[Leica] Hot Air Balloons

[Howard L Ritter Jr]

I knew you were going to say that! Thanks, Jayanand.

—howard


> On Dec 3, 2016, at 10:16 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nice - this is my pick
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Balloon+Festival/Flare+3.jpg.html
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 2:49 AM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote:
> 
>> Every year my little town here outside Raleigh hosts a hot-air balloon
>> festival. We went to the evening part of one day’s festivities to see the
>> evening ascent and the flaring event, where the pilots of balloons on the
>> ground flash their burners to light up the envelopes in a nice light show.
>> It occurred to me that these flashes should be rich in infrared, so I took
>> the M8 as well as the M240.
>> 
>> One thing I discovered is that IR images made without sunlight are not
>> very interesting unless there’s a strong IR source in the frame.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Balloon+Festival/ <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Balloon+Festival/>
>> 
>> C&C appreciated.
>> 
>> —howard
>> 
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