Balloons rising

[Hilary Hann]

I took a series of photos of this sunrise trying to get a combination of light, balloons and just a touch of sun. I chose this one because the centre balloon suddenly rose higher than the right hand balloon and I liked the way they mirrored the rise in the escarpment. Any comments very welcome. Thank you.

40D; 70-200mm @ 100mm; f6.7; 1/500; ISO400

[Dave Mills]

Hi Hilary, Good idea and beautiful early light. Just enough ground and mountain silouette but I also would suggest taking some off the top.(about an inch above the break in the sky) This does lend itself to a tighter pano. I like the balloons but I have mixed feelings about them being so far to the right- away from the sun. See what others have to say..

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Hilary,
I to like the layers and pano look....but I may have zoomed into 200 to eliminate the balloon on the rh side.....but as presented I would go with even more of a pano and leave it in. Sweet colors!

[Hilary Hann]

I have cropped some sky, is it enough? Grateful for c & c, thanks Roman and Dave.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Hilary, I think it's fine. IMO the image is strengthened!

[Hilary Hann]

Thank you Dave for getting back to me, appreciate it. :)