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Children Sam, left, and Sophie, right, touch the side of a balloon during the annual Balloon Fiesta at Ashton Court, Bristol. The international event, now in it's 30th year, has again been disrupted by bad weather cancelling many planned flights.

Including my own. So it was well worth getting up at 5am (and I'd been woken up at 4am by my housemate leaving to go to Thailand).

They did offer me bacon sarnies (no veggie option - grrrreat) and the worst tea I've ever tasted.

But Gareth and myself needed to at least get a shot to prove we were there (so we could go home early).

Enter Radiopoppers!
First time I've used them, I'm now ordering a set this weekend. Shot took three frames, flash compensation 3 stops over. Gareth held the flash in front of the two kids with it set at 14mm zoom. The rest was TTL goodness.

Not an amazing shot, but considering nothing else happened it wasn't too bad.

Image copyright SWNS.

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:iconrob-meinel:
very nice and unusual scenery...
I adore the colors and the pose of both :nod:

grat picture

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:icontrue-believer:
trapping kids in your balloon fortresses again Adam? for shame...

amazing shot (despite what you say). the colours are great too, contribute well to the kids theme in the shot

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Interesting picture.

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It's nice to see a different take on the balloon fiesta. The idea is simple but effective and the colours are lovely.

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You've been featured in my latest journal entry: [link] :peace: :ahoy:

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Well I think it's amazing.
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Glad you do :)

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Thank you :)

It's a great place to photograph, shame it only happens once a year!

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Wow, thank you very much :)

Nice selection of pics.

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Aug 8, 2008, 7:58:07 AM

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