Danny Dunne, QPSA  


Balloons Bumping by Danny Dunne, QPSA

March 2019 - Balloons Bumping

About the Image(s)

Taken from another balloon in Kenya.
Early morning and we are all moving.
1/60 at iso800


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5 comments posted




Renee Schaefer   Renee Schaefer
Fantastic, Danny. The spacing between the balloons looks perfect. The sky is interesting. The horizon is straight. One my computer screen, I see a white outline on both sides of the back balloon. I wonder if that was caused by over sharpening or over saturating. It doesn't bother me, just mentioning it to see if anyone knows what causes that.   Posted: 03/09/2019 11:56:16



Jon Allanson   Jon Allanson
This is a very strong image created by the strong contrast of the red balloons against the blue sky. I particularly like the positioning of the balloons one in front of the other as they ascend, and it being taken from up in the air so that the horizon looks to be lower down.
To me the white line round the balloons is an artefact created in camera, when you have a contrast between two tones next to each other usually light and dark, but also contrasting colours. Unfortunately any sharpening done in post processing will enhance the effect. One of the reasons I use High Pass sharpening is that in that situation I can apply a mask layer to the sharpening and using a small brush I can then reduce the visibility of the line without affecting the sharpening over the rest of the image.   Posted: 03/16/2019 06:12:57



Jan van Leijenhorst   Jan van Leijenhorst
I love the colors and the positioning of the two balloons. When I blow this up quite substantially on my computer I see a white shadow around the balloon, but it does not disturb me when I view the image in a "normal" way. Great image overall.   Posted: 03/22/2019 11:37:22



Brad Ashbrook   Brad Ashbrook
Very colorful and an interesting composition with them in front of each other.. I would not have shot it that way, but it actually works. well done.   Posted: 03/22/2019 13:22:42



Becca Cambridge   Becca Cambridge
Well,ok, shot from ANOTHER balloon. What fun. My first thought was for you to have moved a little further to the left to line up the gondolas. Guess that's out of the question.
Love that you caught the fire jet. Drama. Stunning capture.
(I'm a novice, I had to look to see the white outline.)
Pretty.   Posted: 03/28/2019 10:04:50