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07.17.04 Roumen Kostov

High Winds*
9th Place

This is an image of people on a balloon in Baltimore MD. Balloon was stranded 200 feet above ground while high winds were pushing it around for around two hours. During that time winds crushed the balloon against the air conditioning shed on the top of the city police headquarter. Seventeen scared people were on the balloon and four were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. I was there for the last one hour and when the balloon touched the ground observing people cheered for the successful landing.
More information about this balloon accident can be found:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-balloon17,0,1211761.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/07/17/balloon.malfunction.ap/index.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.balloon19jul19,0,4959046.story?coll=bal-home-headlines

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/2000 sec, F4.5, ISO 200, 135 mm full exif

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Guest 16-Jul-2007 10:36
Thanks god I wasn't ob borad of this balloon...
Canon DSLR Challenge24-Jul-2004 00:36
But I bet nobody shot it as artistically as this! ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge23-Jul-2004 15:16
Thank you Lonnit and Ed! Lonnit thanks for the information about the news agency! It could help everyone if we stumble on something like this. At this event it was already full of camera crews from local newspapers and TV news stations. Roumen
Canon DSLR Challenge22-Jul-2004 03:56
Absolutely fantastic and newsworthy shot! You should have sold it to the papers! I believe Black Star is the name of the agency to submit newsworthy images. I love the aged feeling of the shot and the composition! Fantastic!!! ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge21-Jul-2004 21:55
Great shot - especially knowing the real-world drama behind it. -Ed Hahn
Canon DSLR Challenge21-Jul-2004 17:07
Thank you for the comments! The lens was Canon 135 F2.0. I love this lens! Roumen
Guest 21-Jul-2004 16:00
Yup, saw that on the news too. Great image. What lens did you use Roumen? Phil
Guest 21-Jul-2004 15:32
YES!!!!!!!!