Hot air balloons.
Mar 18, 2022 15:49:54 #
No. Just to jump out of one. Which is a nightmare for planning and executing.
--Bob
--Bob
usnret wrote:
Just curious, has anyone here gone aloft in a hot air balloon to take photographs? I found a site that offers early morning (dawn) rides near Sedona Az.
Mar 18, 2022 16:35:58 #
Mar 18, 2022 20:49:21 #
Take the ride and you'll be able to see different angles which will give you a whole new perspective on things. I went up once in Charlotte, NC and 3 times in Yangshuo, China and couldn't get enough shots. Have fun and enjoy your flight.
David
David
Mar 19, 2022 10:45:04 #
usnret wrote:
Ya may be wrong and ya may be right.
Are you sure about that?
Mar 19, 2022 11:50:34 #
jim quist wrote:
It sounds like a blast. I can’t do heights so I’m out.
What do you mean? I thought I would be too afraid to pilot a plane. Wifey gave me a birthday present of a flying lesson. I did it all. From radioing the tower to taxing on the runway. Up in the air and flying for two hours. I even landed the plane (Piper Cherokee) on what looked like a pencil line from 4 Thousand feet down to a paint line about 50 inches wide. WHAT A RUSH!
Instructor took the video. It was great!
In a hot air balloon you get to relax and enjoy the clouds and gracefully pass the time away. Use a 50mm or so lens to get great shots and 1:1 ratio.
Oh…. I forgot to mention. Take a Pulse Oximeter with you. It tells you your oxygen saturation in the blood (which will increase slightly) and your pulse rate (which will decrease) as you relax more and more. Ya gotta have some fun!
Mar 19, 2022 14:56:17 #
2002 Albuquerque International Hot Air Balloon Festival - My wife and I were on the balloon. Well worth taking your camera with you
Mar 20, 2022 10:49:51 #
Scruples wrote:
What do you mean? I thought I would be too afraid to pilot a plane. Wifey gave me a birthday present of a flying lesson. I did it all. From radioing the tower to taxing on the runway. Up in the air and flying for two hours. I even landed the plane (Piper Cherokee) on what looked like a pencil line from 4 Thousand feet down to a paint line about 50 inches wide. WHAT A RUSH!
Not to be a Kiljoy, but Juan Brown (commercial pilot the Broncolirio channel on YouTube) said that many commercial pilots avoid flying in, or piloting, small planes because they lack the many of the safety features found on commercial airliners.
Mar 20, 2022 12:43:35 #
worldcycle
Loc: Stateline, Nevada
usnret wrote:
Just curious, has anyone here gone aloft in a hot air balloon to take photographs? I found a site that offers early morning (dawn) rides near Sedona Az.
Absolutely! Well worth it. Depending where you fly is what you will see but the experience is fantastic. The Lake Tahoe Balloon ride is the only one in the world that both launches and lands on a boat. They pretty much always fly in the morning to take advantage of the cooler air so be prepared to get up early.
12 Photo panorama, Tahoe Keys to Meeks Bay
Pine pollen on the surface of Lake Tahoe
Coming in for a landing on the balloon catcher boat
Flying over Vang Vieng, Laos
Mar 22, 2022 22:43:50 #
A few years ago my Bride and I and one other couple
whom we did not know, took an early (very early, just at sunrise)
balloon ride in North Carolina. Took some pictures that came
out fine. No fog or mist that morning.
whom we did not know, took an early (very early, just at sunrise)
balloon ride in North Carolina. Took some pictures that came
out fine. No fog or mist that morning.
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