Photographs by Timothy S. Allen
Exploring the World with a Camera
Launch of the Dawn Patrol
The crews of five hot air balloons prepare to launch their balloons into the early morning light for a dawn patrol at the Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic. Windsor, CA, U.S.A. June 14, 2014.
Photographs by Timothy S. Allen 
Great photo Tim, they are beautiful! ❤️😎
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John, thank you.
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Very nicely timed and exposed, Tim.
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Thank you Rawls. This was from 2014. I came across it when eliminating images from past shoots. It’s surprising how many are out of focus and entirely unusable. I’ve eliminated over 60,000 such images going back to 2010. It sure makes Lightroom work more quickly.
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Fantastic image, Tim. I love balloon fests!
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Jane, thank you. I’ve been digging through archival material and this popped up.
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A beautiful keeper!
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Yes, thank you.
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A colorful photo to say the least, Tim. It was nice to have them all lined up! –Curt
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Curt, thank you. This is the only hot air balloon event I’ve attended. There is one in Southern California that I’d like to go to. Sorry can’t remember the name. It’s near Bakersfield.
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Did you ride up in the ballots and try a little aerial photography, Tim.
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Not yet. In the last two years that I’ve tried the weather has scrubbed the launches. I’ll try next year.
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Looking forward to it, Tim. Peggy and I went up once out of Napa and I had a camera along, but that was a number of years ago. –Curt
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Going up in a single balloon would be fun. I’m looking forward to having many balloons around me to increase the photo opportunities. I’ll definitely have my camera with me.
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I’ve seen lots of great shots of the Albuquerque Festival. –Curt
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Yes, that is a stunning exhibition of beautiful balloons. I was there many years ago during one of their shows but don’t remember much.
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