Hot Air Balloon Festivals – Photos, Images & Pics

Would you stand up and walk out on me? What a wonderful picnic it'd be........... Thank you. Image is of two photos separated by 2 years and two different lenses merged as one. ;-D New Yorkled

Once I'd finished with this i realised how disney-esque it looked. Ack!!!! I took an old shot from the Jersey Fest and mixed it with a 3d rendered sky... Heck! If it weren't for fear of copyright infringement...I woulda' had Mickey hanging off the sides.

What might be my last photo (or not?) posted on Flickr of the 2007 Balloon Festival. Again, I'd like to thank my friends and others here for all the fantastic support. You all ROCK! I love you guys for giving me so much continued inspiration and more. Seriously! This year I found myself trying to get the very best photographs everywhere I went and because of that I've managed to break through chains and untether many binds to do things I've never done before. For this I am so very grateful. I found myself climbing across mountain-tops, crawling into spaces few people would venture into, following trails that would boggle the mind. Yet despite my limitations, (and only those who know me would know of which I speak)...I overcame! My only hope now is that I might soar to yet greater lengths continuously. Rise up to greater heights and go down that unchartered road to see things I might never have seen otherwise. 'and to those of you who've got that spark in your hearts with that desire to DO...I say DO IT! JUST GO! Sing along now: Go...and go....and gooooooooo.........Go...and go....and gooooooooo......... CyberFyber

Thank you folks for the faves, comments and visits. :-) Front Page on Explore - August 17, 2008 Ya know how I enjoy mixing a bit of danger into otherwise peaceful scenes.....Bwahahahahahahahahahaha Was out getting shots of clouds yesterday (yup, it was another interesting sky out there) and thought this clouds shot would make a great backdrop for these balloons. :-) This would be the nineteenth in my 2008 NJ Festival of Ballooning Series. New Yorkled

Thank you folks for the faves, comments and visits. :-) #7 on Explore - August 21, 2008 .....in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon Should be obvious what I've been up to here. ^_^ Heck, them clear blue skies were too boring for me...ya know? Anyhow, here's yet another mixture of clouds I'd captured the other day along with a shot from the 2008 NJ Festival of Ballooning. This is the twentieth in my series. :-) New Yorkled

Well, I accomplished what I'd come up here to do. To see at least one other Hot Air Balloon Ascension aside from the New Jersey Version. Here in Glens Falls, NY the turn out was very good with families, kids and dogs galore. Hehehe. The interesting thing is how everyone in the crowds were allowed to near the balloons as they were being inflated. Something yours truly considers to be real cool! Thanks to the folks who organised the Adirondack Balloon Festival and for this wonderful and free event! Now, time to head back home. ;-) New Yorkled

I really don't know how these fellas can stand it. Just from where I was the heat is really intense. Mind you this was my fave balloon of the bunch. :-)

Pretty certain I've never posted this shot before. 'and yup...of course it's a sky borrowed from a different day. ;-) New Yorkled

Seems I wasn't the only one getting a natural endorphin rush from this event. Hehehe. Some folks were in awe and somewhat stupified whereas others were all over the place just as I was. I blurred a coupla faces though out of respect to folks' privacies. BTW, I decided to go all out with this image and make it HDR through my own usual method in CS2. New Yorkled

QuickCheck New Jersey Festival of Ballooning - 2005

This was one of the many tens of balloons which went up into the air. You can see the feeding flames there as the folks waved to us all.

More balloons as captured at the 2008 NJ Festival of Ballooning at Solberg Airport.

Should anyone be interested in seeing many more Balloon Photos then please visit my profile to learn of yet another new site which'll feature those not seen here. Here are the first three Hot Air Balloons to have taken off on Saturday Afternoon's Ascension at the QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, 2007. The head guy in charge timed it just right so's they'd leave at the very same moment as is evident in this photo. I've gotta say, 'been there to previous festivals and never seen anything quite like this. You'll see in later image posts of mine how spectacular it truly was. Imagine tens of hot air balloons all taking off in the span of a short time. The weather was seriously perfect for all this. :-) CyberFyber

Another shot from the 2008 NJ Festival of Ballooning.