Reflections

I do believe I hit some peak color at this location. Once again it is a place I have never been so I had to check it out.

There was one unique perspective in this area that I could not get in many of the other places I have recently shot, and that is reflection. So the theme of this shoot is reflections.

Link to complete set: Photo Album

I started out no differently than any other shoot, I started with a few snapshots. About half way through the sun came out and a reflection caught my eye. From that point forward I changed my point of view for every shot afterwards. I had taken advantage of a large body of still water.

 

The trail

A different section of the Lehigh river than some of my previous shots. A section that still has a good portion of the old canals intact.

 

The Locks

Cemented up now but most of the structure is still there, less the wood of course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Reflections

Ok this is the main theme. The color was there and I tried to eyeball a decent angle for each shot. I was of course limited unless I wanted to swim and stir up the water.

 

I always try and nab a few close ups, so here they are.

 

About the only wildlife on the trail. If you look closely you may be able to see 10 mallard males. Click to enlarge or look at it via the album.

  

Hope your eyes are more relaxed now after gazing at all the eye-candy.

Balloon Festival

It’s not everyday you get to nab a few balloon shots. I happened to be passing by and had the lens cap off so I snapped a few shots of them setting up.

Someone had to go up. How else are you going to know which way the wind is blowing? We picked cloud 9. A one man balloon we has to sacrifice to the wind god.

As he stepped away for his picture he remember he left the gas on. Didn’t take long to fill this bad boy.

It may have been a bird or a plane or maybe another balloon. I don’t know I was taking a picture of them.

I think they had some room for a few more colors on this one.

Given the fact the clouds had pretty much blocked out the sun I felt some help was needed on the color. Way cool.

Would you fly in this? Oh yeah, the clouds are real. No Photoshop here.

This was cool. Of course the only way to see it was to hop in the basket.

Look closely. This boy is in a wheelchair and flying a balloon. Kudos!

Yeah, he did crawl out of his wheelchair and into that balloon, I pulled the wheelchair out of frame. He is hitting the burner to get the balloon upright.

The basket is custom made – experimental as you can see. It is a two-seater, with a single strap to hold you in.

As I rode up with the boy he hit straight propane to give me some awesome looking flames. He also said that he runs straight propane while traveling over top of wildlife – he said it is quieter and doesn’t startle them.

Not bad once the sun comes out.

Grabbed a few more setup shots.

Let me know if you liked any of them.