Final Balloon Flower

The black shapes and the repeat of the rainbow colors in the center appealed to me, and the blue of the sky was almost the same blue as on the Balloon.   Hope you enjoyed the Balloon Series it is back to flowers in the next post!

Balloon Flower 4

More orange and other colors.  I like that you can really see the balloon basket, light side and dark side, which gets lost in some of the other balloon flower pictures.

Balloon Flower 3

I liked this balloon - it made for a wild pattern of color, bright, too.  Wanted to let you know that I got a mandala into the Gilpin Arts Show in Central City again, so if you are up there for the Opera or just because, take a peek at the show directly across from the Opera House, June 8th through August 3, 2013. Opening Reception, Saturday, June 8th from 4:00 to 7:00 pm.

blue, green, pink balloon flower

Blue, green, pink colors in this balloon with the yellow balloon basket in the middle



Balloon Flower 2

My favorite subject Frogs in the Pond!  This hot air balloon was fun to watch and it looks like I have a whole pond for the frog and fish to play in!  Cattails, goldfish and all.

Balloon Flower

 

Looking up at the hot air balloon, the colors radiate from the center and when I take a pie piece of the picture and rotate it around - it looks like a multi-colored flower. I'm going to do a series, with all the beautiful colors of the balloons I saw that weekend.

Touch and go

This is a picture of the actual touching of the water and the reflection of the balloon - so the blue is the water and the darker yellow in the middle is the reflection.  It's fun to watch, some balloon pilots have varying degrees of difficultly accomplishing this maneuver.

Balloon Rodeo

Decided to take a new direction for a bit as the cold weather slowed all the flowers.  The Steamboat Balloon rodeo two years ago, allowed ample opportunity for taking pictures.  There was a touch and go event, where the balloon maneuvers over a small body of water, the balloon basket touches the surface and immediately lifts into the air.  The center has reflections of the balloon in the water.