Balloon Fest 2013

A Balloon Fest t-shirt graphic from the Balloon Fest held in Centralia, Illinois on August 17th, 2013.

This was one of the colorful balloons at Balloon Fest, held in Centralia, Illinois on August 16th, 2013. Camera: Samsung Maxima Zoom 80 Ti Film: Kodak Ultra Max 200 Zoom: 38mm Date: August 16th, 2013, 6.39 p.m. Place: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. Samsung 80Ti First Roll 10df

A balloon being inflated at the Centralia Balloon Fest on August 17th, 2013. Camera: Minolta SRT-101 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 70-210mm, f/4 Film: Kodak Max 400 Shooting Program: Manual (no batteries) Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/125 Date: August 17th, 2013, 6.23 p.m. Location: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta SRT Max 400 00df

A view of the balloons across the lake and the crowd watching them at the Centralia Balloon Fest, held on August 16th and 17th, 2013. Camera: Minolta SRT-101 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 70-210mm, f/4 Film: Kodak Max 400 Shooting Program: Manual (no batteries) Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1 sec. Date: August 17th, 2013, 7.57 p.m. Location: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta SRT Max 400 05df

A baker's dozen different balloons can be seen in this frame. Taken at the Balloon Fest, held in Centralia, Illinois on August 16th, 2013. Camera: Samsung Maxima Zoom 80 Ti Film: Kodak Ultra Max 200 Zoom: 38mm Date: August 16th, 2013, 6.50 p.m. Place: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. Samsung 80 Ti Kodak Max 200 Balloon Fest-1 18-2ef

This was one of the colorful balloons at Balloon Fest, held in Centralia, Illinois on August 16 and 17th, 2013. This is an extreme crop of the original negative, which had a closer balloon in the front of the picture. This one was flying past in the background and I cropped it down to see what the grain of the film would look like at this magnification. Camera: Samsung Maxima Zoom 80 Ti Film: Kodak Ultra Max 200 Zoom: 38mm Date: August 16th, 2013, 6.56 p.m. Place: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. Samsung 80Ti First Roll 24-2cf

A ballon just lightly kissing the water at the Balloon Fest, held in Centralia, Illinois, and taken on August 17th, 2013. Camera: Samsung Maxima Zoom 80 Ti Film: Kodak Ultra Max 200 Zoom: 38mm Date: August 17th, 2013, 6.38 p.m. Place: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. Samsung 80Ti Kodak Ultra Max 400 09df

Some of the many balloons at Balloon Fest, held in Centralia, Illinois on August 16th, 2013. Camera: Samsung Maxima Zoom 80 Ti Film: Kodak Ultra Max 200 Zoom: 38mm Date: August 16th, 2013, 6.58 p.m. Place: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. Samsung 80Ti First Roll 25hf

This balloon was shaped like a huge Space Shuttle. Taken at the Balloon Fest in Centralia, Illinois on August 16th, 2013.

One of the colorful balloons at Balloon Fest, held in Centralia, Illinois on August 16th, 2013. I was using a little point and shoot Samsung camera for the first time, trying it out. Camera: Samsung Maxima Zoom 80 Ti Film: Kodak Ultra Max 200 Zoom: 38mm Date: August 16th, 2013, 6.39 p.m. Place: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. Samsung 80Ti First Roll 09ef

As night began to fall, the owners of the balloons starting lighting them up from the inside and letting them glow

Colorful balloons (I hope....) lit up from the inside and reflecting on the water at night. Taken at the Balloon Fest in Centralia, Illinois on August 16th, 2013.

This balloon just came down lightly and kissed the surface of the water. Seen at the Balloon Fest in Centralia, Illinois, held on August 16th and 17th, 2013.

This was the first balloon that went up at the 24th annual Balloon Fest, in Centralia, Illinois. It was to be "The Hare" in the balloon race and the rest were supposed to chase it. The event was held on August 16th and 17th, 2013. This picture was from the first day on August 16th. Camera: $5 Shift 3 mini digital camera (Vivitar Mini Digital clone) Resolution: .1 megapixels Exposure setting: Automatic Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter speeds: 1/60 to 1/1500 sec. Date: August 16th, 2013 Location: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. 01-001b

This balloon made an unscheduled appearance at the Balloon Fest held in Centralia, Illinois, held on August 17th, 2013.

A balloon shaped like the Space Shuttle. Seen at the Centralia Balloon Fest on August 17th, 2013. Camera: Minolta SRT-101 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 70-210mm, f/4 Film: Kodak Max 400 Shooting Program: Manual (no batteries) Aperture: f/4 Shutter Speed: 1/60 Date: August 17th, 2013, 7.33 p.m. Location: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta SRT Max 400 04ef

One of the balloons that was giving rides to spectators at the Centralia Balloon Fest, taken on August 17th, 2013.

This balloon was shaped like a huge Space Shuttle. Taken at the Balloon Fest in Centralia, Illinois on August 16th, 2013. Camera: Canon Snappy 50 35mm Film: Kodak Max 400 (expired 02/09) Date: August 16th, 2013, 7.19 p.m. Location: Centralia, Illinois, U.S.A. Canon Snappy 50 Max400 0gf