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Oct 21, 2011 02:13:23   #
gessman Loc: Colorado
 
We need some bright color here. Got any? Post what you've got. "Free for all."







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Oct 21, 2011 02:49:00   #
Frank S Loc: Nampa, Idaho
 
From Idaho

Morning Early Light
Morning Early Light...

The Real Thing
The Real Thing...

Light Em' Up
Light Em' Up...

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Oct 21, 2011 03:54:00   #
Hiskid.58 Loc: Erie, PA
 
From a balloon ride we had in California. 2009

Two up, one to go
Two up, one to go...

Over the Sunflowers
Over the Sunflowers...

Over Sunflowers again
Over Sunflowers again...

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Oct 21, 2011 10:18:19   #
DB Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC
 
:-( :-( :-( I don't have any hot air ballon pics
But here is some color I found...



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Oct 21, 2011 10:35:32   #
gessman Loc: Colorado
 
DB wrote:
:-( :-( :-( I don't have any hot air ballon pics
But here is some color I found...


Colors are good. I don't think them babies are gonna get off the ground but they might if you'd stick a match or lighter in there.
:-)

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Oct 21, 2011 10:38:58   #
gessman Loc: Colorado
 
Frank S wrote:
From Idaho


Nice Frank. I really like all three, first for the backlighting, second for uniqueness, and third for the glow. Good shots. I've got to visit Idaho. Never been there. Looks like a neat place.

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Oct 21, 2011 10:41:58   #
gessman Loc: Colorado
 
Hiskid.58 wrote:
From a balloon ride we had in California. 2009


Nice Hiskid. I like the perspective and the view. You got three of my favorite subjects in there - balloons, sunflowers, and distant mountains. Looks like you have a fertile ground there for taking pics. Thanks for sharing.

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Oct 21, 2011 10:43:55   #
DB Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC
 
great photos.... I wanna ride in a hot air balloon someday over fields of sunflowers... Love this thread gessman....exactly what I needed today to raise my spirits.......thank you my friend

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Oct 21, 2011 11:22:07   #
tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware
 
Ohhhhh you mean THOSE balloons!! ;)
*snickers*

Hot-air balloons are my favorite part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, too! (Although have never seen it in person)

I don't have any either, alas... have only ever seen one hot-air balloon in my life when I was a lot younger.
Even had a chance to go up in it, but declined because they kept us tethered and only went up a little ways.

Like DB... I wanna sail off in one... and just ride the winds until it sets me down somewhere!

DB: Love your colors!
And everyone else... FAB balloon shots! Lots of color and very bright and cheery, indeed!

Looking forward to the further development of this thread!

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Oct 21, 2011 11:30:22   #
DB Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC
 
Gessman the red and white stripes against that blue sky...perfecto ty ty ty

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Oct 21, 2011 11:59:01   #
gessman Loc: Colorado
 
DB wrote:
Gessman the red and white stripes against that blue sky...perfecto ty ty ty


That was the opening of the festival, the flag going up. The festival is no longer held but it was a 3 day event that took place over a lake at the south end of the Denver metro area. On days when the water was glassy, it was a sight to behold. I was there every year it occurred but am having difficulty finding my "glassy surface reflection" shots. I'll put some more up as the thread begins to lag. There are some folks in the forum who've been to the Albuquerque big boy festival. I'm hoping some of them will join in. There are so many unique balloons at that festival - to which I've yet to go but perhaps the next one in 2012.

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Oct 21, 2011 12:20:18   #
gessman Loc: Colorado
 
tilde531 wrote:
Ohhhhh you mean THOSE balloons!! ;)
*snickers*

Hot-air balloons are my favorite part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, too! (Although have never seen it in person)

I don't have any either, alas... have only ever seen one hot-air balloon in my life when I was a lot younger.
Even had a chance to go up in it, but declined because they kept us tethered and only went up a little ways.

Like DB... I wanna sail off in one... and just ride the winds until it sets me down somewhere!

DB: Love your colors!
And everyone else... FAB balloon shots! Lots of color and very bright and cheery, indeed!

Looking forward to the further development of this thread!
Ohhhhh you mean THOSE balloons!! ;) br *snickers*... (show quote)


I seem to have a lot of stories but you reminded me of another. Back in the '90s, I wandered into a thrift store in Tucson. I found 9 reels of 400' spliced together 16mm home movies starting back in the '20s. Being an old movie projectionist as a young man, and having a folding loupe in my pocket, I decided to unreel some footage to see what was on the film. I bought all 9 reels which also came with the little boxes that the film came in that went to Kodak for development and back to the owner. The boxes had post mark dates so I knew the dates of the footage.

I got the film back home and went and bought a used 16mm projector so I could have a look at all the film. What I found was the home movies of a family with a young boy and girl and their dog that began in Connecticut, moving down into Pennsylvania, to Missouri, and back to Connecticut. The father was a college professor and made those moves with his work. The film also had footage of the 1929 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, as well as a speech by F. D. Roosevelt as a candidate before he became President. There was also footage of the Hindenberg over NY City, and other things worthy of keeping.

I had the names of the people on the boxes so I began to trace them down, suspecting that the young boy and girl might still be alive and I had their names, or at least the boy. It took me almost five years but I finally found the boy and returned the film to him and his sister. Their dad had moved to Tucson, passed away, and his belongings wound up in that thrift store.

Before I found the owners, I checked around a bit about the film. The Macy's footage was of the first parade and the Macy's archives did not have footage of that first year and wanted copies of it but I had committed myself to finding those people and getting the film back to their family and told Macy's if I couldn't find the people in five years I would make them a copy. The F. D Roosevelt museum wanted copies of that footage, etc., but I found the family first. I passed on to the family about the Macy's, etc., and put it in their hands. I don't know what happened from there. The little boy in the film is an attorney in New Jersey and his sister is a school superintendent in upstate New York. How about that? Ont thing is apparent - perseverance pays off.

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Oct 21, 2011 12:20:18   #
gessman Loc: Colorado
 
tilde531 wrote:
Ohhhhh you mean THOSE balloons!! ;)
*snickers*

Hot-air balloons are my favorite part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, too! (Although have never seen it in person)

I don't have any either, alas... have only ever seen one hot-air balloon in my life when I was a lot younger.
Even had a chance to go up in it, but declined because they kept us tethered and only went up a little ways.

Like DB... I wanna sail off in one... and just ride the winds until it sets me down somewhere!

DB: Love your colors!
And everyone else... FAB balloon shots! Lots of color and very bright and cheery, indeed!

Looking forward to the further development of this thread!
Ohhhhh you mean THOSE balloons!! ;) br *snickers*... (show quote)


I seem to have a lot of stories but you reminded me of another. Back in the '90s, I wandered into a thrift store in Tucson. I found 9 reels of 400' spliced together 16mm home movies starting back in the '20s. Being an old movie projectionist as a young man, and having a folding loupe in my pocket, I decided to unreel some footage to see what was on the film. I bought all 9 reels which also came with the little boxes that the film came in that went to Kodak for development and back to the owner. The boxes had post mark dates so I knew the dates of the footage.

I got the film back home and went and bought a used 16mm projector so I could have a look at all the film. What I found was the home movies of a family with a young boy and girl and their dog that began in Connecticut, moving down into Pennsylvania, to Missouri, and back to Connecticut. The father was a college professor and made those moves with his work. The film also had footage of the 1929 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, as well as a speech by F. D. Roosevelt as a candidate before he became President. There was also footage of the Hindenberg over NY City, and other things worthy of keeping.

I had the names of the people on the boxes so I began to trace them down, suspecting that the young boy and girl might still be alive and I had their names, or at least the boy. It took me almost five years but I finally found the boy and returned the film to him and his sister. Their dad had moved to Tucson, passed away, and his belongings wound up in that thrift store.

Before I found the owners, I checked around a bit about the film. The Macy's footage was of the first parade and the Macy's archives did not have footage of that first year and wanted copies of it but I had committed myself to finding those people and getting the film back to their family and told Macy's if I couldn't find the people in five years I would make them a copy. The F. D Roosevelt museum wanted copies of that footage, etc., but I found the family first. I passed on to the family about the Macy's, etc., and put it in their hands. I don't know what happened from there. The little boy in the film is an attorney in New Jersey and his sister is a school superintendent in upstate New York. How about that? Ont thing is apparent - perseverance pays off.

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Oct 21, 2011 12:24:22   #
tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware
 
gessman wrote:

I seem to have a lot of stories but you reminded me of another. Back in the '90s, I wandered into a thrift store in Tucson. I found 9 reels of 400' spliced together 16mm home movies starting back in the '20s. Being an old movie projectionist as a young man, and having a folding loupe in my pocket, I decided to unreel some footage to see what was on the film. I bought all 9 reels which also came with the little boxes that the film came in that went to Kodak for development and back to the owner. The boxes had post mark dates so I knew the dates of the footage.

I got the film back home and went and bought a used 16mm projector so I could have a look at all the film. What I found was the home movies of a family with a young boy and girl and their dog that began in Connecticut, moving down into Pennsylvania, to Missouri, and back to Connecticut. The father was a college professor and made those moves with his work. The film also had footage of the 1929 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, as well as a speech by F. D. Roosevelt as a candidate before he became President. There was also footage of the Hindenberg over NY City, and other things worthy of keeping.

I had the names of the people on the boxes so I began to trace them down, suspecting that the young boy and girl might still be alive and I had their names, or at least the boy. It took me almost five years but I finally found the boy and returned the film to him and his sister. Their dad had moved to Tucson, passed away, and his belongings wound up in that thrift store.

Before I found the owners, I checked around a bit about the film. The Macy's footage was of the first parade and the Macy's archives did not have footage of that first year and wanted copies of it but I had committed myself to finding those people and getting the film back to their family and told Macy's if I couldn't find the people in five years I would make them a copy. The F. D Roosevelt museum wanted copies of that footage, etc., but I found the family first. I passed on to the family about the Macy's, etc., and put it in their hands. I don't know what happened from there. The little boy in the film is an attorney in New Jersey and his sister is a school superintendent in upstate New York. How about that? Ont thing is apparent - perseverance pays off.
br I seem to have a lot of stories but you remind... (show quote)


What a fantastic story!
And what a great man you are, too...how very cool to find this, enjoy it and then "do the right thing" by tracking the family down and giving them a bit of their life (and Father!) back!

Talk about brightening someone's day!
Sharing this story really brightened mine!

Thanks! :)

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Oct 21, 2011 12:31:10   #
leatherhelmets Loc: Center Conway, NH
 
Gessman,

As always, spectacular material. I love the third photo...balloons form a spiral staircase to the sky. As for the film story....you should have your own Discovery Channel show....Maybe you could call it "Pay it forward - Stories from a life well lived".

Just an idea.

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