sunrise

J.K. this is Beautiful! Wonderful composition, perfect dof and focus – gorgeous colors.

Excellent J.K. A fantastic explosion of colours. Superb!!!

Breathtaking! I love this. Great shot. Your depth of fielf is amazing. All I can say is WOW!

What a beautiful explosion of color. it has such incredible clarity .There is almost has a surrealness to it, it is so perfect. I thought it was an Illustration at first.
Great work J..K

Really Beautiful

What an incredible photo! You timed this just perfectly. Great job!!!!!!!

Nice composition. Well-seen.

What a advert for colour,superb composition my friend.Truly AWSOME,top man J.K

Amazing capture JK!!!

Looks like you were in a montgolfier ,that’s great, fantastic shot J.K the colors are amazing

I love the colors and perspective of the balloon in the foreground. nice job

Amazing depth of field, magical colors and a steady hand….

O how BEAUTIFUL!! this is on my to do list before i die, along with jumping from a plane.
all the COLORS!! so peaceful but fun…........................

Wow, this is gorgeous!! Great shot!

love the colours!

Fantastic!

Amazing shot JK!perfect in every way!

J.K., this is a genius shot! Really like the overall composition and cropping choice. This would look fantastic enlarged, matted, and framed. Nice work, Amigo! Cheers! Chris

Superb look magical

Excellent shot, composition, colours…. everything

Fantastic colour and the foreground balloon is just right – I might have cropped out the trees though as the sky hold the picture all by itself.

Wonderful shot!!

Wow! This is just amazing! The colors are so vibrant and in-your-face, and the composition couldn’t get any better. Did you use a polarizer to get such perfect colors?

All I can say is awesome shot

Wow Jk, You have timed those balloons perfectly- Love all the colours

incredible colours – really eye catching shot – lovely :o)

Fabulous colour! Balloon shots don’t come much better than this!
Wonderful image.

Whooaaaaa colors!!! It’s one of those shots that make your mouth water the minute you see it! Very well composed too – what with the mix of large balloons and microscopic ones in the distance!

Bravo, J.K!!!

the colors reach out and really grab your attention,, love it

fantastic composition,stunning colors

its all good well done

Simply fantastic! Superb colors and amazing composition.

How fantastic a photo opportunity comes to you. lovely

Wat een mooie kleuren!!

Beautiful colours and great composition.

Superb! Colours & composition are excellent

My word, this is gorgeous, fantastic colours and great composition!

J.K. this is wonderful!!!!!!!!!! I love it!!!!I would want to be above a hot-air balloon!!!!

Jeez, you gotta be quick with the comments dont you?
Fabulous colour, composition, detail and DOF here JK!

Fantastic colors. What a great shot! I love it.

Eye popping colours! I love hot air balloons.. Favourite for sure!

Amazing photo. To all who are interested in photographing hot air balloons. Albuquerque, New Mexico has a hot air balloon fiesta in October. Not sure of the dates as we moved from there last January. It’s the most photographed festival in the world.

Bright vivid colors, sharp and clear, and cropped just right. A guy can’t do much better than this.

absolute BRILLIANT shot. Fantastic

Stunning image! I’ve had this many balloons going above my house too…didn’t have a good enough camera then to do them justice though!

I have always wanted to photograph Air Balloons and this demonstrates why. Just a very lovely
colorful capture, good job!

Wonderful spread

Gave me a real lift when i saw this J.K. ....brillilant

Amazing color here, JK!!!!!!!! I have never seen so many balloons in one frame…........

beautiful colors !

Love this capture JK!
Emits powerful feelings of joy and feedom! :D

Incredible! The colour, the detail – it’s such a magical, feel-good image – Love it!!

Amazing image.

wow that’s beautiful. colors blue sky everything!

Ok… so my wow-o-metre just went completely off the scale!

I love the crispness to this. And the colours are so vibrant. Great shot.

wow! what fabulous colours and composition…

Outstanding…..

it is better to make them to canvas art

I am sure it has all been said above J.K. – but this is truely a great image and one to be pround of my friend. Outstanding colour, contrast and composition!

I love the distinct colors and striking composition of this one!!! Very nice!

beautiful balloon shot! great colors its very cheery

I don’t normall react to ‘balloon’ photos but this one got me! Colours are amazing!

Great presentation! Love the Colors and the positions of all the balloons, the angle you caught them at is wonderful!

The colours, the saturation, and the depth of field make this a great image.

Wow – I don’t know what to say that hasn’t been said already. It’s just unreal and beautiful! What a way to wake up!

Beautiful. I love the bright colors and your composition is excellent!

Brilliant J.K. I just love anything to do with hot air balloons, the fly over my rooftop all the time, its great to wake and see them in the morning, lifts your day so to speak…this shot really captures their beauty…

What a stunning image, the colour is just superb.

this is beautiful!!

Such vivid colour and wonderful framing. A great photo. Well done.

amazing shot…nice work

fantastic composition!!!! and colour, fantastic shot!

Man!...That is just awesome. Love everything about it! Depth, composition, balance, colours….

Beautifully captured!

J.K. I have not seen better work anywhere with this type of image.. you have out done yourself and captured perfection in freedom.

THIS IS SWICKUTTT!!!! i love hot air ballons i’m gonna do a painting of hot air ballons now cos you have inspired shit in me FANKS CUZZ!!!
.............Whippety KRACK!!!!!!!!

Great shot and lovely composition.

Breathtaking. So beautiful. The colors are so sharp and vivid.

brilliant colour!

Wow those colours really pop!!! Fantastic shot…...

Fantastic colours… would brighten up any room!

What a great mix of colors..just a beautiful image!

Great capture beautiful colour & well shot.

this is great…had ago at hot air ballon myself yesterday…...found it quiet tricky, they move faster than i thought. lovely colours and depth lovely image

Super shot. Great colours.

so bright and colourful. good work. =]

Beautiful! Good thing you had your camera!

Lovely colors and composition!

Come on my friend, I want to see this Nr 1!!!!!!!! You know I love it

Love the brilliant colours of the balloon canopies against the brilliant blue backdrop of the sky, so much energy in this image :-D

What a nice way to start the day, with the coffee…. he he he Just kidding. Brilliants colors here!

The colours…. brilliant and the blue skye….. my dream!

Don’t Click

awesome

Collidescope of colours, brilliant shout JK

Just superb J.K

the colors are so vivid – gives me the impression of being able to step into the scene! wonderful capture

Brilliant shot. Superb colour and lines. glad it made the front page, deserves it.

A fantastic spectacle of color,James,well taken!!!

What an amazing opportunity. Well captured.

Pin sharp, spot on, fantastic composition and the colours are truly amazing.

The colours, the composition are superb!

Those colors will blow your mind.WOW.

David.

Simply awesome, stunning!

Fantastic image, and very colourful. This is one of these images that just makes you feel happy looking at it.

I love the colours in this. Great picture.

Terrific composition…

so envious of this shot :-)

I’ve been to Anderson, SC. Wish I saw this while I was there. All I saw was the jockey lot ;o) I love the colors in this, its really wonderful. The balloons just glow! Wonderful.

Wow! What a morning!

..photographers,.,,theyre all nuts I tell you! :)

you have a wonderful eye!! Love this

Oh WOW…. I’ve been to these events, and it is a Spectacular sight!!! I’ve even talked to the pilot from the ground as they went by. :-) Another BRILLIANT image JK ….... Just Awesome!!!!

The most awesome framing I have seen on a balloon shot. This is incredible

Really, just delightful!

Nice Capture….. Brilliant colors and stages…. Love how they fade into the horizon..

Bight and beautiful …I just love balloons and kites.
Amazing composition…stunning.

I love the bright colors and the super great lighting on this!!! This is amazing !! This photo could be an advertisement for a hot air balloon festival.

This belongs in a photography magazine! Great DOF

great colors and composition…...!!!!!

Beautiful colors..wow!

So colorful, awesome!

This is a hit. Something I’ve always wanted in my portfolio, but around here the locals go up early and come down too soon. Oh well..LOL… Beautiful pictures.!

Oh WOW!! What a fantastic shot, WELL worth the chase!!!

I too love colorful art and this one is outstanding!

exquisite

This is too cool! So vivid, and crisp! WOW!

Wow ! So gorgeous colors…

Excellent shot, beautifully cropped …

Hi J.K.! Wow!! what luck – when I go out on my deck with a coffee I see a wall. Amazing image – the people holding hands on the balloon just adds even more to an already fantastic capture!

Incredible!!!!!!!

incredible color, great shot!

what a perfect composition, j.k.! and the colors are brilliant.

stunning sight and capture

I just love the vibrant colors. Excellent composition.

Beautiful framing and splash of color.

wow i love the colours in this shot i bet it was a great feeling to see this

very cool photo J.K

What a great picture. Colors are just breathtaking. I like most of your work but this is one of my favorites.
Mike

great image

That’s unbelievable you just happened to walk out on the deck and this spectacular colorful event was going on. Now that’s a magical moment! Awesome shot. The colors of the balloons are so clear and beautiful; especially against that blue, blue sky. Did you have a polarized filter on your camera?

Gorgeous shot, love the vibrant colours !!

Staggering and staggered come to think of it, different league.

great shot…. very clear, colorful, & great comp.

Nice shot JK This pic would look good as a T-shirt..a card,well just about everything..

Great Shot!!! Love the contrast and the juxtapostion. WOW!!!!

this is awesome well done

Once again, FANTASTIC COLOURS!!

I agree, fantastic colours and composition.

nice capture for spur of the moment

Great capture, didn’t know Anderson had a baloon festival?

Thanks JK I use to live in SC now I’m in the north. But I have a friend who’s a doctor in Anderson. Perhaps I’ll go visit on Freedom Weekend next year.. Thanks for the info, just love baloon festivals.

Same balloons different state but I’m especially excited to see the Sunrise balloon there…great timing BTW!!!

beautiful balloon shot! great colors

You have an amazing talent for composition. Great shot!

Simply gorgeous, a perfect capture!!

I have always loved the colors and framing of this work. Congrats on the feature!

Congrats on being featured!

Great colour, this works a treat….................

awesome color and clarity, great comp,
congrats on the feature!

Very nice bright colors & cool comp :)K

Wow! Wonderful colors! Beautiful capture.

Wow! this is truly an awesome photo. Love everything abut it!

glorious colours and dof, congrats

I like this color combo! Beautifully displayed!

Great shot, lovely colors and shapes, i like the close balloon on the left side, good composition.

a sky full of candies :)

Superb – couldn’t be more perfect – glorious

Absoloutely fantastic colours. Well taken!

This is lovely. Smiles from Jane:-)

Gorgeous and colorful image.

Beautiful….........this would have been so neat to see.

Wow, I think its all been said, I just Love the colours great composition, everything about this shot is fabulous, well done….

The vibrant colours & clarity are amazing. Congratulations on a first class shot!

lovely colourful shot, well taken

Excellent shot! Such clear and crisp vibrant colors! I love the perspective you took with the large balloon to the left and the others drifting to the right. Great DOF!

Kudos

Unreal. Looks like a picture from a story book.

Very good. Nice work.

Crikey. Lucky last! Smashing pic and colours!

really cool

very beautiful

This just makes me smile, so vibrant

Great colors and composition!

Wonderful capture!

Sensational image. Vibrancy, sense of gentle motion, great composition.

oh wow, colors are gorgeous! lovely capture!

STUNNING

Fantastic – the colors are so brilliant!!!!!!

Fun vivid colors

wow what a sight to see…............so colorful….......a rainbow of balloons…..........

Fantastic!!!

Stunning colour contrasts…wow…this is gorgeous

great blue sky!!!
and love the colors against it!!!!!

great capture!!!

What an absolutely fabulous photograph!! Everything about this is wonderful!! I especially like the way you have a portion of the foreground balloon….it’s brilliantly framed! Needless to say, the colours are spectacular.

Holly :-)

exellent work well done

wow and wow again, fantastic colour and shape, what a place to be with a camera, love it !!!

this is a totally awesome shot, such lovely colors

Wow. Beautiful composition!

WOW!!!!!!!! I LOVE this! The colour and composition is perfect! Fantastic.

Gorgeous capture!

awesome work !

Stunning colours, great capture!

:))) Amazing shot !!!!

Beautiful, love the colors against the deep blue sky.

Great shot – I remember going to the Bristol balloon festival years ago which was a real visual treat! I must dig out those old negs…...

Great composition, beautiful colors! Stunning image!

too cool, hard to believe they were just there, lovely comp.

What camera was this one JK, looks kinda 5×4 ish.

What luck, and a great capture.. When I lived in Plano TX they had a yearly balloon festival and the balloons would go right over my house too. Fun to wake to that puffing noise of the burners.

briliant indeed, but you already know this….

amazing composition and colors, an excellent work… but you know this too ;-))

thanks a lot for your support!

Your composition is flawless…this is truly terrific. I’ve always wanted to photograph one of these festivals…a fabulous opportunity indeed!

Bright, and brilliant. Love that. Happy good feel, with a clarity that is easy on the eyes.

Very eye catching and you compose it so well.

stunning capture! :)

Great work. Fun isn’t it. When we lived in Albuquerque, I’d drop my daughter off at school and start chasing balloons. If you do it in a car, just be careful to watch out for distracted drivers.

Wow, this is beautiful! Love the colors in the balloons and in the sky! I love how the balloons draw your eye up and to the right. Nice shot!

Once in a while the shot comes to you! Great capture,

km.

Beautiful

superb dof, color, comp. a real knock-out!

Great timing. Fantastic composition. congrats!!!

Unique pov of a very popular shot – awesome clarity and colour!

Simply Beautiful !!!!!!!
Bob

goodness what vibrant colours in stunning light… what a lucky day to see all these!! we had one lift off near our house at 7am this morning but nothing like this..you really hit the jackpot lol

;))

Almost doesn’t even look real it is so good!

Stunning! It fits perfect in the First Things group

Wow! What a nice thing to wake up to….

wow you got lots of comments on this
and i can see whY!!!!!
incredible works of art!!!!!

What a fantastic image , , well don this is fantastic well done

Congrats on your win =)

Great balance and composition in this. Colors are sharp. Well done. Congrats on your win! Deserved!

almost surreal ~ what a moment ~ well captured !!! congrats on your win of the challenge xx

HOTAIR BALLOON CHALLENGE

Great capture. Congrats on the win.

Congratulations on the well deserved challenge win!

magnificent

outstanding

This is exquisite!! I’ve always loved your work…don’t know how you dropped off my watchlist..

Great capture! vivid colors!

three words – Favorite – Favorite – Favorite!
Outstanding shot

Wow! what a gorgeous colourful happy scene to wake up to. Lovely shot. :)

Wonderful color… Love it :D

Beautifully composed and vibrant and sharp, couldn’t be better.

wonderful photo!

wonderful shot

Beautiful colour here, well shot..

I love hot air balloons, this is great. A fav!

An exceptionally done photo! Beautiful!!!

Just marvelous, love hot air balloons and this is fantastic, love the sense of motion and the colors! Dee

brilliant, such vibrant colors well captured! cheers Paul

BRILLIANT shot :) i love the rainbow colours!