Though I made an early start (well before dawn!)from my motel in Bernalillo the traffic heading for the balloon site was really bad so I was still in a traffic queue when the first balloon took off. When I reached the car park I decided that by the time I had got into the arena many of the balloons would have taken off so I stayed up on the hill for the early hours. Using the Nikon D300 for a series of time lapse sequences the Casio F1 came in handy for individual shots of the balloons etc. More than 600 balloons were involved in this years event with many special shapes for visitors to enjoy.

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