A little colder this time of year and Mirror Lake was frozen over. The balloonists lit up Eden Park with their signature glow which reflected off of the ice.
I had to do quite a bit of tidying up in Photoshop - turns out they don't have a Zamboni on hand to smooth things over! The surface had a ton of small blocks of ice on it from the kids playing earlier in the day & all those small points of extreme contrast distracted from the balloons. An easy fix that really improves the image.
I was fortunate that they held the event a week early this year - typically it is held on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, and I'm usually not able to make it.
I had to do quite a bit of tidying up in Photoshop - turns out they don't have a Zamboni on hand to smooth things over! The surface had a ton of small blocks of ice on it from the kids playing earlier in the day & all those small points of extreme contrast distracted from the balloons. An easy fix that really improves the image.
I was fortunate that they held the event a week early this year - typically it is held on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, and I'm usually not able to make it.
2 comments:
Great scene and photo!
Fantastic...it's great to have a new post from you.
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