Participation: The Four-Thousand Club

Challenge #42 in the Ways of Seeing series. Hosted by jezsik.

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This challenge is a knock-down, drag 'em out, tag-team match between the ultimate challenge participants. To enter, you must have placed at least four thousand votes in previous challenges. That's right, four-smegging-thousand. We don't want no namby-pamby, panty-waisted, mamma's apron string tuggin', hypocritical Milquetoasts entering THIS challenge, by god! Post your digital images ... and make sure they're adequate.

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Announced:

Saturday, 8th May, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 15th May, 2010 – Friday, 21st May, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 22nd May, 2010 – Friday, 28th May, 2010 (GMT)

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No watermarks, otherwise the sky's the limit.

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No restrictions.

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Digital images only.
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Sky's the limit

by PhotoPhilDe

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Photo made from 3 others: a montain landscape during some holidays, and 2 photos from baloons flying in another region (flat one). Such baloons cannot fly in the mountains and certainly not in such a cloudy and windy weather, so that sort of vue is not "naturally" possible. That was just for the fun and the beauty of the contrasts.

Camera:	Canon EOS 40D
Lens:	Canon EF 10-22 USM
Submitted:	Saturday, 15th May, 2010 08:35 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 22nd July, 2008
Focal length:	13 mm
Shutter speed:	1/500 sec
Aperture:	F7.1
ISO:	200
Notes:	Contrast, light, saturation, hue have been enhanced. A little bit cropped also.
Views:	884

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Total comments: 5

Hot air balloons fly in the mountains all the time. Check out the galleries at http://www.HotAirPhotos.com for images of real balloons actually flying in the setting of the photo.

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Thanks you so much for your kind words about my picture.

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Congratulations!! I liked this image a lot and voted high. The balloons are placed ideally in the picture i think.

Also the roads add a lot leading towards the subject, which are the balloons, giving a new point of view to the image. One could see the controversy between the freedom of flying a balloon over the mountains and the limitations of driving on the road where you have to make turns etc.

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Wonderful image...congratulations.

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This was an early favorite in the voting. I appreciate that you took the time to explain how you created the image. Thanks.

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Total comments: 5

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