Well, how bout that? That is way cool...from your driveway no less. What a greap deep, dark blue sky. Beautiful balloon colors and perfectly focused.
Love it.
Pat

That's just stupendous, Patty. Wonderful!

Stunning shot Patty. Nice of him to 'get closer' for you. Perfect clarity and colors. An amazing great post my friend.

You mean he didn't throw ya a frisbee?? Shoulda shot im' down. LMAO Great job Patty, he was a nice guy.

Beautiful colors against that blue sky! Perhaps the next time he comes by you could convince him to pick you up for some aerial shots. (Mirto proceeds to Ebay to check prices on the Canon Rebel....).

Didnt even need your broom to get this huh? LOL I'm glad you caught him with the burner going; adds even more color to the shot. Nicely done!

That's fantastic, to find something marvelous like this near home. Great capture and colors. :)

Super shot, you got the perfect sky for it.

What a neat capture of this balloon Patty. It is even more special since the pilot noticed your effort to photograph his balloon and made a conscious effort to help you out by lowering himself a bit. The sky looks so blue and is quite complimentary to the colors of the balloon itself. I especially like how the flame is visible shooting from the basket. Great color, excellent clarity, high quality and nice composition. Thanks for sharing this with me ;=)

A Perfect Ten! I was fortunate to get this one in the voting booth :o)
Absolutely fantastic work, brilliant colors and clarity.
Chris

Awesome shot Patty. Amazing color in this. Fantastic post.

Fantastic capture, Patty - even the flames are visible! Must have been very thrilling to see this photo on-screen and so perfect! There is a lovely feeling of expanse and freedom to this picture!
anawhisp

You're the master...!!! (lol ) Wow Patty..that's an amazingly beautiful shot..perfect !!!
What a nice guy, must be a true free spirit....love those and love this:)

Jacky

Beautiful shot, Patty! The way the balloon blends with the color of the surrounding sky is astounding! Very professional image here!

Magnificent capture Patty,just perfect in all respects. Thank you for this. It brings back memories of a ride I had in one once. If I had not been so pertrified - of the height and the flames -I am sure I would have enjoyed it lol

BEAUTIFUL shot Patty! The colors in this are Fantastic!! Balloons are always fun to photograph, but the colors in this are definitely make this one. Great job.

wow Patty! What a cooperative pilot! lol! ...I would have been so excited to see that appearing above my house - and wonderful clarity to your photograph - I am pleased you captured it so well and shared it with us. well done my friend. Patti

Not exactly your every day occurence and ... BOY ! ... did you ever take advantage this "photo op". First rate capture and one for my favorites to be sure. Nice goin' Patty.

Awesome shot! Wow. It will make a great desktop, too. I like the fact that the pic is too big for my screen, so when I have it up and I move my mouse, the balloon flies all over the desktop. Really cool.

What beautiful colors! The blues in the balloon and the sky are amazing and all is so clear and vivid. How neat that he saw you and came down to say hello.

I agree with all above, and I also thought as I was enjoying this view that it's amazing that the blues of the balloon sit so well on the blue of the sky and don't disappear altogether. It's like it was made to settle where it is and still stand out to make this one of the prettiest balloon shots I've ever seen, in pics or in "real"...thanks for this one ;)PJ .........oh, and thanks to the anonymous balloon operater for being so cooperative, but I suppose if I had a contrivance that beautiful, I wouldn't mind sharing its beauty :)

Excellent capture, incredible colours
Very well done, thanks for sharing, Don

What a great job Patty! Makes for the perfect desktop.

How kind of the pilot. And didn't you try to join the balloon crew? We would have some picturesque bird's eye captures... Anyway,so great you shared it with us. The balloon stands out so well against the cristal clear sky.

Hoi Patty ! what a great desktop you have builded for us here, lovely aray of colors just great !

Up,up and away girl,superb. Ron.

nice pilot to do that for you well it have bin given a beautiful picture with good clearity and colors

Very nice shot Patty...very good of the pilot to accomidate you...were you able to give him a photo...gerry..

This is gorgeous Patty! Man, that sky just couldn't be a deeper blue!..=)

Brilliant color and a good capture. Makes a good wallpaper image.
Russ

Absolutely perfect shot of a beautiful hot air balloon...Gorgeous on desktop !! Verena

Thank you all so very much - I appreciate your kind words!! - Patty

every now and then i just have to say, "boy, i wish i had taken that picture". today is one of those days so....."boy, i wish i had taken that picture!"

This is absolutely fantastic! What a shot you've taken! The colors are so vivid and full of life. Perfectly named too. I love the simplicity of the composition - it looks amazing on the DT. Thanks so much for this Patty.

Incredible, with a French accent! This is nice and is gracing my desktop right now. We need a desktops thread.

Super, especially for a DT!

Gorgeous. The color saturation is great.