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Re: [OM] Bristol Balloon Fiesta.

Subject: Re: [OM] Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 08:56:59 +1000
I'm impressed by the time-lapses.  How many balloons taking part ?

...Wayne


> 
> 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/BristolBalloonFiesta
> 2012
> 
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