Floating Over the Garlic Capital of the World
We were invited to ride in a hot air balloon in San Martin, California, located south of the San Francisco Bay Area. A friend who could not join contacted me the day before, and offered me to go instead. What a pleasant surprise! We flew over suburban landscape at about 1000 feet above the ground, and landed in a field in Gilroy, the Garlic Capital of the World.
Riding in a hot air balloon is difficult to describe, it's very different from a helicopter or a fixed wing aircraft. You ride along with the wind, e.g. it is very quiet, no wind is passing by. You hear sounds from below, such as barking dogs, clucking chickens, and kids playing. The burner is loud though, however it is operating just once in a while.
I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/8.0, 12 mm, 1/750 sec, ISO 200, Sony A7 II, Rokinon 12mm F2.8, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC4238_hdr1bal1pho1g.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2024 Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
Floating Over the Garlic Capital of the World
We were invited to ride in a hot air balloon in San Martin, California, located south of the San Francisco Bay Area. A friend who could not join contacted me the day before, and offered me to go instead. What a pleasant surprise! We flew over suburban landscape at about 1000 feet above the ground, and landed in a field in Gilroy, the Garlic Capital of the World.
Riding in a hot air balloon is difficult to describe, it's very different from a helicopter or a fixed wing aircraft. You ride along with the wind, e.g. it is very quiet, no wind is passing by. You hear sounds from below, such as barking dogs, clucking chickens, and kids playing. The burner is loud though, however it is operating just once in a while.
I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
Thank you for visiting - ♡ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
-- ƒ/8.0, 12 mm, 1/750 sec, ISO 200, Sony A7 II, Rokinon 12mm F2.8, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC4238_hdr1bal1pho1g.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2024 Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography