2011 10 Up In The Air (Melbourne) (Mon 03 Oct 11) Photo Gallery by Alan K at pbase.com

2005 to 2011 Miscellaneous Melbourne | 2009 04 A Day And A Bit In Bleak City (Sat 11 Apr 09) | 2010 07 A Walk Down Lonsdale Street (Sat 10 Jul 10) | 2010 04 Ron Mueck at the National Gallery Of Victoria (Sat 03 April 10) | 2010 12 Old Melbourne Gaol (Jail) (Fri 24 Dec 10) | 2011 06 Another Day And A Bit In Melbourne (Fri 03 Jun to Sat 04 Jun 11) | 2011 10 Up In The Air (Melbourne) (Mon 03 Oct 11) | 2011 09 to 2011 10 West Of Melbourne | 2015 06 The Foodie And Theatre Tour, June 2015 (Tue 23 to Wed 24 Jun 15)

2011 10 Up In The Air (Melbourne) (Mon 03 Oct 11)

The tale of our balloon flight over Melbourne. Unfortunately just before launch the 40D's shutter release started to fail. It became necessary to press and hold for an extended time to trigger it at all. Accordingly there are a lot of "spray and pray" shots in this gallery, and because I was distracted by my shutter problems I forgot to reduce the high ISO that I was using in the pre-dawn light.

When do you not want a shutter to fail on you? Short of when you're just about to get a close up of Bigfoot, I can't think of a worse time than just before a hot air balloon flight.

Just to add to it, we went onto daylight savings time on the morning of the flight and I forgot to jump the 40D's clock ahead by 1 hour. Add 1 hour for all of the 40D's times, though the last couple, taken by my Samsung Galaxy mobile, have the right time.

111003_053210_19553 First, Prepare Your Balloon	111003_053850_19556 Second, Open Your Envelope	19560 Our Travelling Companion I	19562 Ignition
19569 Our Chariot Inflates	19570 The Twins Rising	19588 Let's Burn Some Propane	19597 Four Bags Of Heated Gas
19599 Our Travelling Companion II	19604 Heartland Of The City	19618 Toward The City Centre, And What Might Have Been	19622 Gimmie Steam
19632 Three Distant Companions In The Morning Sun	19635 And One Closer Companion	19657 Ovals And Rectangles	19664 Toward Romaville
19667 Mid Range View	19669 The City As A Lego Set	19673 Gimmie Steam II	19683 The City In Wider Perspective
19696 The Long Shadows Of Morning Traffic	19712 The City In Close	19714 The City Even Closer	19717 Still More Steam
19723 First Glimpse Of The Landing Site	19731 We're Still Higher...	19747 One Last Look At Our Companion	19751 View Astern
19760 And View Ahead	19762 Love Never Dies; Breathtaking	111003_081740 Packing Away	111003_081812 A Job Well Done

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