flying scottish bagpiper, a photo from Vaud, Ouest

Photographer's Note

Taken at hot air baloon festival at Chateau d' Oex.
This is my fifth time coming to this festival, the first time I went : so many snow, and still completely free, and you can go very near to the balloon.

year after year, the snow decreasing, the number of people coming growing (and many of them with very nice cameras and lenses), and then they start to put fences and charging. You paid but you can not get close :(

well anyway, we keep coming (only absent last year), and luckily the weather was very nice yesterday - people coming not as much as the last time we went here - probably due to pesimistic weather forecast, cloudy and grey in the morning. Every year there are different balloons and participants, but this scottish guy seems always there. A more complete pictures of this guy from this year festival can be found here.. I hope you like it.

teutza, parbo, MarcT, qpochet, Tue, cbrman, ChrisJ trouve(nt) cette note utile

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teutza (10590) 2008-01-20 8:23

again the balloon moments. i like a lot when i see them on TE pages
nice shape..first i wondered what it could possibly be:))
niceee
teo

parbo (11092) 2008-01-20 8:43

Hello Cessy,

Your way adding balloon with its unusual but lovely shape and the building at right is very well balanced. Wonderful blue sky, snowy mountains are very nice.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

MarcT (20964) 2008-01-20 8:50

Hi Cessy,
It's a funny and interesting picture.
Well done
Marc

qpochet (1412) 2008-01-20 9:11

Hi Cessy,

I was amazed at first, I didn't realize it was a balloon for a moment. Nice picture, very sharp and the beautiful landscape adds value to the overall shot. Nice colours and light as well.
Well done.
Quentin.

PixelTerror (0) 2008-01-20 10:20

Cessssyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !
How comes you went one day too early, I just returned, was there today and looked for you but could not find you, now I know why, I see the bagpiper is on duty everyday, at first glance you managed to find a dynamic angle better than mine, and you have some nice clouds that vanished during the night. I noticed too how little snow there is this year, next year maybe palm trees and balinese dances ???
Have a nice evening JY

tola_ch2004 (549) 2008-01-20 10:35

Hi Cessy,
Nice shot of this interesting Giant baloon. Your composition and POV are fine showing the cabin from an angle giving us nice depth and detail. The lighting and color are fine with excellent sharpness.
Cheer,

Tola

Tue (93458) 2008-01-20 11:31

Hej Cessy,
What a great view. Really funny balloon like a bagpiper! You placed it wonderfully in the landscape. It's a very unexpected subject in this mountain landscape. The weather was very nice. Well done and thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

tontonjc (6623) 2008-01-20 11:32

Hello,
un superbe cadrage et un paysage magnifique.
C'est beau et bien pensé. Bravo

J-C

cbrman (21685) 2008-01-20 22:43

Hello Cessy,

Un écossais dans le ciel suisse ! Ce joueur de cornemuse semble rendre hommage à nos montagnes dont certaines pourraient ressembler à ses Highlands ! La polarisation du ciel est bien plaçée !
Bien vu !

A+

Dominique

vincz (19113) 2008-01-21 4:34

very funny, totally unexpected! I love this scottish an flying in this beautiful mountains landscape.

bomberlow (5) 2008-01-21 5:29

Wonderful Balloon! Going to CD this Thursday for the closing ceremony, taking the D40 very excited. My dad called me from his mobile yesterday to tell me that he was gently cruising to Gstaad up around 4000m in a ballon ;-)

jonathan_hart (21276) 2008-01-21 9:15

hello Cessy
nicely composed, interesting contrast of deep blue against the lightened and very insolite balloon :)
regards
jo

coco (30439) 2008-01-23 13:57

Hi Cessy.

Good composition and very nice colours and contrasts for this photo. Simple and very nice.

Regards.

ChrisJ (172436) 2008-01-24 0:39

Hi cessy

Lol at the amusing title. An incongruous sight, above the alpine skies, with excellent colour & sharpness. Terima kasih!

jrj (34843) 2008-02-08 1:29

Must be great fun cessy to watch those baloons 'walking' over the mountains. An almost absurd effect from the flying scotsman here - well placed in the compo and what a contrast to the grand nature all around

cam (9043) 2008-02-12 17:08

Hello Cessy
As a descendant from Scotts settlers , I feel kind of proud seeing this bagpipe player dominating the swiss mountains.
You had good weather for your day and the pictures came out well, with a good contrast.
Charles