Saturday, May 9, 2009

community photo challenge: photo story

a photo story...."a small group of 3-5 images that either tell a story or relate to each other " is the community photo challenge for this week and starts may 14. mine is the annual alabama jubilee hot air balloon festival in decatur, alabama memorial day weekend.

early morning arrival....

checking wind direction....

setting up and checking equipment....

inflating balloons.....

up, up, up and away....

check out all of the details here....Bloggers Community Photo Challenge

14 comments:

MariesImages said...

I have never been to one of these festivals....looks like fun. You really did a nice job capturing the day! Thanks for posting early!
MArie

betty said...

great story you told with pictures, Gina! love hot air balloons!

Happy Mother's Day!

betty

Nancy said...

How cool...I've always wanted to go to one of those festivals. I have gone up in a balloon (and LOVED it), but never to a festival.

Great job as always...

Nancy

Julie said...

The photo's are wonderful

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the brightly visual story. Who can resist those balloons? ~Mary

Martha said...

Beautiful Gina and it's so good to see a post from you! I'm hoping to play along this week too. Happy Mother's Day! :-)

Monica said...

I love hot air balloon festivals. Nicely done with this story collection.

Unknown said...

Beautiful series on those colorful balloons. The 2nd last closeup image has come out very well Gina

Gerry said...

Wow, those balloons are breathtaking, especially when they take off. Love them. Nice photo story. Gerry

sunflowerkat said...

I've been to one of these festivals once, YEARS ago. It is an amazing site. You did a terrific job capturing it.

Kat

Jeannette said...

I'd love to go to a balloon festival Gina. These look so pretty floating skywards! Thanks for sharing these with us! Jeannette xx

Maria said...

Ballooning looks like a lot of fun but a lot of work too! I love seeing them in the valley from time to time. The festival must have been spectacular. :)

Far Side of Fifty said...

Well done Gina! Excellent subject and photographs! Goosd to see you again too! :)

RISE UP! said...

fantastic photos, really gives one a sense of serenity, and we need more of that!