On 3 October I attended the morning session of the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta with a client that I’ve been tutoring https://www.davidhoodphotography.com/phototut/. The event started at 6AM with the Dawn Patrol, followed by the Glow, and culminated with completion of the Mass Ascension at about 9AM. The wide variation in ambient light, together with the wide dynamic ranges of brights and shadows, requires close attention to exposure settings and metering modes by the photographer. I took these photos with my light-weight and relatively compact Nikon Z50 mirrorless camera. I used my 16-50mm lens for the shots early in the morning when there was little ambient light (sometimes at ISO settings up to 12,800). I used my 50-250mm lens later in the morning for the longer shots of the ascended balloons.
I used some of the photos to create a slideshow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK5guypHVQk set to music under license with envato elements, an online subscription based provider of stock images/video, music, graphics, fonts and more https://elements.envato.com/ .
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