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Uploaded with kind permission from my friend Sophie. Photo taken at stanford hall. G-VBFJ is a new balloon to the virgin balloon flights fleet.
The first thing to do... find a place to prepare the wings. This took about half hour. May 27, 01.03 PM local time.
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I am sure I can do a better job for this particular idea but I am feeling pretty dreadful today so let's call this one a first draft.
Inspired by Pierre Javelle and Akiko Ida.
A bit later than the first photo after the balloon has expanded quite a bit and looking from the inside to the top of the balloon.
Yesterday my sister and brother-in-law went hot air ballooning. I’ll share a few photo’s now and again.
Sony Alpha A7II with FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
The hot air balloons are first inflated with a powerful fan that can be seen just behind the man holding the lines. When the balloon is sufficiently full of trapped air the propane burner is ignited and bursts of flame heat the air in the balloon which expands and becomes less dense and after a short time the balloon raises up into a vertical orientation. As more flame is applied the balloon and its cargo of passengers float into the air. The flame is extremely hot and the heat can be felt from many yards or meters away. As the balloon fills it moves around quite a bit almost like a creature.
Camera:Hasselblad 500C/M
Lens:Carl Zeiss Planar 80/2.8T*
Film: FUJI PRO400
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Inflating ready for launch from Oswestry Balloon Festival is G-DUMA one of the amazing balloons at this festival.
Ultramagic B-70 Balloon