Festival des Ballons Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Balloon Festival

[Marko]

Went to the International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu yesterday and had a blast. First time there. Feel free to comment or critique any aspect.

[Marko]

and one with intentional camera movement.

[Barefoot]

Marko, these are the bee's knees, the cat's meow...so forth and so on. The sky is exceptional in the first two and the balloons are just icing on the cake. I'd like to know just how you pull off these fabulous shots with camera movement. There must be a technique.

[Yisehaq]

These are all nice shot, Marko but I love the ICM shot most!!!

[Marko]

Thanks for the comments BF and Yisehaq!
I have no real or new 'technique' for the ICM (other than what's already in the podcast i recorded last year) and that's one of the things that i absolutely love about it. (I come from the old skool where you shoot blind and then see your results...via film development...and I miss this excitement with digital. I crave it actually)
I never record or pause to think about the movements and I usually forget what i did. For me it's the most 'in the zone' moment lately. The entire world is blotted out when I do this. Time loses meaning. I shoot many shots of the same subject....and 90% have distractions are are rejected.... in the end as it usually is - it's all about composition.
Thanks again for the comments!

[asnow]

I really digging that first one. Love the colours and comp. As for the abstract, I'm kind on the fence with this one.

[Runmonty]

Nice set Marko - For some reason when I look at the one with camera movement I cant help thinking of Freddy Kruger, as the trails remind me of his hands

[AntZ]

Great shots Marko. I like both the balloon shots and can not pick a fav.

Nice set Marko - For some reason when I look at the one with camera movement I cant help thinking of Freddy Kruger, as the trails remind me of his hands

I can see that too I really like this one too. It quite abstract and one of my favourite ICM shots yet.

[Marko]

Glad people dig this - many thx.

[Hillbillygirl]

First two are both wonderful shot with perfect exposure/detail Marko, but really like that last movement shot. To me, I can see a person with a brightly lit costume dancing. Maybe "Caribana" style celebration actually.