[buh-loon] a bag made of a light material, as silk or plastic, filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere and often having a car or gondola attached below for carrying passengers or scientific instruments. / [Origin: 1570–80; < Upper It ballone, equiv. to ball(a) (< Langobardic; see ball1) + -one aug. suffix; or < MF ballon < Upper It]
I originally intended this shot to be a picture of my son holding onto these balloons and taking off, floating into up into the sky … a fantasy, sotybook sort of image. However, my daughter immediately grabbed these balloons from him and started running off. So, as it turned out this eded up having a more realistic look than the one I originally intended, but I thought it turned out pretty cute with the desaturated colors throughout, except for the colorful balloons. Sold 2 laminated prints to RB Members.
I went for a hot air balloon ride a couple of weeks ago – it’s quite the way to travel. I was surprised by the accuracy of the ‘steering’. The wind direction varies with altitude, so the pilot took us up and down into different air currents to control our direction. We landed within a few hundred metres of the target – after a 20km flight. Mind you, we did crash into a tree during the landing. This is an image looking into the ballon from the basket.
This is a water balloon busting in my sons hand.
So we went to a party last night, got a little merry and filled the taxi home with balloons. Matron allowed us to keep them, on the condition that we didn’t let them anywhere near the kitties. Sadly, George has a helium addiction and is under vet’s orders not to inhale any, lest he starts reciting Shakespeare again. I’m not so sure there’s anything to worry about given that’s just the effect you get with the pink furry pills – and they’re perfectly safe. So anyway, I wanted to see what would happen if George ate a helium balloon. It has this effect, evidently…
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...you can’t always rely on it.
for the 365 project
this is another of my paintnigs of a carefree whimsical girl with a bunch of balloons the original is an acrylic , i then slightly brushed it in ps Copyright © Amanda Cass All rights reserved my images may not be reproduced in any form without my written permission. /
this is another of my paintings from my heart balloon series inspired by love the original is painted in acrylic this one is called let your heart find its way i have uses some brushes as a final effect plese check out my other paintings XX Copyright © Amanda Cass All rights reserved my images may not be reproduced in any form without my written permission.
this is another carefree whimsical painting inspired by Paris from my heart balloon series Copyright © Amanda cass. All rights reserved My images may not be reproduced in any form without my written permission.
Lost without you from my heart balloon collection of paintings inspired by love ,life, and freedom the original is a acrylic on canvas Copyright © Amanda cass. All rights reserved My images may not be reproduced in any form without my written permission.
This piece was part of a duel called the seven day collage art smackdown between Aimee / , Angi and Silas. To learn more and see all the goodies, click here Angi’s smackdown entry (the original handmade collage): / Silas’ other entry (there were two): / Aimee’s smackdown entry: / © Silas Toball For inspiration visit the Message from the Muse Blog! For our gallery of inspirational and mytho-poetic art visit Duirwaigh Studios Duirwaigh Studios: / There you can find prints, greeting cards, calendars, books and more that will make perfect gifts. Plus our inspirational film “A Knock at the Door” and more…
stock from sxc.hu / the person with balloons was taken from a public domain image – cannot find any info on it….but still looking. saw the movie “Up” last night – and it inspired me! this image has been digitally watermarked
Inspired by the French book “Le Ballon Rouge”, as well as the film by the same name. Stock photo credit / Background
Please come join me at myspace.com/Artistmind oil on canvas / 14×24”
I wanted to create something that conveyed what I was thinking when when my mind wanders. This happens when I’m in meetings with people with monotoned voices droning on about mood boards and focus groups. If I could make a painting of how I feel and where I would love to be right now, this would be it. I hope you like it. Framed Print / Canon 5D, 17-40mm at 17mm (cropped), f/20, 1/200 sec, ISO 100. PS4 Tonal correction, and other stuff. © Copyright 2009 David Reid – redtree.me – All rights reserved.
canon 5d mk II , 50mm 1.4 lens
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