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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2007, Texas Hold'M Competition.

Tokina 80-200 f/2.8, camera in 'lazy' mode.

[anthropas]

These are great! Did you use a polarizer to get such a deep blue out of the sky? Whenever I shoot upward my skies always blow out. Any info on how you got such great shots would be welcome.

Anthropas

[weatherwise2]

great color on those balloons

[jfdavis58]

UV filter only-pretty standard lens protection; good at the mile high elevation of Albuquerque. There isn't much of a trick. AIBF starts every day (in early October) for ten days (weather permitting) at about 4:00AM. These were shot shortly after sunrise-maybe 6:00am to 7:30am--check the EXIF, I left it intact and the camera is regularly reset to the correct MDT/MST.

Clean air, deep blue skies and 700+ hot air balloons---it's a photographer's paradise!

These are great! Did you use a polarizer to get such a deep blue out of the sky? Whenever I shoot upward my skies always blow out. Any info on how you got such great shots would be welcome.

Anthropas