Photographer's Note
Today a photo taken at the International hot-air balloon meeting of Château d'Oex, in the Vaud's Swiss Alps.
This meeting takes place during one week every year at the end of January.
Château d'Oex is well known for its good conditions for the hot-air balloons and when sun and snow are here, its really magic.
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones lifted off from Château d'Oex when they succeeded for the first world tour in a hot-air balloon in 1999 aboard Breitling Orbiter.
I hope you will like it.
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eleparc
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(24063) 2004-04-27 5:18
superbe photo... jadore la montagne et ce ciel lui rend hommage... toi aussi d'ailleurs... j'aimerais bcp voir cet evenement en live à loccasion; ca se passe qd? debut ou fin janvier?
Steely
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(895) 2004-04-27 5:28
Beautifully taken,
Colourful balloons against a superbly blue sky and snowy peaks.
The ring of balloons at the is a winner, good timing :)
Good Capture :)
Galeota
(10352) 2004-04-27 5:31 [Comment]
jhonny_blue
(4956) 2004-04-27 5:39
Wonderful picture and wonderful composition !
The colours are great, and the distant house and snow gives a very special touch here !
One of my favourites !
Congratulations !
skyblue
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(69) 2004-04-27 6:02
What a beautiful background for the balloon lift. Where do they find to land in the alps - do they go down to the valley bottoms? And I notice there are no special shaped balloons either.
Lovely low horizon with the balloons filling the rest of the photo.
ianmcall
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(1213) 2004-04-27 6:10
Gorgeous sun just makes the ballons jump out. The collection of ballons alone makes for a good shot, but your framing them with the mounains and the house add up to a really terrific shot. Well done!
zto
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(268) 2004-04-27 6:10
This is great Yves. The blue sky is fantasic, so clear and the grandious mountains in the background are very beautifull. Teh ballons, well they are really great. Love the patches of colour.
Midnight_sun
(1941) 2004-04-27 6:12
So clear and sharp! What a beatiful sky, the ballons give a playful feel to the shot. I like their colourful design, great shot well done.
cxxl
(2684) 2004-04-27 6:30
Spectacular view with vivid colours and very appealing composition. Superb!!!
code2707
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(95) 2004-04-27 6:41
Vraiment superbe ces taches de couleurs dans ce ciel bleu. quelle qualité. bravo.
luis_paulino
(904) 2004-04-27 7:08
Wonderful.I like the colors of the hot-air balloons. Nice composition Yves. Well done.
summer89
(5422) 2004-04-27 7:31
Wonderfull composition Yves. Beautifull colors and great note, too.
Well done
Laurence
(0) 2004-04-27 7:38
Wahooo ! Quelle image sublime ! Quel cadrage, quelle netteté ! Hors du commun. Un très grand BRAVO !
spence
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(65) 2004-04-27 7:49
Brilliant colour, clarity and composition Yves. Wonderful shot. The thumbnail doesn't really do it justice so I hope everyone opens it. It's beautiful.
cool_s15
(4050) 2004-04-27 8:04
wow what a scene!! Beautiful blue sky with those bubbles... Did you use any filter to get this result? Great colors and contrast. Very well captured here.
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Vagabond
(5848) 2004-04-27 9:05
Very nice composition with high definition, good saturated colours and very balanced picture. Congratulations ..
Kenny10pin
(19301) 2004-04-27 9:19
Very clear shot here, I like the clarity and the dark blue sky, it is very rich in colour.
Well done, what more can I say?
omritoppol
(826) 2004-04-27 9:36
That's a "Text Book" shot, full of colors, vivid details. Super dynamic composition - simply WOW Yves!
avigur_11
(22535) 2004-04-27 11:52
Very nice shot, Yves, I like it very much. The amazing blue sky wit the saturted colors of the balloons and the white moutains are all very well captured and framed. a real WOW shot.
carper
(96) 2004-04-27 12:28
What can I say everything is said, This is realy a great one, with a great depth, colours everything, fantastic, thank you
gbac
(1933) 2004-04-27 12:58
C'est superbe comme ces montgolfières se détachent bien sur ce fond de ciel bleu et surtout comme elles sont éparpillées dans le ciel.
Bien vu.
piozac
(2065) 2004-04-27 13:18
Beautiful image Yves. Colours and contrast here are great.
Very well done!!!
Spoony
(3539) 2004-04-27 14:56
Fantastic overall view... fantastic environment here. Amazing light.
Welll done.
Rockyboy
(20598) 2004-04-27 17:50
Magnifique photo! Les couleurs de ces mongolfières sont très captivantes surtout avec cet arrière plan maontagneux et enneigé! Parfait!
PS: Cela me fait penser au premier tour du monde en mongolfière réussi par le Suisse Bertrand Piccard... et dirigé par le météorologue belge Luc Trullemans...
taivo
(1843) 2004-04-28 7:20
Magnificient photo! The list of what I like about the photo is too long, so I stick to the short version: great colors, clear crisp sharpness, perfect blue sky, the clouds hovering above the moutain at the bottom left corner, superb framing...
desman
(2222) 2004-04-29 4:39
c'est rigolo, rafraîchissant, sans défauts, pleins de profondeurs, j'adore
et hop, dans mes préféres.
sunny
(3069) 2004-04-29 6:00
Fantastic composition, Yves! The deep blue of the sky works as a nice background for the ballons and make them look even more outtanding. Excellent!
MyriamVillert
(3223) 2004-05-01 19:22
Quelle netteté irréprochable Yves ! Ces bonbons colorés dans le ciel sont superbes ! Alors c'est ça le paradis suisse ... j'adore jusqu'à la chappe de nuage en écharpe sur la montagne... quelle finition.
Je crois que tu as du réussir à rendre jaloux tous les oiseaux à la ronde là ! ;o)
Allez zou dans mes favoris !
optic
(0) 2004-05-02 21:56
Tout à fait magnifique! une des belles images sur ce site, une panoplie de couleurs et un cadrage exceptionnel...
Félicitations Yves :)
strangiato
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(10) 2004-05-10 13:43
Beautiful colours in a great environment. Right time right place right everything.
rabani
(9645) 2004-05-19 5:05
Maybe, I could call this, a Coreldraw perfect shot.Cool.And the blue sky, is just good today to show off those balloons.And getting the snaowcapped ranges with a twist of wispy clouds, just nice.
christophe (27) 2004-05-20 9:56
tres jolie photo ,le ciel bien bleu avec le fond des montagnes blanc vraiment superbe felicitation
Rute_Santos
(494) 2004-06-02 8:59
love the colors,the snow,the sky.
The title is excelent.Congratulations.Beautifull photo.
Jeppe
(18654) 2004-06-03 3:18
Great image to watch - very well spotted and captured - The strong colours and DOF excellent - quess all been said - congratulation.
ninfa_urania
(803) 2004-06-08 1:07
Hello Yves: It is a beautiful picture with great: color, clarity and beauty. I like the color of the sky a lot, the detail of the house and the mountains give me an idea of the height. Thank you to share this beautiful picture with us. Cordial greetings. *Ninfa Urania*
joergen115
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(2246) 2004-06-13 7:07 [Comment]
charmante
(1090) 2004-06-29 0:56
wooooooooow !! what a lovely shot !! thank yiu Yves for recording such a great moment...
Bravo !
maphoto
(8082) 2004-07-01 14:08
Rien de plus à ajouter, après 100 points tout a été dit, tout simplement magnifique, bravo.
Liora
(1857) 2004-08-18 6:04
Ok, so all've been said... All I can say is that this one is stunning - all is perfect and the view is breath-taking.
Oldtree
(2457) 2004-08-20 7:53
Wow. Great shot. I can feel the cold air in my lungs. And the balloons are wonderful to give this photo colors and depth.
AmiBe
(6042) 2004-09-03 4:08
Vraiment magnifique ! Cet hivers, il faut que j'y fasse un tour à Château d'Oex !
rjamin
(1169) 2004-09-26 5:47 [Comment]
PixelTerror
(0) 2004-10-11 10:23
Bonjour Yves, je suis tombe par hasard sur cette photo et elle m'a fait penser tout de suite aux jouets a bulles des enfants, les ballons etant autant de bulles qui s'echappent au dessus de la montagne. Avec leurs superbes couleurs ils se detachent parfaitement sue ce magnifique ciel bleu et le paysage de montagne enneige ajoute a cette composition decidement splendide! Beaucoup de superlatifs, mais la photo les vaut assurement.
CoolDan
(2516) 2004-12-05 21:00
Bonjour YVes, votre photo est magnifique. J'aime beaucoup les couleurs des mongolfières qui contrastent joliment avec le ciel. Le paysage est magnifique.
PLD_images
(7149) 2004-12-06 16:14
Tout a été dit, mais je voulais quand même ajouté un BRAVO. Image exeptionelle.
jafadabret
(56501) 2005-10-05 2:25
Tous ces ballons colorés dans ce ciel si bleu et au-dessus des montagnes voilà une photo qui est belle. Je l'ai ajoutée au thème "Montgolfiers".
venus
(748) 2005-10-12 1:40
The best photo with the colorful balloons here. There was no fog and the sun was shining from the one side tht's why the colors are this much live.
Perfect photo.
berseph
(1758) 2006-01-27 22:16
Absolutely beautiful. The backdrop of the mountains is gorgeous, and the balloons are so vibrant.
Trekbean (0) 2006-04-21 14:33 [Comment]
Fly
(366) 2006-04-21 14:43
Excellent composition Yves. I cannot in all honesty offer any constructive critisism here - it is just perfect!
I was in Chateau d'Oex the night after Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones lifeted off - as a balloonist myself I would dearly have liked to have witnessed the launch of Breitling Orbiter III
iGirl
(1223) 2006-05-11 15:54
Hi Yves, what beautiful vivid colors! Great composition, I feel like I could float away with the balloons. Thanks for sharing!
Erin
rui_seabra
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(205) 2006-10-18 5:49
Sooooo nice... and the position of those 4 balloons upper in the photo is just perfect...
Great composition...
I just want point that a bit more detail and color on those clouds and mountain on the background would have made this photo an artwork.
Overall, it is a great photo
TFS
Rui Seabra
Portugal
balochistan (17) 2007-05-21 12:40 [Comment]
Albrecht
(11283) 2007-05-21 12:47
Hi Yves
Marvellous shot; great POV and those balloons in this winterscene are beautiful.
greetings Albrecht
ayansadhu
(1502) 2008-02-17 17:56
What a nice POV & what a good composition
the balloons, the title of the image, its colors all are in unity to wrap up for an excellent image...
what I liked the most is the choice of the viewing angle, its superb :)
bend1k
(934) 2008-03-03 2:55
very sharp, nice colors and i like the composition too with the mountains below. is olympus E-20 a digital camera?
Photo Information
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Copyright: Yves Duchemin (Cool-ice)
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(5289) - Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2003-01-25
- Categories: Momento Decisivo
- Camera: Olympus E-20
- Exposição: f/8, 1/200 segundos
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Tema(s): Hot Air Balloons, Montgolfiers, komunikacja [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2004-04-27 5:15
- Favoritos: 32 [ver]
Discussions
- To eleparc: Dates (1)
by Cool-ice, last updated 2004-04-27 05:27 - To skyblue: Landing and special shaped balloons (2)
by Cool-ice, last updated 2004-04-27 12:30 - To cool_s15: Filter for the sky ? (1)
by Cool-ice, last updated 2004-04-27 09:36 - To joergen115: Hej Jørgen (1)
by Jeppe, last updated 2004-06-19 03:47
