Nice images, and colors.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ian Nichols" <ian.a.nichols@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 10:48 AM
Subject: [OM] Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
> It was last weekend, and the weather was pretty good until Sunday. On
> Thursday evening, I opted to park myself on the hillside opposite the
> launch site and watch the mass ascent. In addition to the E-3, 50-200 and
> 14-54, I also took one of my Minolta A1s and an intervalometer to record a
> time-lapse:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmUmHy3wwAY&feature=plcp
>
> One of them seemed to be determined to catch a sequence of air currents
> which kept the balloon close to the launch site, and ended up doing a very
> gentle landing in the next field from me. Thought he might end up in the
> reservoir for a while there.
>
> On Friday morning, I awoke at 5 am for some reason and couldn't get back
> to
> sleep, so went to see the morning ascent instead. Took the same kit with
> me and did another time lapse. More still photos that time, too.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx7uZyMeE8k&feature=plcp
>
> Then I went back on Friday evening, and parked myself up the hill from the
> launch site. Met office said the wind was heading that way, but that
> means
> very little in the real world, and they actually took off and went roughly
> parallel to the hillside instead.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcQQ4qa6lCI&feature=plcp
>
> Saturday I was otherwise engaged, and on Sunday the weather was much
> windier and rain showers were forecast. It turns out they still launched
> and the wind took them right past my flat. Didn't snap any pictures
> though. Wouldn't want to broadcast the state of my windows to the world
> ;)
>
> Still photos of all 3 ascents in my picasa gallery, including a Friday bee
> getting stuck-in (never thought of the 50-200 as a macro lens) and some
> nice crepuscular rays.
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/103946165422859151776/BristolBalloonFiesta2012
>
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