My first attempt to capture a Hot Air Balloon flight. Our group drove to Angeles City Pampanga to catch the last day celebration and flight of the Hot Air Balloon participants around the globe. We arrive at the place past 5am in the morning and the file of cars waiting for a parking area is almost 500 meters away from the entrance gate. The sun is starting to rise when we found a parking space for the car and not to mention the very long stretch line of people waiting for their turn to get an entrance ticket.

One of our companions made her very best to sneak into lines and even manage to get 20 pieces of tickets in a short period of time. Mine is ticket #54219. Walla and there we go, camera rolling. Once we step up inside the viewing area the event has started and luckily no balloon yet had lifted-off.

We still manage to get some pre-flight preparations even if the skies are not as blue as I am expected to be. All my shots have a white background as if they were all look over-exposed. Glad to have some post processing technique.