Re: PESO: The Dark Side

2012-07-31 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
True. I have learned that the more unusual the design of the balloon, the harder it is to keep it in the air and navigate it. They didn't even try to get the dinosaur balloon off the ground. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Joseph Mc

Re: PESO: The Dark Side

2012-07-31 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jul 30, 2012, at 13:43 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I had hoped to get it paired with a somewhat larger (ie closer) > balloon, but it took so long to inflate Darth Vader that the others > were fairly distant by the time it got aloft -- and it didn't stay up > very long, either. When you spen

Re: PESO: The Dark Side

2012-07-31 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Brian Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > Quoting "Daniel J. Matyola" : > >> From the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16195016 > > > > > That's just bizarre..

Re: PESO: The Dark Side

2012-07-31 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting "Daniel J. Matyola" : From the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16195016 That's just bizarre But well caught and shot - and as Ken says the other balloon to the lower right adds balance to the composition. -- Cheers Brian ++

Re: PESO: The Dark Side

2012-07-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Ken. I had hoped to get it paired with a somewhat larger (ie closer) balloon, but it took so long to inflate Darth Vader that the others were fairly distant by the time it got aloft -- and it didn't stay up very long, either. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

Re: PESO: The Dark Side

2012-07-30 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice capture & the ballon in the LRH side adds a nice balance to the image. -Original Message- >From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >Subject: PESO: The Dark Side > >From the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning: > >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16195016 > >Comments, suggestions and criticism

Re: PESO: The Dark Side

2012-07-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Bob, Bruce and Don! Yes, Bob, I do need to lighten up the right side of the balloon a bit. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Dan, > I especially like the composition with the small, colorful balloon to th

re: PESO: The Dark Side

2012-07-30 Thread Don Guthrie
Now that's a balloon with attitude! Nice one. Message: 10 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:37:37 -0400 From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: The Dark Side Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 From the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning: http

Re: PESO: The Dark Side

2012-07-30 Thread Bruce Walker
That's really something. Well caught! On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > From the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16195016 > > Comments, suggestions and criticisms are always appreciated. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentax

Re: PESO: The Dark Side

2012-07-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dan, I especially like the composition with the small, colorful balloon to the right. Is there any way to burn more detail into the right side of the mask/balloon. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > From the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning: > > http://