca aj nejaké hviezdy)!
Zvyšok výletu už bol o zachytení správneho momentu pri správnej expozícii! Musím priznať, že som bol prekvapený z toho aký veľký rozdiel bol medzi správnou expozíciou balónu osvieteného z dostupného svetla a balónu osvetleného zvnútra s blčiacim horákom. Bolo to dokonca pár sekúnd, ináč som mal na fotke len oranžovú ohňovú guľu 😉 Show bola nádherná, balóny dokonca púšťali oheň do rytmu lokálnej dychovky (! skúste toto skoordinovať!), prileteli aj parašutisti s obrovskými “prskavkami”, ktoré púšťali nádherné iskry (a bolo to nemožné nafotiť, tak som to vzdal a len sa kochal). No a nakoniec samozrejme krásny ohňostroj, ktorý mi pekne zvýraznil pozadie za balónmi. Úplna pastva pre fotografove oči! 😉
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| Nikon D810, Nikkor 70-200 at 150mm, 3 sec @ f/3.5, ISO 1600 |
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| Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-70 at 32mm, 1/2 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 640 |
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| Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-70 at 24mm, 1/2 sec @ f/7, ISO 500 |
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| Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-70 at 45mm, 1/2 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 500 |
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| Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-70 at 24mm, 1/15 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 320 |
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| Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-70 at 24mm, 1.5 sec @ f/3.5, ISO 2000 |
